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breaking tooooo many
Hillbilly:
Jape, all the cedar shafts I've ever tried have been easily broken, I don't care much for store-bought cedar shafts. I don't really know why it came to be regarded as the primo arrowshaft material, unless everybody just likes the smell of it? I'd rather shoot arrows than sniff them.:) With the boo shafts, you can taper them and put field points on them just like any other shaft. If the hole in the center is too big, you can plug it by gluing a piece of dowel or bamboo skewer an inch or two into the end, and taper as usual.
The Burnt Hill Archer:
i had the same expierience with cedar. the only good thing about em, i thought, was the smell when they broke. which was often. i got a dozen ash shafts from allegeheny mountain arrow woods 2 years ago, and i am still shooting every one. and mind you im not easy on my arrows. i glanced one off a cherry branch while squirrell hunting, 90 degrees into the ground, and not a crack. my favorite target in my yard is a 4 foot wide white oak tree. ash shafts + ace hex heads = one unbreakable arrow.
i havnt gotten to mess with bamboo/reed/cane but i have heard great stuff about em.
Phil
El Destructo:
I cant wait till the Boo that Eddie gave me is ready....because since Saturday....I have broken 5 P.O Arrows....and sliced gouges out of two more....so this was an expensive week so far...just learning to shoot this Paddle Bow that I just finished.....I am going to have to get to work on that load of Cane that Cowboy and Jesse sent me....and get away from these Sissy Cedar Arrows myself!!!
jape:
Just realised I got Scattershot's suggestions the wrong way round! Hadn't had my morning coffee is my excuse.
The bamboo from next door is straight and strong, bright yellow stuff. Maybe that will lift my spirits, we are in damp, drizzly winter here and I do enjoy lighting the fire and sitting at my work table making arrows. A glass of single malt and a cigar will help.
El Destructo, I live with a smashed back myself, can't hardly walk a lot of the time especially after cutting my firewood, and I have to say that reading your posts always lifts the depression a bit and makes me more determined to keep trying with archery, 'good onya' as we say here.
Thanks fellas.
mullet:
Well Mike, the boo you have growing is Japanese arrow 'Boo, good stuff. Jape, I hit one of Pappy's metal targets with my bamboo arrow and all it did was split from the point to the fletching. That was from about 15 yards with a 62# bow, made nice sparks. It is still shootable if I wrap it.
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