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Offline Hillbilly

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Big ol' honkin' jungle arrow
« on: March 05, 2008, 08:00:43 pm »
I was playing around and made this sucker just for the helluvit. It's about 50"  long, about 700 grains, made from river cane with quickee two-feather fletching and a dogwood point. I didn't take too many pains with it, but surprisingly, it flies great and is quite accurate. I shot it a few times from a long 50# ash flatbow and at 15 yards it's point-on. At twenty it's still accurate, but drops a bit more than a normal arrow. No wagging or porpoising. I expected it to nose-dive or flit around like a drunken bat, but it flies true. It hits the target bag with a sound resembling a dead cow being whacked in the paunch with a go-devil. The first shot a fifteen yards went all the way through the eternity target bag with the point sticking out the other side.  :o Now all I need is to get within range of a monkey......I may have to make some more of these and a seven-foot jungle bow to shoot them with. That would be a lot of fun, take 'em to a 3D shoot with the wheelie guys and their overdraws and 23" arrows.  ;D

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Re: Big ol' honkin' jungle arrow
« Reply #1 on: March 05, 2008, 08:18:54 pm »
That's pretty darn cool; i especially like that dogwood point. I like your sound effects description.  Looks like you might need to get on that airboat of eddies and shoot down some of dem invasive simians ;D

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Re: Big ol' honkin' jungle arrow
« Reply #2 on: March 05, 2008, 08:32:03 pm »
Jonathan, I got plenty of invasive hairy simian cousins infesting the hollers around here.  ;D And don't tell me you've never whacked a dead cow in the paunch with a go-devil  ;D
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« Reply #3 on: March 05, 2008, 09:21:08 pm »
mind if this yankee asks what a go devil is ;) nice monkey sticker

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Re: Big ol' honkin' jungle arrow
« Reply #4 on: March 05, 2008, 09:22:52 pm »
 What the heck is a Go Devil?
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Re: Big ol' honkin' jungle arrow
« Reply #5 on: March 05, 2008, 10:00:41 pm »
I can't believe you bunch of rednecks don't know what a godevil is. At least Jamie has the excuse of being a Yankee....... ;D It's one of these here things:

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« Reply #6 on: March 05, 2008, 10:42:33 pm »
 Oh, a Maul. ::) A Go Devil down here is a motor for duck boats that cost too much for me to justify.
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Re: Big ol' honkin' jungle arrow
« Reply #7 on: March 05, 2008, 11:19:06 pm »
That is a cool arrow.  You might have to get a new quiver though.  :o Justin
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Re: Big ol' honkin' jungle arrow
« Reply #8 on: March 05, 2008, 11:23:55 pm »
Cool arra - loooooong ;D. That gives me an idea (oversized idea, hmmm)..
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Re: Big ol' honkin' jungle arrow
« Reply #9 on: March 06, 2008, 12:04:18 am »
can you imagine all the wierd looks the wheely guys would give you if you took that to a 3d shoot ;D
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Re: Big ol' honkin' jungle arrow
« Reply #10 on: March 06, 2008, 01:14:58 am »
Cool arrow Steve. Lots of the South American "long" monkey arrows don't have fletchings. Have you tried shooting a long unfletched arrow?     Pat

 
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Re: Big ol' honkin' jungle arrow
« Reply #11 on: March 06, 2008, 01:23:16 am »
 OOGA BOOGA... big bad arrow...should do the trick on a monkey, or an ape for that matter... ;D ;)
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Re: Big ol' honkin' jungle arrow
« Reply #12 on: March 06, 2008, 03:42:16 am »
Hey Thats a real knockm out Arrow :)

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Re: Big ol' honkin' jungle arrow
« Reply #13 on: March 06, 2008, 05:18:53 am »
freakin awesome dude  ;D  i love that arrow.  i meant to make some for the longest time, (with bamboo heads), but i just don't seem to find the time.  or maybe i've got my priorities all wrong.

coincidently, right now there's a thread on one of the german forums discussing the advantages and dynamics of long unfletched jungel arrows.

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Re: Big ol' honkin' jungle arrow
« Reply #14 on: March 06, 2008, 09:21:15 am »
Thanks, guys, it's fun to experiment with wierd stuff sometimes. Pat, I bet it would fly fine without the fletchings, especially if it had a heavier point on it. I'm thinking about making a couple of big long cane fish arrows with no fletchings.
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