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    #16
    Those are some great looking arrows. I bet they shoot as well as they look with those tight specs.

    I love good wood arrows. It seems every time I get or make a nice set I break 2 or 3 the first week of shooting them. I have an old set of 3 Rivers pre-stained arrows that I have had for years, lol.

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      #17
      Nothing more therapeutic than building up a bunch of poc arrows, I can even smell one after breaking an arrow and not feel quite so bad about it.

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        #18
        I know this is going to be a opinion based question. BUT where do you buy your shafts? I have been planning on ordering from Surewood for my Douglas fir, but have not committed anywhere yet. Does not need to be the BEST there is, but a good set of shootable shafts in either Douglas Fir or POC.

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          #19
          Originally posted by Dry Bones View Post
          I know this is going to be a opinion based question. BUT where do you buy your shafts? I have been planning on ordering from Surewood for my Douglas fir, but have not committed anywhere yet. Does not need to be the BEST there is, but a good set of shootable shafts in either Douglas Fir or POC.
          Check into Sitka spruce shafts. They are 4 times as strong as cedar but weigh less.

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            #20
            Raptor Archery. He has several different wood shafts and makes good products. Might not be cheap but I've always gotten quality from Ted.
            Alaska yellow cedar is also a good wood. I try to find nice heavy shafts in a 11/32 tapered shaft, better penetration for me with my 49-50# draw weight. Quieter too.
            Anybody else use 4 fletch ?

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              #21
              I will probably be the <1% here, but I like as little fletch as I can get away with. REALLY good tuned arrows do not need much fletching. I have hunted the past few seasons with 3- 2" fletchings. I stepped up to 3" this year and the woods pictured were traded with 5" fletchings already in place. I know I will not do that when I make my own. The 2" worked pretty well with my carbons.

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                #22
                Originally posted by Dry Bones View Post
                I will probably be the <1% here, but I like as little fletch as I can get away with. REALLY good tuned arrows do not need much fletching. I have hunted the past few seasons with 3- 2" fletchings. I stepped up to 3" this year and the woods pictured were traded with 5" fletchings already in place. I know I will not do that when I make my own. The 2" worked pretty well with my carbons.
                I like plenty of fletching and use 5". I consider my arrows to be well tuned and could get by with 2" fletching. But, I am a hunter and sometimes find myself shooting from awkward positions. If I pluck the string or short-draw, a 5" fletching will quickly correct the arrow and keep me on target. A 2" will not. 2" are fine on the target or 3d range, but fall short in the hunting woods.

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                  #23
                  I started with carbons but shoot nothing but woods now. Those flight arrows are a pain though. Arvin.

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                    #24
                    Thought I should do some updates. These are the remainder of what I traded into.
                    Then a few pics of some random shooting. I'm liking the wood flight. Somehow it's just more relaxing. I tried rotating the pic, but for some reason it keeps turning itself back on the page.
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                    Last edited by Dry Bones; 01-23-2018, 10:07 PM. Reason: sideways pic

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                      #25
                      Sorry for the big pics. Missed the set. I'll try again
                      These are just a few from the different woods I now have. Notice the middle arrow. It a cane arrow with stone point and self knocked. Knapped and made by Jeff Freeman.
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                        #26
                        All of these have the longer fletchings (5"), which is fine and I will leave them this way. BUT my first made arrows will be much shorter, like my carbon arrows. Just my preference. None of the deer or pigs that I have been fortunate enough to take have minded a 2 or 3" fletch yet so I will keep doing what suits me.
                        I realize there are advantages to using the longer fletchings as Phillip has pointed out. I just really like the shorter feathers with less wind noise,... and the look.

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