Woodies

[Phopkins]

Anybody make their own wood arrows on here? Carbon arrows are nice but you just can't get more satisfaction than killing something with your own creations.
Some stained and ready to Crest and some I've made in the past. Simple ones and some more elaborate.

 

[Red Beard]

Works of art!

 

[GCTerpfan]

I grew up dipping and cresting wood arrows. We even used to occasionally dip and crest carbon and aluminum arrows. I need to dig through my dad's garage and see if he still has his dip tubes, cresting jig, etc. My 12 yr old would probably love it.

 

[Mike Curtis]

I shoot wood and river cane. I used to get real fancy with the crown dip and cresting. Not so much anymore. Good work

 

[NMSbowhunter]

I have been making my own for a few years now. I started with Port Orford cedar and now use Douglas Fir from Surewood Shafts primarily. Fir seems denser and gives me a heavier arrow.

I have settled on a couple of setups. I clearcoat mine then crown dip white 15 inches back from the nock. They get 5 inch left wing helical parabolic feathers, ususally white feathers on white crown dip. I also make "naturals" that get no crown dip, just clearcoat and I give them green feathers. I have a Bitzenberger jig with left, right and straight fletch clamps. I started left helical with wood arrows so that is what I stick with. I like 190 grain points, usually left bevel Grizzly single bevels or 190 Tuffhead single bevels.

I need to make up a dozen stump shooting arrows and I was thinking I would use a 15 inch chartreuse dip and chartreuse feathers to be able to find them easier. I lost a good wood arrow the last day of bow season stump shooting on the walk out. It happens but I hate to lose one of my arrows.

 

[Bowtie747]

Used to have some custom built woodies. Spliced woods and a spliced in horn nock of some kind, they were sweet to look at! Also used to collect the old bear arrows but have since downsized!

 

[Allegheny Tom]

Do any of you wood guys want any glue-on field points or nocks? I have a bunch that I'm giving away...free shipping, too. Let me know.

 

[NMSbowhunter]

Do any of you wood guys want any glue-on field points or nocks? I have a bunch that I'm giving away...free shipping, too. Let me know.

That is a very generous offer. If you have some 190 grain field points you want to get rid of I would put them to good use.

 

[Allegheny Tom]

That is a very generous offer. If you have some 190 grain field points you want to get rid of I would put them to good use.

I think they are 145s

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[NMSbowhunter]

Thanks generally lighter weight than I use but thanks for the generous offer. I'm sure someone will be along shortly who can use them.

 

[Sziggy2.0]

Smoked him.....that stump didn't go 20 yds!

OP arrows are works of art. Very nice.

 

[NMSbowhunter]

Smoked him.....that stump didn't go 20 yds!

OP arrows are works of art. Very nice.

Stump shooting is, in my opinion, the best way to get in some practice. Yes, the OP's arrows are very nice. I haven't gotten into cresting yet.

 

[Heydeerman]

The guy who mentored me in Traditional Archery says everyone should cut his teeth on wood arrows before shooting something else. I started on Ash arrows from Silent Pond (out of business long ago). I have shot cedar, poplar, hard rock maple, chundo, fir, pine, Hard rock maple was the best, hardest hitting arrow. I was shooting 70-80 pounds Bach then too. A friend of mine is still shooting the ash arrows I made over 20 years ago with the Zwickey heads I mounted on them. He killed a doe with one a couple years ago. I’ve been shooting carbon for years. Every now and then I’ll make a dozen wood arrows just to get back to my roots.

 

[Petrichor]

Used to shoot only woodies that I made. However the shaft I liked went away and I stopped being able to get it reliably. Then I went to carbon.

 

[Razorbak66]

Used to shoot woodies for 20+ years was fun to make and shoot but went to aluminum then carbons for reliability but every now and then I’ll make up a batch and shoot for nostalgia

 

[NMSbowhunter]

There's just something about wood arrows that goes with traditional archery. They are surprisingly durable too.

 

[Petrichor]

There's just something about wood arrows that goes with traditional archery. They are surprisingly durable too.

They are. I still have a few from a batch I made 8 years ago.

 

[tmattson]

Yep. Douglas Fir shafts, I order raw shafts but but have them barrel tapperd for more FOC.
Got 3 I am clear dipping now. Will get some pic's later.

 

[NMSbowhunter]

Yep. Douglas Fir shafts, I order raw shafts but but have them barrel tapperd for more FOC.
Got 3 I am clear dipping now. Will get some pic's later.

I will be interested to see that. Are you tapering from the nock end or from both ends for a true barrel taper?

 

[tmattson]

Believe they do both, have to look.