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BowEd:
Yep.

PaSteve:
In Papua New Guinea some of the tribes hunt Rusa deer with bamboo bows up to 84" in length with a draw weight of 70+#s at a common 27" draw length. The arrows made from cane can exceed 50" in length with 6"+ steel points forged from rebar. The arrows have no fletching, exceed 2000 grains in weight with some having as high as 40% FOC. From what I read they are very accurate with these bows at a distance of 25 - 30 yards. The higher FOC allows for no fletching as long as the arrows are tuned to the bow. So yes, the long arrows do allow for better arrow flight. I also read this type of bow and arrow was also common to some East African tribes.

bassman211:
That is interesting Steve. On the flip side  Lakota Souix arrows were short with longer fletching, but were used a lot for Buffalo on horse back at short distances.

bassman211:
West coast  tribes  used 26 to 29 inch vibernum, dogwood, and Hazel shafts, and when they used 26 inch reed arrows it would be  with 3 to 8 inch fore shafts. Kiowa ,and Commanche used 22 to 26 inch dogwood shafts. Souix, Crow , Black foot used 22 to 25 inch shafts made from red osier, wild rose,dog wood, and choke cherry. East coast tribes used 26 to 29 inch arrows made from dogwood yaupon ,hazel, and vibernum. This taken from Jim Hamms... book.... bows,and arrows of the native Americans.

upthecreek:
TBB 1 Western Indain Bows by Steve Allely shows Pacific Northwest tribes used 30" -36" arrows.

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