Arrow set of the month

[MikaelMazz]

I was just thinking that it would be neat to have an arrow set of the month like we have bow of the month. As we all know good arrows are harder to make than a good bow. And arrows can be made very beautifull. Just a thought. What do you think?

      Mikael

[DanaM]

Its been suggested before and was declined. Not that much variation in arrows, yes they can be made in many colors
but in the end its a stick with feathers. Perhaps a one time contest would work though. I know some guys put an
awful lot of work into their arrows and create works of art. Me I lose them to fast to get carried away

[knightd]

I think it would be a good Idea..

[JackCrafty]

I dunno....sounds good to me.  I think there could be a lot of variation as long as people are not using stuff purchased off the shelf.  Maybe there should be a rule that states the arrows have to be made from scratch...no modern kits or pre-fabs.

Or we could break them down into 3 categories: (1) Ugly modern arrows, (2) Semi-modern uglies, and (3) Really cool primitive hand-made works of art.

[sailordad]

I dunno....sounds good to me.  I think there could be a lot of variation as long as people are not using stuff purchased off the shelf.  Maybe there should be a rule that states the arrows have to be made from scratch...no modern kits or pre-fabs.

Or we could break them down into 3 categories: (1) Ugly modern arrows, (2) Semi-modern uglies, and (3) Really cool primitive hand-made works of art.

well then just to be completely homemade, no dowels then either. a homemade arrow should also have to be made from all gathered materials.


                                                                                                         tim

[JackCrafty]

No dowels?  Ouch.    What about split lumber?  Lots of NA arrows in the east were made from split hickory.  How could you tell the difference between a hickory dowel and split hickory?

What about acrylic paint, epoxy, nylon thread, petroleum-based stains/finishes, power tools, etc?  This might be the reason the idea never took off?

I know......Maybe we could have an "ooga-booga" category for the all-naturals?  And a "wall street" category for those of us who like to cheat a little.

[jamie]

ooga booga my favorite

[Ryan_Gill_HuntPrimitive]

I'd be up for a set of primitives.    It has been said before though that its takes a lot of work setting up BOTM and to do arrows is a lot of work.    i think every 3 months  or 6 months would be fun.   and i'd say you can only enter one set and have to label which set you want listed.   also 2 categories
   modern arrows- commercial feathers, plastic knocks, glue on points..etc
   primitives-  wrapped or tied on natural feathers, selfknocks, andstone or trade points...etc...

just my idea, dont think it really matters too much, just throwing a couple cents into the hat.- Ryan

[mullet]

 jackcrafty, somebody suggesting a bunch of rules, making it complicated, was part of the reason nobody had time to run it. Why not start a post, I'll stick it to the top and let it run till sometime after the New Year, and we can all vote on it? If the Magazine wants to get involved, lets go from there.

[sailordad]

I'd be up for a set of primitives.    It has been said before though that its takes a lot of work setting up BOTM and to do arrows is a lot of work.    i think every 3 months  or 6 months would be fun.   and i'd say you can only enter one set and have to label which set you want listed.   also 2 categories
   modern arrows- commercial feathers, plastic knocks, glue on points..etc
   primitives-  wrapped or tied on natural feathers, selfknocks, andstone or trade points...etc...

just my idea, dont think it really matters too much, just throwing a couple cents into the hat.- Ryan

this is a good start here,jmho

how many to a set? has to be more than one. i think that since most hunt with a minimum of three arrows, that three would be a nice minimum number.
more would be a lot of work,especialy if doing primitive arrows.
just a thought

how would the functionability be judged,bom atleast you have a full draw pic.


                                                                                    tim

[donnieonetrack]

I'm in for the all primitive arrows.

Donnie

[armymedic.2]

I think you are on the right track mullet, OB already has his hands full with BOM.

[DanaM]

I'l get started on some really cool recurved cane arrows with exotic hard wood tip overlays 

[TRACY]

Sounds like a good idea Mullet. Keep it simple though.
Dana, will those recurved cane arrows shoot around trees?

Tracy

[JackCrafty]

Hey guys, I'm taking Mullet's advice and I'm going to start a post for showing off your arrows.  We can set up a voting thing if there's enough response.