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Offline mullet

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« on: November 29, 2008, 05:01:45 pm »
it's been awhile since I've made one, mainly because I've been getting great arrows from Art Butner and Chris Cade. About 6 months ago I found some nice cane, 2 nodes per arrow. I cut a couple of dozen and saved them. Then I got this nice Hopewell point from C. VanOrder. It has serrations on top of big serrations. He only gives me cool points like this if I will hunt with them. He wants to know how fancy points of that Time Era really held up to the task. So I straightened the cane last night and mounted the point. Today I put the fletching on with sinew. And now it's time to watch the Gators and the 'Holes,, uh I mean the 'Noles ;)

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« Reply #1 on: November 29, 2008, 05:18:17 pm »
Hows she shoot Eddie. Looks WAY too short for your draw!!! :o ::)    Looks like it will do the trick. That point is wicked!   Pat
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« Reply #2 on: November 29, 2008, 05:30:14 pm »
  shoots good. Pat. It's 29", I think it looks short because of the Tail feathers. The tail feathers are weak so I leave them full size. They lay down when you shoot.
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« Reply #3 on: November 29, 2008, 06:19:13 pm »
Hey mullet do the tail feathers make noise in flight? I used some secondaries  and they made a buzz compared to the primaries Id used on others.
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« Reply #4 on: November 29, 2008, 06:27:39 pm »
Man that point looks sick eddie, oh yea nice arra :)
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« Reply #5 on: November 29, 2008, 07:57:16 pm »
 Auggie, It does make a little noise. But then I can't hear very good and shoot close targets, so it doesn't bother me. ;)
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« Reply #6 on: November 29, 2008, 08:36:51 pm »
Looks good, that thing oughta make a wicked wound channel. You can shorten those feathers down a lot and they'll stiffen up.
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« Reply #7 on: November 29, 2008, 10:30:14 pm »
 I already did.
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« Reply #8 on: November 29, 2008, 10:33:55 pm »
Lets see the new picture eddie of the shorter feathers. How do you cut the feathers? I am trying to make some myself.
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« Reply #9 on: November 29, 2008, 10:36:02 pm »
  I'll do it tomorrow in the day light. I was shooting it today and tuning the fletching. It made a difference.
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« Reply #10 on: November 29, 2008, 11:33:08 pm »
Nice looking arrow, hope you get something with it.
I've been using the two fletch a lot lately. It's really handy because of how easy it is. :)
 It looks like the feathers are facing down. I did them like that for a while and wasn't impressed with how they shot. Per Pat, I turned them so they are facing out away from the arrow shaft. I don't know how it is shooting for you, but that really helped the flight of my arrows.
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« Reply #11 on: November 30, 2008, 12:08:50 am »
  If you are using tail feathers you can turn them out. If you are using secondary wing feathers you need to turn them in, since they are curved .
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« Reply #12 on: November 30, 2008, 09:11:57 am »
looks like a good un' Eddie.Next time I make the journey up to CVO's I think a lesson in arrows will be my request.That one sure looks like it would get the job done.
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« Reply #13 on: November 30, 2008, 04:16:39 pm »
 Thanks Roger. David, just got back from hunting. Here's the pictures of the feathers trimmed

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« Reply #14 on: November 30, 2008, 04:22:17 pm »
I like it Eddie! I am going to make up a bunch like that.  Those are just so easy and quick to put together that way.
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