modern or primitive arrows

[sonny]

By modern arrows I mean store-bought cedar, spruce, larch, pine, etc shafting with a modern poly (or other) modern finish.

By primitive I mean something you could go in the woods to find or that you've traded for (that someone collected from their local woods) or even store-bought Martha Stewart bamboo..... shoots, bamboo, river cane and the like. I think y'all know what I mean....

BTW, this isn't meant to start that "What is primitive ??" war of words.. I'm just curious as to what y'all use for hunting.

 

 

[Pat B]

For the last 3 years I've used sourwood shoots(and some other shoot wood) with stone points for hunting. Unfortunately I can't report of their effectiveness...although I have no doubts. I have sourwood and cane arrows with trades on them. But, I also have modern arrows with store bought steel points but also trades and stone. Depending which bow I choose to hunt with, I may end up using a modern arrow this year but it will have stone on it...although, I'd like to see what a Wensel Woodsman will do!     Pat

[Coo-wah-chobee]

                                          Only use cane with foreshafts and stone pernts fer huntin deer, hawgs etc. Small game use wood blunts on cane arras...........bob

[Pappy]

I use cain and sour wood with trade and stone head sometimes ,but most of the time I use
Hickory and cedar with glue on 160 Ace 2 bladed head.They all work well but with all the
bow building I do for myself and helping people I just don't take the time for arrows,they
take more time than a bow for me.
   Pappy

[Hillbilly]

Cane, sourwood, and other shoot shafts with stone or the occasional saw-blade trade point. I also sometimes make split/sawed and hand planed shafts from poplar, pine, or ash.

[TRACY]

I use cedar and lam. birch with glue-on 2 blade that takes an edge. I now use wild turkey fletching instead of commercial feathers, experimenting with self nocks.

[Justin Snyder]

I use power tools to cut and taper, and electric heat to straighten, so I guess they aren't that primitive. I have been making my own shafts, or using shoots. I use stone points whenever the law allows.  BTW Thanks Bob and Pat for the shaft material.    Justin