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Main Discussion Area => Arrows => Topic started by: Digital Caveman on November 09, 2020, 06:36:09 pm

Title: First broadhead arrows: Thank you to PA members!
Post by: Digital Caveman on November 09, 2020, 06:36:09 pm

Here are a few arrows I finished this weekend; they are the first real broadhead arrows I've built, but there are more on the way!

They are Port Orford Cedar with purpleheart splines.  The fletching is leftwing turkey primaries bound in the front with my first attempt at sinew.  The heads are Zwicky Deltas.

Thank you to Pat B for the heads, to Warpath for the shafts, and Mike Yancy for the backstrap sinew!  I hope to try these out on our jack-o-lanterns tomorrow. ;D

Title: Re: First broadhead arrows: Thank you to PA members!
Post by: Pat B on November 09, 2020, 09:05:36 pm

They look good. Let us know how they shoot.  :OK

Title: Re: First broadhead arrows: Thank you to PA members!
Post by: Hawkdancer on November 10, 2020, 12:13:12 am

Looking good!  Lookout, Jack!  Now, about that deer!  (SH) :-D. Congratulations!
Hawkdancer

Title: Re: First broadhead arrows: Thank you to PA members!
Post by: Digital Caveman on November 10, 2020, 06:24:01 am

Deer move, and they see me before I see them.  I got a lot more practice ahead of me in shooting and stalking!

Title: Re: First broadhead arrows: Thank you to PA members!
Post by: warpath on November 12, 2020, 05:15:39 pm

Nice work on the shafts!! Good to see you putting them to good use!  :OK

  G-Monee  >:D

Title: Re: First broadhead arrows: Thank you to PA members!
Post by: Digital Caveman on November 14, 2020, 11:19:34 am

Between my do list and weather I just got to the range today.  I am very impressed by the amount of damage a broadhead will do to a pumpkin.  The field tips just punch a hole through; the broad heads split the shell open.  I'm sure it works differently on a deer, but even so ...

Title: Re: First broadhead arrows: Thank you to PA members!
Post by: GlisGlis on November 18, 2020, 10:27:17 am

pumpkin hunting?
those horrible pictures offend my vegan spirit  (lol) (lol) (lol) (lol) (lol) (lol)

Title: Re: First broadhead arrows: Thank you to PA members!
Post by: Woody roberts on November 30, 2020, 03:23:11 pm

Not me. I hate pumpkins. I’d rather gut a deer than gut a pumpkin. I do love pumpkin bread though.
How heavy are those broadheads?

Title: Re: First broadhead arrows: Thank you to PA members!
Post by: Digital Caveman on November 30, 2020, 06:55:30 pm

About 125 grains.  Pumpkins don't carry potentially dangerous bacteria.

Title: Re: First broadhead arrows: Thank you to PA members!
Post by: Allyn T on December 08, 2020, 10:59:41 am

Lol they might I've heard of more salmonella from veggies than from meat