Your shafts look great! Boo would be my choice for huntin' arrow ... if it weren't for the lengthy and challenging straightening process. Am jealous/awed of those with the "eye" for quickly determining where/how to focus straighten effort. I've done more than a few but shed a tear for each one that gets itself lost. ;-) So preferences are doug fir and tulip poplar. Tulip poplar is called poplar in the big box home improve stores. Doug fir is getting to be outta my archery budget. So most of my ammo inventory is now tulip poplar. It is avail as 1/2" thick boards at most home improve stores. The tree tends to grow straight with trunk clear of limbs for long distance from ground. So It's easy to find straight-grained boards. And board price fits my budget. Table saw turns 1/2" boards into approx 3/8" squares. Then hand plane and shooting board to turn squares into approx 16-sided nearly rounds. Then chuck 'em into drill and spin them into rounds using sandpaper. Bit of effort involved but I've the time, cost is dirt cheap, and their weight/durability is at least same as doug fir. No problem getting high 500 to low 600 grn completed hunting arrows from either doug fir or my tulip poplar shafts.
I make shafts the same way. When they break I cry! I will have to give Poplar a try. Did you know of the 10,000+ arrows found on the 1545 sunk Mary Rose 77% were poplar and the rest were mostly birch, alder and ash.
Really interesting topic. I'm always on the lookout for new wood to try. I have made a few arrows from lumber I processed myself from a tree...Western Hemlock and AK Paper Birch. I like the birch best because of it's strength and it's lighter than Ash. I will have to try Sitka Spruce as it's our most popular local tree. I thought the spine was a tad weak though for my 50 lb recurve. I have also tried store bought shafts of bamboo, POC, Doug Fir and Ash. The bamboo and Ash have major issues with keeping straight so I only use for stumping and small game. POC and Fir is excellent! Unfortunately we don't have choke cherry except in people's front yards.
I'm not sure what Plant Hardiness Zone you reside in, I'm in 8b, Japanese Arrow Bamboo, Pseudosasa Japonica, makes great arrow shafts. Thanks for the video!
started making my own shafts a few years ago. Fir , spruce and Nootka cypress are my woods of choice. Problem I am having is my shooting is getting better at shooting and I am loosing and breaking less which means I don't get to make as many as I used too.
@@meadowlarkadventuregear 😁 ya it is. I usually run into a rough patch. A couple shoots I go to like to put some ugly shots together with lots of rocks or large drops behind just to mess with your mind. Lots of times it works.
Your shafts look great! Boo would be my choice for huntin' arrow ... if it weren't for the lengthy and challenging straightening process. Am jealous/awed of those with the "eye" for quickly determining where/how to focus straighten effort. I've done more than a few but shed a tear for each one that gets itself lost. ;-) So preferences are doug fir and tulip poplar. Tulip poplar is called poplar in the big box home improve stores. Doug fir is getting to be outta my archery budget. So most of my ammo inventory is now tulip poplar. It is avail as 1/2" thick boards at most home improve stores. The tree tends to grow straight with trunk clear of limbs for long distance from ground. So It's easy to find straight-grained boards. And board price fits my budget. Table saw turns 1/2" boards into approx 3/8" squares. Then hand plane and shooting board to turn squares into approx 16-sided nearly rounds. Then chuck 'em into drill and spin them into rounds using sandpaper. Bit of effort involved but I've the time, cost is dirt cheap, and their weight/durability is at least same as doug fir. No problem getting high 500 to low 600 grn completed hunting arrows from either doug fir or my tulip poplar shafts.
@@knolltop314 sounds like some nice shafts!
I make shafts the same way. When they break I cry! I will have to give Poplar a try. Did you know of the 10,000+ arrows found on the 1545 sunk Mary Rose 77% were poplar and the rest were mostly birch, alder and ash.
Really interesting topic. I'm always on the lookout for new wood to try. I have made a few arrows from lumber I processed myself from a tree...Western Hemlock and AK Paper Birch. I like the birch best because of it's strength and it's lighter than Ash. I will have to try Sitka Spruce as it's our most popular local tree. I thought the spine was a tad weak though for my 50 lb recurve. I have also tried store bought shafts of bamboo, POC, Doug Fir and Ash. The bamboo and Ash have major issues with keeping straight so I only use for stumping and small game. POC and Fir is excellent! Unfortunately we don't have choke cherry except in people's front yards.
@@CampfireKodiak my chokecherry shafts came from my back yard lol! That tree is invasive!
I'm not sure what Plant Hardiness Zone you reside in, I'm in 8b, Japanese Arrow Bamboo, Pseudosasa Japonica, makes great arrow shafts. Thanks for the video!
@@usnchief1339 I’d love to get my hands on some of that!!! I’m in zone 3 so definitely no bamboo around here! lol!Thank you for watching!!!
started making my own shafts a few years ago. Fir , spruce and Nootka cypress are my woods of choice. Problem I am having is my shooting is getting better at shooting and I am loosing and breaking less which means I don't get to make as many as I used too.
@@sprk11 terrible problem to have! lol! Guess maybe you’ll have to figure out what to do with all those extras - I’ll send my address… 😆
@@meadowlarkadventuregear 😁 ya it is. I usually run into a rough patch. A couple shoots I go to like to put some ugly shots together with lots of rocks or large drops behind just to mess with your mind. Lots of times it works.
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