Traditional shooters

[quadrafire]

Hey folks. Just curious about your arrow choice for recurve/longbow shooting. I have the urge to get a long bow,and would probably try wood arrows (maybe even try making my own). But i see alot of folks with carbon and aluminum. Any thoughts?

[luvtohnt]

I have recently got into traditional archery, and let me tell you it is so much fun. I got some bamboo arrows and they fly and shoot awesome. However I have not shot wood arrows yet so I may be a little biased. I have also been told that rosewood makes awesome arrows and they are easy to make on your own.

Brandon

[quadrafire]

Where did you find the Bamboo arrows?

[NWWABOWHNTR]

I shoot primarily carbon now out of my longbows and my recurves.  Wood is great for hunting and stump shooting,  but don't care much for them at 3D.  I have switched because carbon is soooo forgiving.  To get the right spine try Stu Millers dynamic spine calculator....
http://www.heilakka.com/stumiller/  

[STIKNSTRINGBOW]

I think you might use rosewood to foot arrows, but you need straight grain to make straight arrows.
Use whatever you can afford at first to practice with, and get other types as you gain experience.
They all work, it is just a matter of personnal taste.
I prefer wood myself (cedar) ,but if you are just starting, aluminum would be cheaper, they dont break as much and cost less to begin with.
I hunt with some Bill Sweetland Forgewoods that run over $15 apiece, that can add up if you throw them around the range.
I practice with whatever I can find in the correct spine ( I shoot every day on my 3D course in my backyard, 12 targets)

[luvtohnt]

What do you mean by

I think you might use rosewood to foot arrows,

The rosewood or wild rose arrows I have seen were really straight and the grain was almost perfectly straight as well. Maybe I am missing something when it comes to straight grain, I am a newbie.

I go got my arrows from a local bowyer here in E-burg.
http://www.rudderbowsarchery.com/store/

Brandon

[colockumelk]

I am so much less of a man!

[STIKNSTRINGBOW]

I looked at site and didn't see any rosewood, or wild rose arrows
when I hear rosewood, I think of rosewood risers on bows, I have never heard of rosewood arrows....
Rose city archery ? ,
It could be possible, after all I don't know everything, but I have never heard of rosewood arrows.

[luvtohnt]

They call them rosewood arows, but they are made from Virginia Rose found all over this side of the mountains. The rose grows shoots that are 3-5 ft tall and if treated properly can be cut and dried to make excellent arrows. I am going to try to make some so maybe I will do a tutorial on it so others can see. I just have to go get some wild rose. The website I gave the link for was for the bamboo arrows, that quadfire asked me about. Sorry for any confusion.

Brandon

[Snapshot]

Other shrub shoots that make good arrows are Ocean Spray and Hazelnut, both abundant in parts of this state.
I once traded a guy a half dozen steel blunts for a couple of dozen Wild Rose shafts. GOOD TRADE!

[sisu]

Yew recurve, two blade wood arrows