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rocker:
i live in northen p.a. and i want to start making my  own arrows from weeds or shoots,ive read about golden rod arrows on here and i thought i would  try that since we have lots of it here,but what other kinds of shoots or weeds can i find in my area to work with?also any info on making shoot or weed arows would be wonderful,i thought goldenrod would be good because i seen on here where someone split a goldenrod shaft and put in a turkey tail feather for a 2 fletch arrow that would use up the 2 gobbler fans i got layin around.anyone got any advice?

                                                                                                         yf
                                                                                                      rocker

wolfsire:
I have some advice, but it is more general.  Do an internet search to find one or a few links about plants in your area.  I live in Las Vegas, and I have found a few for it and areas near by.  Being from Vegas, I'd be willing to bet, that there is a site or two for your area.  (Just joking, not about the availablility of sites, rather I don't really gamble).  Such sites will serve you well in the long run as you try new things.  Also, I would try anything and every thing that looks like I could be bend straight.  I tried my trimmings from my Mexican Birds of Paradise.  They are no good.  Can not be bent straight, too brittle.  Good luck.

Hillbilly:
You should have silky/red osier dogwood, viburnum, multiflora and swamp roses, hazelnut, maple, and many other shoots that can be used for arrows. Roadsides and powerline cuts are good places to look for shoots sprouting from stumps. You can make arrows from goldenrod, horseweed, and other herbaceous plant stems, but they're a bit too flimsy to suit me.

richpierce:
Those horseweed and goldenrod ones will not hold up like shoots and neither will phragmites.  Cane is the best but you won't find it locally very easily, if at all.  I have had good luck with phragmites with foreshafts and nock inserts but if you step on them or glance them off a tree, etc they will break for sure.  They are super light.

rocker:
thanks for the replies.i have multi flora on my property ill have to try that too,i know we have some maple on my property and ash and cherry,will those shoots work too?
                       
                                                                                                       thanks
                                                                                                       rocker

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