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Given up on arrow making

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Hawkdancer:
I agree with Pat B, those arrows look pretty good!  You may have developed a glitch in your shooting technique.  I assume you used all the same wing feathers on the same shaft?  What spine weight and length are they? 
Hawkdancer

Fox:
Im really not thinking its my shooting, just because i can pick up the one arrow i have left of the bought ones and hit the perfect grapefruit but i couldnt hit a watermelon truck with these. yeah there all from tthe same wing not sure on the spine, i just sand them till they shoot straight before fletching, and there 27" ... the bought shafts though are 65-70 spine

Fox:
oh and the ones that are shoots and are for my 45# locust bow weigh 600 grains. and the the other weigh 700 for my 55# hickory

Pat B:
Paul, first year growth(one annual ring), that only has leaves growing on them are generally too whipy to make good arrows. Second year growth(2 annual rings) has small branches where last years leaves were has more resistance thus making better arrows.
Fox, I've used black haw Viburnum and made good arrows, the only downfall is viburnum does check easily if debarked too soon but even checked they make good arrows.

Fox:
Yeah I really like it as arrow shafts (it's also the only shoots around) now that you'v described 2nd year growth, they are second year growth

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