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Title: Kill shot arrows. What do you do with them?
Post by: DoubleJ on November 30, 2011, 07:29:54 PM: Are they special to you and you take them out of the quiver and hold on to them? Do you keep just the broadhead or just the arrow? Do you wipe them off and put them back into the quiver? What do you do with your kill shot arrows?
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Post by: Button Nubbs on November 30, 2011, 07:37:39 PM: Keep them. Blood hair broadhead and all
Title: Re: Kill shot arrows. What do you do with them?
Post by: BULLBLASTER on November 30, 2011, 07:39:34 PM: If it is useable I will do just that. Re use it.
Title: Re: Kill shot arrows. What do you do with them?
Post by: jaymark6655 on November 30, 2011, 07:44:23 PM: Only one I have had so far was completely destroyed. Hit a rib and far shoulder so broad head blades where bent. Deer ran when hit and snapped the shaft in half, since the arrow only half exited after trying to punch through all that bone. It went in the trash.
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Post by: lokidog on November 30, 2011, 08:04:00 PM: Haven't had a whole arrow left as the result of a killshot on an elk. The one for my first deer i just replaced the broadhead and used it on my second deer, I then replaced the blades in the hopes of a third one this fall but ended up using the rifle (Sask).
Title: Re: Kill shot arrows. What do you do with them?
Post by: seth30 on November 30, 2011, 08:08:07 PM: Im in the process of placing my broadhead in Resin. Once it is done I am going to post the pictures of the process :tup:
Title: Re: Kill shot arrows. What do you do with them?
Post by: halflife65 on November 30, 2011, 08:09:18 PM: If the fletching isn't messed up I just wipe it off, replace the broadhead (or blades) and put it back in the quiver.

If it is messed up I wipe it off, take it home, re-fletch, replace the broadhead (or blades) and put it back in the quiver.

If it's broken I just throw it away.

I have the antlers and/or pictures for memories...I saved the first couple but they just sat in the garage until I eventually cleaned them up and used them. It seemed like it would be cool to save them but I didn't do anything with them.
Title: Re: Kill shot arrows. What do you do with them?
Post by: seth30 on November 30, 2011, 08:18:56 PM: Just put in the last layer of resin, and it should be ready in the morning. Going to take the finished product to a friends that has a laser etcher :tup: This year was my first archery hunt, and first deer taken with a bow. The broadhead was ruined by hitting the spine, and being it was the trash or something like this, I chose to make a kick a#$ paper weight! Sorry if I thread jacked :sry:
Title: Re: Kill shot arrows. What do you do with them?
Post by: DoubleJ on November 30, 2011, 08:40:42 PM: Quote from: seth30 on November 30, 2011, 08:08:07 PM
Im in the process of placing my broadhead in Resin. Once it is done I am going to post the pictures of the process :tup:

That sounds cool
Title: Re: Kill shot arrows. What do you do with them?
Post by: DoubleJ on November 30, 2011, 08:43:08 PM: Quote from: seth30 on November 30, 2011, 08:18:56 PM
Just put in the last layer of resin, and it should be ready in the morning. Going to take the finished product to a friends that has a laser etcher :tup: This year was my first archery hunt, and first deer taken with a bow. The broadhead was ruined by hitting the spine, and being it was the trash or something like this, I chose to make a kick a#$ paper weight! Sorry if I thread jacked :sry:

When you get a chance, can you get a better pic of the can? I wanna do this. And step by step instructions
Title: Re: Kill shot arrows. What do you do with them?
Post by: seth30 on November 30, 2011, 08:44:54 PM: Yeah no probs, something about cold air and darkness does not go well with my flash. I have to mix in the garage due to the fumes, but afterwards I bring the dish into the house to dry faster.
Title: Re: Kill shot arrows. What do you do with them?
Post by: seth30 on November 30, 2011, 08:49:17 PM: the Resing cost me 11.99 at Ace hardware.
Title: Re: Kill shot arrows. What do you do with them?
Post by: DoubleJ on November 30, 2011, 08:54:16 PM: Is the resin clear or tinted brown like it looks in the pic?
Title: Re: Kill shot arrows. What do you do with them?
Post by: seth30 on November 30, 2011, 08:55:47 PM: its very brown, but seems to clear up as it dries. Not sure what the finished color will be :dunno: When I wake up in the morning I will know for sure :tup:
Title: Re: Kill shot arrows. What do you do with them?
Post by: archery288 on November 30, 2011, 09:01:18 PM: Have them all sitting in the gun room - bloody and just the way I found them! Put two nails in the wall from two shell casings when I shot my first deer and hung the cases on them at an angle. The arrows all rest on them.
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Post by: JimmyHoffa on November 30, 2011, 09:10:09 PM: There's a guy out in Forks that uses the arrow over again. Killed something like 40 bulls and even more bucks all with the same arrow. I'm impressed he finds it so often.
Title: Re: Kill shot arrows. What do you do with them?
Post by: JLS on November 30, 2011, 09:30:25 PM: Re use them if they don't break. Leave them if they do.
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Post by: quadrafire on November 30, 2011, 09:35:59 PM: Quote from: JLS on November 30, 2011, 09:30:25 PM
Re use them if they don't break. Leave them if they do.
you could at least remove your trash from the woods :dunno:
Title: Re: Kill shot arrows. What do you do with them?
Post by: 724wd on November 30, 2011, 11:17:50 PM: got mine with the tags on them (does) up in the rafters in my workshop. i shoot cheap arrows, so i'm not worried about reusing them.
Title: Re: Kill shot arrows. What do you do with them?
Post by: carpsniperg2 on November 30, 2011, 11:25:16 PM: All of mine are on a self next to my bed. I have been lucky, I have always found some part of my arrow or a broadhead on all my bow kills :tup:
Title: Re: Kill shot arrows. What do you do with them?
Post by: buck man on November 30, 2011, 11:29:13 PM: Killed 2 bucks, 1 cougar, and 2 bulls all in one year and with one arrow and same broadhead :chuckle:. Last bull took his revenge though and broke my lucky arrow :'(
USE THEM TILL THEY BREAK!!!
Title: Re: Kill shot arrows. What do you do with them?
Post by: seth30 on December 01, 2011, 06:24:18 AM: Quote from: DoubleJ on November 30, 2011, 08:54:16 PM
Is the resin clear or tinted brown like it looks in the pic?
the resin is still a brown color, I dont think I put enough hardner or the cold weather hindered a proper cure :dunno: I went to pull it out of the tupperware dish,and liquid poored out from the sides. Looks like I may need to redue the process :bash:
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Post by: NW-GSP on December 01, 2011, 06:39:13 AM: It could take a few days for that to harden, prob needs to cure at a temp around 70, very cool idea I will prob do the same thing to one of my broadheads
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Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on December 01, 2011, 06:46:07 AM: SAve tHEM !! I only have a couple :chuckle: :tup:
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Post by: Klyne3 on December 01, 2011, 06:56:41 AM: write the year on it and hang it up.
Title: Re: Kill shot arrows. What do you do with them?
Post by: pianoman9701 on December 01, 2011, 06:57:07 AM: Lick 'em clean.
Title: Re: Kill shot arrows. What do you do with them?
Post by: seth30 on December 01, 2011, 06:58:51 AM: Quote from: NW-GSP on December 01, 2011, 06:39:13 AM
It could take a few days for that to harden, prob needs to cure at a temp around 70, very cool idea I will prob do the same thing to one of my broadheads
one thing for sure, dont have anything flammable around that when its curing. The liquied gets almost too hot to touch, im suprised the tupperware contatiner didnt melt.
Title: Re: Kill shot arrows. What do you do with them?
Post by: HornHoarder on December 01, 2011, 07:11:46 AM: Clean them up and reuse them. I'm poor, can't afford new arrows.
Title: Re: Kill shot arrows. What do you do with them?
Post by: Martinhunter on December 01, 2011, 07:11:58 AM: I'll wipe it off and keep using it, being that it's close to $25, arrow and broadhead combined. :bash:
Title: Re: Kill shot arrows. What do you do with them?
Post by: colockumelk on December 01, 2011, 07:31:22 AM: Quote from: BOWHUNTER45 on December 01, 2011, 06:46:07 AM
SAve tHEM !! I only have a couple :chuckle: :tup:

I'm suprised that with the type of broadheads you use they don't just bounce off the animal. :chuckle:

I keep the arrow until it breaks.
Title: Re: Kill shot arrows. What do you do with them?
Post by: pianoman9701 on December 01, 2011, 07:34:33 AM: Quote from: buck man on November 30, 2011, 11:29:13 PM
Killed 2 bucks, 1 cougar, and 2 bulls all in one year and with one arrow and same broadhead :chuckle:. Last bull took his revenge though and broke my lucky arrow :'(
USE THEM TILL THEY BREAK!!!

On carbon, how do you guys inspect them for the really tiny cracks that occur when they impact something hard like bone? I rarely use and arrow again after it's gone through an animal. The thought of having one break down during release and part of it going through my hand is a deterrent for me. :dunno:
Title: Re: Kill shot arrows. What do you do with them?
Post by: seth30 on December 01, 2011, 07:44:37 AM: I flex my arrows back and forth and look for cracks and listen for them as well. I do that after target practice too.
Title: Re: Kill shot arrows. What do you do with them?
Post by: stormin85 on December 01, 2011, 07:53:09 AM: If the arrow doesn't break re-use it, however the same broadhead has killed all of my animals, I figure once the broadhead has tasted blood it just wants more. :chuckle:
Title: Re: Kill shot arrows. What do you do with them?
Post by: Todd_ID on December 01, 2011, 07:54:30 AM: Bend them and roll between your fingers while they're bent in a fairly substantial arc. You'll hear a popping and creaking sound if there is a crack. There will be no doubt about a cracked one.

A for the arrow that kills an animal: I clean them off and reuse them. I've got the one from my buck this year in my avatar that I'm contemplating building into the furniture/pedestal for the mount that Charlie is working on. My thoughts are to keep hunting with the actual arrow and put a substitution (that isn't flying well due to spine weight) into the mount. That way I get to keep shooting a good one and get rid of one that isn't worth much.
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Post by: GoldTip on December 01, 2011, 08:19:36 AM: I wash them with soap and water and replace the blades and re-use, if I can find them. I shot a bull, bear and buck all with the same arrow one year then used the arrow the whole next year for 3d shoots. First bear I shot with the next fall I blew through and hit a tree and the bear snapped it!
Title: Re: Kill shot arrows. What do you do with them?
Post by: lokidog on December 01, 2011, 08:49:01 AM: Quote from: seth30 on November 30, 2011, 08:55:47 PM
its very brown, but seems to clear up as it dries. Not sure what the finished color will be :dunno: When I wake up in the morning I will know for sure :tup:

There's a crystal clear resin designed for this type of thing that you can get at Michael's craft store. It is a bit spendy but is really nice and easy.
Title: Re: Kill shot arrows. What do you do with them?
Post by: seth30 on December 01, 2011, 11:18:43 AM: Quote from: lokidog on December 01, 2011, 08:49:01 AM
Quote from: seth30 on November 30, 2011, 08:55:47 PM
its very brown, but seems to clear up as it dries. Not sure what the finished color will be :dunno: When I wake up in the morning I will know for sure :tup:

There's a crystal clear resin designed for this type of thing that you can get at Michael's craft store. It is a bit spendy but is really nice and easy.
Im beginning to think I should have gone that route...
Title: Re: Kill shot arrows. What do you do with them?
Post by: bowkid on December 01, 2011, 12:48:15 PM: Unless it was a huge trophy bull, if the arrow and broad head are still good I will use it to kill another one.
Title: Re: Kill shot arrows. What do you do with them?
Post by: Snapshot on December 01, 2011, 05:12:07 PM: I save them (or the pieces of them), write the date, species and GMU on them, and then I give them a place on a shelf, or I use hose clips to mount them on a plaque along with a success photo, or directly on the wall beside the skull.

I usually don't wash them off, but this isn't advisable with a shot through the pauch because of the science project you'd then have hanging on the wall. :yike:
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Post by: Camp David on December 01, 2011, 06:52:03 PM: All of them are in storage the way I found them after the shot. I put the date and the number of points/elk or deer on the fletching.
Title: Re: Kill shot arrows. What do you do with them?
Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on December 01, 2011, 06:56:07 PM: Quote from: colockumelk on December 01, 2011, 07:31:22 AM
Quote from: BOWHUNTER45 on December 01, 2011, 06:46:07 AM
SAve tHEM !! I only have a couple :chuckle: :tup:

I'm suprised that with the type of broadheads you use they don't just bounce off the animal. :chuckle:

I keep the arrow until it breaks.
hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha :rolleyes:
Title: Re: Kill shot arrows. What do you do with them?
Post by: Antlershed on December 01, 2011, 06:58:55 PM: My first bowkill was this year, and the arrow ended up in three pieces. I found two of them and they are hanging on the wall. :tup:
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Post by: Cylvertip on December 02, 2011, 12:23:35 PM: Mine are on the racks of the animals they killed. Blood and all. One is broken, so I put a piece of cable in it and put the pieces together - looks whole again, but with a 45 deg turn in it where it broke ( it was sheared between a shoulder blade and a rib when the bull took off).
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Post by: boneaddict on December 02, 2011, 12:57:22 PM: I whipe off the blood, run my broadhead down a stone and use it again next year.
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Post by: buck man on December 02, 2011, 01:46:25 PM: Quote from: pianoman9701 on December 01, 2011, 07:34:33 AM
Quote from: buck man on November 30, 2011, 11:29:13 PM
Killed 2 bucks, 1 cougar, and 2 bulls all in one year and with one arrow and same broadhead :chuckle:. Last bull took his revenge though and broke my lucky arrow :'(
USE THEM TILL THEY BREAK!!!

On carbon, how do you guys inspect them for the really tiny cracks that occur when they impact something hard like bone? I rarely use and arrow again after it's gone through an animal. The thought of having one break down during release and part of it going through my hand is a deterrent for me. :dunno:

I give the arrow a good flexing back and forth and and all around. Then i inspect tbe knock end and tip...tben kill another critter :chuckle:
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Post by: passing-thru on December 03, 2011, 11:23:03 PM: I clean them off, then display on antlers. Both my Elk ones broke in three peices. Here are a few
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Post by: TommyH on December 07, 2011, 11:37:33 PM: bend them and roll em! been hearing some nasty storys of hunters impaling themselves, :yike: I dont want to be that guy! i inspect my arrows befor and after a shot, it only takes a second as you walk back from the target. :twocents:
Title: Re: Kill shot arrows. What do you do with them?
Post by: BeeMan on December 08, 2011, 06:58:31 PM: Planned to use it again.....that is untill it broke last week while sighting it in with my new bow! :bash: :bash:
It hit high in my target and knocked it over causing it to land on my "Lucky Arrow" busting it in half! :bash: :bash: It still had the blood on it from my 178 inch monster whitetail from last year!!! It was also the same arrow I used in my first archery kill 2 years ago... Guess its time for a new "Lucky Arrow" :tup:
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Post by: carpsniperg2 on December 08, 2011, 07:13:59 PM: Here is mine, 17 of them, plus most of my broadheads. These are just my big game animals :chuckle:
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Post by: JimmyHoffa on December 08, 2011, 07:21:04 PM: Wouldn't it get kind of expensive not to mention smelly to hang up all your carp arrows? :chuckle:
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Post by: Gobble Gobble on December 09, 2011, 03:24:51 PM: I've only killed 1 grouse and 2 deer with my bow. The grouse I re used the arrow, my deer last year broke the arrow in 3 places the lower half and BH with blood & hair are on the window sill in the garage with the top half in my bow case for rememberance and the deer I shot this year was a pass through so I just washed it off and put it back in bow case for next year. One day when I shoot a buck and have it mounted then I will retire the arrow if it is still shootable and hang it on the rack. I shoot GT pro hunter so I can't aford to not re use serviceable arrows.
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Post by: D-Rock425 on December 09, 2011, 03:47:10 PM: Hey passing-thru I like the uncle Ted arrows :tup:
Title: Re: Kill shot arrows. What do you do with them?
Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on December 09, 2011, 03:49:25 PM: I would show ya mine BUT IT WOULD END UP BEING A WASP THING AGAIN :sry: :rolleyes: :o 8)
Title: Re: Kill shot arrows. What do you do with them?
Post by: carpsniperg2 on December 09, 2011, 04:57:32 PM: Quote from: JimmyHoffa on December 08, 2011, 07:21:04 PM
Wouldn't it get kind of expensive not to mention smelly to hang up all your carp arrows? :chuckle:

:lol4: I don't think they make rooms big enough for all those arrows :chuckle: :tup:

I will save the one I kill a goator with one of these days, and save one from a trip this next year :tup:
Title: Re: Kill shot arrows. What do you do with them?
Post by: D-Rock425 on December 09, 2011, 05:07:50 PM: Quote from: BOWHUNTER45 on December 09, 2011, 03:49:25 PM
I would show ya mine BUT IT WOULD END UP BEING A WASP THING AGAIN :sry: :rolleyes: :o 8)
yeah we've been down that road and its a dead end.
Title: Re: Kill shot arrows. What do you do with them?
Post by: Button Nubbs on December 09, 2011, 06:41:44 PM: Wasps just sting a little bit... :yike:
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Post by: huntnnw on December 11, 2011, 09:38:29 PM: if okay goes back into quiver...broke in the trash
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Post by: deleted BGS on December 11, 2011, 10:07:32 PM: Kept my last one, complete pass through perfect broad head, tore the fletching, it sits in a gun rack for now until i find a place to display it. Blood hair and all! Got the hunt on film too :tup:
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Post by: PolarBear on December 11, 2011, 10:18:00 PM: I use them for spoilers (grouse or coyotes) or goofing around arrows but won't hunt big game with them again. If they are nicked in any way I crap can them.
Title: Re: Kill shot arrows. What do you do with them?
Post by: scree on December 17, 2011, 08:59:26 PM: Re-use them if I can. Most of the time they are damaged so I keep them in the garage untill I go on a cleaning spree (which is not very often) then they go in the trash. I really should just put them there in the first place but just can't bring myself to do it right away.
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Post by: JJB11B on December 17, 2011, 09:05:08 PM: Carpsniperg2 thats a lot of money in Montecs layin there :tup:
Title: Re: Kill shot arrows. What do you do with them?
Post by: Ridgeratt on December 17, 2011, 09:10:07 PM: When I was bowhunting I used it as a harvest it was retired. some are broken and some are pass thru's but they are all done. even the old rocky mountian razor Broadheads.
Title: Re: Kill shot arrows. What do you do with them?
Post by: JJB11B on December 17, 2011, 09:15:12 PM: when i finally kill something with antlers with my bow I will probably jump up and down and wave it like an idiot! :chuckle:
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Post by: blacktail luv on December 17, 2011, 10:59:40 PM: Reuse it! They are good luck.
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Post by: RadSav on December 18, 2011, 01:03:56 AM: My third deer, first elk and first bear were all shot with the same 2219 Gamegetter and Black Diamond Delta broadhead. That arrow had some good luck attached to it. But, after that season I hung it on the wall for about 10 years. Figured if I ever went on a long dry spell I might have to break it out again!