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Offline Fox

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Blackberry arrow shafts?
« on: February 28, 2022, 09:32:50 pm »
Read or saw somewhere something about blackberry arrow shafts, any thoughts?
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Offline Pat B

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Re: Blackberry arrow shafts?
« Reply #1 on: February 28, 2022, 10:58:28 pm »
There are quite a few herbaceous herbs that can be made into arrows like horse weed, golden rod, etc. Give it a try and report back with your findings.
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Re: Blackberry arrow shafts?
« Reply #2 on: March 02, 2022, 01:41:17 pm »
Will do pat
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Offline Deerhunter21

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Re: Blackberry arrow shafts?
« Reply #3 on: March 02, 2022, 03:44:06 pm »
golden rod!? thats everywhere here!! i gotta try it!!!
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Offline Pat B

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Re: Blackberry arrow shafts?
« Reply #4 on: March 02, 2022, 04:19:52 pm »
Russell, wait until after it's flowered but before it dies.
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Offline TimBo

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Re: Blackberry arrow shafts?
« Reply #5 on: March 04, 2022, 12:00:14 pm »
I wouldn't think blackberry would be strong/rigid enough.  If you feel like getting abused by your arrow source material, multiflora rose is much better! 
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Offline M2A

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Re: Blackberry arrow shafts?
« Reply #6 on: March 06, 2022, 08:07:14 am »
Doubt blackberry would hold up as well as other materials, large pith in that stuff. And I would think that you'd want to harvest them a bit larger than other shoot shaft materials. Some time ago I watched a a fella on you tube, think it was tribeofbenjamin talk about them. He talked highly of it and that surprised me. Maybe check into his information. A hardwood forshaft could really help I would think. If you do try I'd be interested in what you think.   
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Offline Yooper Bowyer

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Re: Blackberry arrow shafts?
« Reply #7 on: March 06, 2022, 01:56:42 pm »
Quote from: Deerhunter21 on March 02, 2022, 03:44:06 pm
golden rod!? thats everywhere here!! i gotta try it!!!

I made arrows out of the stuff as a kid, nice enough, but wouldn't put more than 10# behind a shaft of that stuff.
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