Finished ocean spray arrows

[Danzn Bar]

That's not cheating.....I glue them on and then wrap them all the time
DBar

[make-n-break]

Tracker, it's hard to tell the height from the pic but the fletchings look fairly tall. I always have good luck quieting mine down by trimming down the height.

[Tracker0721]

They are tall. I figured I'd need more help if the shafts weren't spined right but have since cut them down to about normal height.

[Green]

Nice work all the way around Dylan.  Good luck on the Turkeys this Spring!

I like the advice of cutting larger diameter and then planing/sanding through the kinks.  Sounds like a solid plan.

[Thunder]

Nice arrows!

Thunder

[Blayne]

Those look sweet. I hope you are successful in taking a gobbler with one. I have some shafts drying for building later this year:)

[loon]

Very nice. Cool points too.

Where do you harvest ocean spray? Public/random land? How long do you let them dry? Do you leave the bark and seal the ends with wax or something while drying? Or would you leave the leaves on it?

I use hide glue + wrapping for fletching.. ..

[Tracker0721]

Public, private with permission, or any grey area(like below high water mark on the river). I cut em long and let em season for as long as I feel. These ocean spray were about 5-6 months. Bark on. Leaves shaved off. Bundle and thrown in the spare room.

[majsnuff]

Great looking arrows. I normally straighten Ocean Spray while still green bark on. Might go over each shaft 4  or 5 times before it is dry, then debark, and using minimal heat fine tune all the kinks. Only then do I block sand to remove the remaining high points.
You did good on that set, come next Turkey season you will have fresh feathers for new arrows.

[bjrogg]

Nice arrows, nice pictures. Thanks for sharing and good luck with your quest for a gobbler.
Bjrogg