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Main Discussion Area => Arrows => Topic started by: Pat B on September 17, 2009, 02:37:00 pm

Title: '09 hunting arrows
Post by: Pat B on September 17, 2009, 02:37:00 pm
Last year Hillbilly posted a matched/unmatched set of arrows and each arrow had different shaft material. Well, this is my version...and my hunting arrows for this year.
  Four hunting arrows with four different native plant shafts, all from my property. One is hill cane(A. appalaciana) with my version of a two fletch, another is sourwood(Oxydendron sp) shaft with Cherokee two fletch, one is viburnum(V. prunifolium) with a standard 3 fletch and the last is silky dogwood(C. amomum) with a tangential 3 fletch. All have tied on feathers(all turkey but tangential is goose) with sinew wrap( no glue). Shafts are all self nocked and have knapped points hafted with pitch glue and sinew wrapped. All sinew wrapping and the shafting is sealed with pitch varnish. The knapped points are from 4 different knappers I believe but I can't remember who made what. I believe I got all of them at the camp-o-rama this passed July.
  My hunting bow will be one of last years bows...yew self bow with hand rubbed bear fat finish and pulling 47#@26". All of these arrows shoot well from this bow and hopefully I'll get the opportunity to dye one of them BLOOD red!
almost forgot the pics....




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Title: Re: '09 hunting arrows
Post by: stringstretcher on September 17, 2009, 02:42:21 pm
Those things are camouflaged so well I can not even see them.  How will you find them to shoot them Pat??????
Title: Re: '09 hunting arrows
Post by: Pat B on September 17, 2009, 02:45:23 pm
Hopefully they will be sticking out of a deer when I go to retrieve them.
  I just reposted with pics.
Title: Re: '09 hunting arrows
Post by: Josh on September 17, 2009, 02:51:13 pm
Nice arrows Pat!!!  Hope you get some blood on em this year!    :) -josh
Title: Re: '09 hunting arrows
Post by: knightd on September 17, 2009, 02:59:05 pm
good looking arrows.. Good luck ! hope to see the pic of one of them after it has done its job.. ;)
Title: Re: '09 hunting arrows
Post by: Hillbilly on September 17, 2009, 03:58:51 pm
Those oughta get the job done, hope you get some red stain on 'em. I think that side-notched Texas flint point on the goos-feathered arrow is one I made for you, maybe.
Title: Re: '09 hunting arrows
Post by: Pat B on September 17, 2009, 04:22:43 pm
I think so and that is my favorite of the bunch. Very sharp. The head weight 188 grs.
Title: Re: '09 hunting arrows
Post by: ricktrojanowski on September 17, 2009, 09:46:25 pm
Very nice Pat.  I like the idea of the matched/unmatched arras.   All primitive to boot.  Good luck,  hope you get them nice and red. ;)
Title: Re: '09 hunting arrows
Post by: woodstick on September 17, 2009, 10:14:38 pm
they are nice pat, cant wait to stick a deer with the arrow you made me, i hope. if it has horns it will be on the wall even if it is small cause it will be my first kill with a primitive arrow.
Title: Re: '09 hunting arrows
Post by: hawkbow on September 17, 2009, 10:52:18 pm
those are really nice arrows brother... hope they make you some meat soon.. aim small miss small .. Hawk
Title: Re: '09 hunting arrows
Post by: Pat B on September 17, 2009, 11:49:50 pm
Mike, I haven't hafted one of your antique glass heads but I do keep one in my medicine bag!  8)
  Rick, if we were wandering about and needed arrows, I believe(as I'm sure you do) we don't need a weight/spine matched set of arrows to make meat.  ;) After all this is primitive archery.  8)
  Tim, it will be my first kill with primitive arrow...my arrow, not my kill.  ;D
Title: Re: '09 hunting arrows
Post by: Pappy on September 18, 2009, 06:01:24 am
Nice set Pat,can't wait to see some blood on them. :) They should do the job. :)
   Pappy
Title: Re: '09 hunting arrows
Post by: DanaM on September 18, 2009, 07:51:31 am
 8) 8) 8)
Title: Re: '09 hunting arrows
Post by: recurve shooter on September 18, 2009, 09:42:35 am
i like your varriation of the two fletch.  ;D

good luck!
Title: Re: '09 hunting arrows
Post by: ricktrojanowski on September 18, 2009, 08:31:32 pm
Mike, I haven't hafted one of your antique glass heads but I do keep one in my medicine bag!  8)
  Rick, if we were wandering about and needed arrows, I believe(as I'm sure you do) we don't need a weight/spine matched set of arrows to make meat.  ;) After all this is primitive archery.  8)
  Tim, it will be my first kill with primitive arrow...my arrow, not my kill.  ;D
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You got that right Pat. 
Title: Re: '09 hunting arrows
Post by: PeteC on September 18, 2009, 09:00:59 pm
Great lookin' arrows Pat,and good huntin' to you this season. God Bless
Title: Re: '09 hunting arrows
Post by: hawkbow on September 18, 2009, 11:40:54 pm
 Heading out Sunday to film my elk hunt for Journey with Redhawk have your medicine arrow in my quiver.. should be some good fun.. Hawk a/ho
Title: Re: '09 hunting arrows
Post by: mullet on September 18, 2009, 11:50:31 pm
  Good luck!
Title: Re: '09 hunting arrows
Post by: Pat B on September 19, 2009, 12:07:30 am
Good shooting Mike. May the medicine be with you!  ;)
Title: Re: '09 hunting arrows
Post by: Justin Snyder on September 19, 2009, 01:05:16 am
Sweet looking arrows Pat. Get-R-Done
Title: Re: '09 hunting arrows
Post by: Kegan on September 19, 2009, 09:37:06 am
Beautiful arrows Pat. They look like they want to red though ;)
Title: Re: '09 hunting arrows
Post by: Little John on September 24, 2009, 09:57:26 pm
Sweet arrows Pat I am still trying to use up my 06 arrows. Good luck with these fine arrows.     Kenneth
Title: Re: '09 hunting arrows
Post by: GregB on September 25, 2009, 01:16:08 pm
History proves those should work...best of luck hunting with them! :)
Title: Re: '09 hunting arrows
Post by: chasing crow on September 27, 2009, 09:52:21 am
Very nice arrows Pat. I hope to make such arrows soon. Happy hunting!
Chasing Crow
Title: Re: '09 hunting arrows
Post by: Mechslasher on September 29, 2009, 11:44:05 am
pat, you should have come down this past weekend.  maybe you could have used one of those arrows on the buck that almost ran over wade and david.  got to get them to tell the story!! ;D
Title: Re: '09 hunting arrows
Post by: Pat B on September 29, 2009, 08:29:03 pm
Let me know when the next hunt is. I'll get him, or his DADDY then!  ;D