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<blockquote data-quote="charliewhisky" data-source="post: 2623899" data-attributes="member: 26716"><p>I have not built an arrow for twenty years so I have no real idea as to cost. I don't lose many arrows. I generally take a deer each year from close range, less than 15 yds, from the ground, while still hunting or in early morning ambush. When I was building arrows my needs were simple. I bought broomsticks with heavy, two bladed, broadheads and target points to match. The reasoning was that I wanted to be able to shoot thru small windows in heavy vegetation, think six inches, shooting from one side of an overgrown fence line to a target five to thirty yds out. To do this, you require an arrow with very little flex from the string. The broad heads, think Bear Broadheads, were chosen because I learned they would shatter a shoulder or rib and when hunting like I do, target choice is forced on you. They are also indestructible and sharpen back up. You will note that I am not a long distance, fine accuracy, archer. I have always been a meat hunter. On my old compound, I use a single sight pin set at about 15 yds and hold over, or under, as required. I also make Indian style self bows once in awhile and shoot arrows in the appropriate weight range with the same heavy broadheads. The choice works for me. An example: I spent two hours kneeling in grass ,on a slope just outside a tree line one evening. I was just above the military crest. When I saw two ears, I drew and raised up. The target offered was a hind end, facing away, shot. The bow was a sixty lb compound and the arrow cut the artery inside the left hind leg and passed thru the bowel and chest wall. The force both lifted the rear end and pushed the chest down and the arrow was stuck almost vertically into the ground. The doe ran about forty yds and collapsed trying to jump a small stream. I will admit that if I was required to hunt at longer ranges my arrow choice would probably be different.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="charliewhisky, post: 2623899, member: 26716"] I have not built an arrow for twenty years so I have no real idea as to cost. I don’t lose many arrows. I generally take a deer each year from close range, less than 15 yds, from the ground, while still hunting or in early morning ambush. When I was building arrows my needs were simple. I bought broomsticks with heavy, two bladed, broadheads and target points to match. The reasoning was that I wanted to be able to shoot thru small windows in heavy vegetation, think six inches, shooting from one side of an overgrown fence line to a target five to thirty yds out. To do this, you require an arrow with very little flex from the string. The broad heads, think Bear Broadheads, were chosen because I learned they would shatter a shoulder or rib and when hunting like I do, target choice is forced on you. They are also indestructible and sharpen back up. You will note that I am not a long distance, fine accuracy, archer. I have always been a meat hunter. On my old compound, I use a single sight pin set at about 15 yds and hold over, or under, as required. I also make Indian style self bows once in awhile and shoot arrows in the appropriate weight range with the same heavy broadheads. The choice works for me. An example: I spent two hours kneeling in grass ,on a slope just outside a tree line one evening. I was just above the military crest. When I saw two ears, I drew and raised up. The target offered was a hind end, facing away, shot. The bow was a sixty lb compound and the arrow cut the artery inside the left hind leg and passed thru the bowel and chest wall. The force both lifted the rear end and pushed the chest down and the arrow was stuck almost vertically into the ground. The doe ran about forty yds and collapsed trying to jump a small stream. I will admit that if I was required to hunt at longer ranges my arrow choice would probably be different. [/QUOTE]
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