Lost Arrows

[Snapshot]

Arrows get lost. Fact of life.

[pianoman9701]

Dose anybody think that it would be better to just get those 3 pack broad heads at Walmart for $10, if I am not going for big game, or do you think that it really effects the flight pattern of the arrow.  All I know is that it would save some serious  ...

So you'd save $6 per arrow, which is considerable. You have to test them yourself to see how they fly. My experience has shown me that durability is more affected than flight when purchasing broadheads based on price. If you're shooting them only at turkeys and they fly true, save the money. It's when they're striking bone and cutting ribs that you don't want them falling apart and leaving sharp edges waiting for you inside a deer or elk's body.

[WildWind1]

You guys should check out the lighted nock thread on this site. That's what its all about.

Some of us are trying to get them legal in this state so you don't lose them of your game.

Contact the WDFW and let them know NOW while the 2012-2015 rule adoption is going on and we my just get em.

[WildWind1]

Arrows get lost. Fact of life.

And animals get wounded. FACT OF LIFE

[WildWind1]

The thread is called,      using aluminocks in Wa

[Tacomahunter]

I lost 1 this year...thank God I found one too! I'm not done hunting though, so I hope this doesn't jinx me. 

[Snapshot]

Arrows get lost. Fact of life.

And animals get wounded. FACT OF LIFE

Not only by arrows. FACT OF LIFE.

[Gobble Doc]

Hey Bow Boy.  You're going to start funding your own arrows!   

[norsepeak]

Where were you hunting cause I found about $40 worth of new arrows lying in the woods.   I usually donate a couple expensive arrows a year to the woods, usually on grouse   You'd think I'd learn and buy some cheapos for grouse, but no I still donate the expensive ones...

[bowhuntersd]

I can't even count how many arrows I've lost over the years...  My matto is "you can't kill em if you don't shoot", well your going to loose arrows if you shoot..  . Not alway the case but over the years I've lost my share.

[Snapshot]

Arrows get lost. Fact of life.

And animals get wounded. FACT OF LIFE

Not only by arrows. FACT OF LIFE.

As written about nicely in this article from Whitetail Journal:
 
http://www.whitetailjournal-digital.com/whitetailjournal/201108?pg=24#pg24

[BK]

I can't even count how many arrows I've lost over the years...  My matto is "you can't kill em if you don't shoot", well your going to loose arrows if you shoot..  . Not alway the case but over the years I've lost my share.

Think about it, A dozen TOP SHELF ARROWS will cost you between 90 and 150 dollars, you'll get  on a really  conservative estimate 1000 shots out of that dozen. Hell that's cheaper than match grade .22, damned sure cheaper than any centerfire ammo you'll find even if you reload.

[ouchfoss]

Seems like I lose a few every year shooting at grouse. This year I have made a oath to not waste anymore arrows trying to harvest an animal that barely makes part of a meal and I have passed up several grouse this year I feel pretty good about my decision considering how much money I have into each arrow. I do have several that are just laying on trails or in brush holes somewhere because they just fell out of my quiver while I was hunting either because of a crappy quiver or brush and sticks pulled it out and I never noticed. There was one time years ago when I bumped a herd with a nice bull in it and I tried to haul ass and run around the herd to catch up with them and when I reached for and arrow to make a possible shot there was 3 missing! I bought a better quiver after that!

[colockumelk]

This year I shot at a big mule deer buck. It hit low struck a rock and went into outer space. I shot another arrow got a pass tjrough on a spike bull. I used that same arrow to to put a finishing shot on him 2 hours later. It went through both lungs his off side shoulder and stuck in the skin. When us ran off it broke the arrow. So I lost two arrows this year. But... the broad head is still good to go. I still have three deer tags here in NY to fill so we will see if I lose anymore.

[rdale14]

I spined my Muley this year, and then walked up and put a second arrow in her.  Then she rolled over, snap snap, two arrows gone.  It's all part of the game.  I rather replace arrows and broad heads every now and then than pay a buck a bullet.