Split my first arrow

[Desk Jockey]

8 months into my archery career. I have clipped fletching and grazed shafts but this is the first time to send one straight down the middle.

How common is it? I don't want to wear out my shoulder patting myself on the back if this happens to you guys all the time.

 

[airlocksniffer]

Funny, I haven't split an arrow and really don't care too. My first reaction would probably be "Damn I'm a good shot!", shortly followed by "Well, there goes $12 down the drain."

 

[InIt2Live]

I was pretty proud of my first "Robin Hood". Every one since has pissed me off. I try not to shoot groups anymore, instead shooting each arrow at a different spot on the target. As long as I can hit where I'm aiming with each shot then I'm good to go. I've yet to shoot a group into an animal.

Airlocksniffer's reaction would be just about spot on.

 

[molliesmaster]

Congrats. It's definitely an awesome experience to Robin Hood your first arrow.

When I worked in an archery shop we used to play a game after work called chase the knock. 3-4 of us would all shoot an arrow each at the same target. The first guy would shoot and then the others would try to split his knock or Robin Hood the arrow. Each round someone else shot first. It was fun but could get expensive. Great way to learn to focus on shooting a small speck of a target though.

 

[Desk Jockey]

Funny, I haven't split an arrow and really don't care too. My first reaction would probably be "Damn I'm a good shot!", shortly followed by "Well, there goes $12 down the drain."

Correction it is $24 not $12 because of course you keep it as a souvenier.

 

[elkguide]

First one............... Yahoo!!!!!!!

Second one.......... Bummer!!!!!!!

 

[Jeff Martin]

First one............... Yahoo!!!!!!!

Second one.......... Bummer!!!!!!!

This !!! it is a process. Be proud but it will wear off quick.

 

[Pmn86]

I never really had much of a problem with robin hoods until recently. Was having a lot of problems with my previous arrows and all the BS I had to do to get them to fly well so I decided to switch. Picked up a 1/2 dozen Carbon Express Maxima Reds, test shot them and adjusted my bow to them at the shop. 10 minutes after finishing adjusting my rest I ended up robin hooding so I had to pick up a second 1/2 dozen.

Then tonight at the range, ended up robin hooding a second arrow. 2 robin hoods on my first dozen CE MR. Rediculous. Past 3 years I've never had a robin hood except for the random unlucky shot. I'm sold but this is going to get expensive. Need to learn to shoot at different spots.

 

[kodiakfly]

How common is it? I don't want to wear out my shoulder patting myself on the back if this happens to you guys all the time.

It depends. If you're shooting a group of several arrows into one spot, it's just a matter of time before two try to occupy the same space and it happens. In that sense, it's not a big deal. There was a dude on AT a while back going on about all of his Robin Hoods he shot at 80-100 yards and he had a picture of each one. Great, but each target had like 15-18 arrows in one spot...it's going to happen.

Now, if you're shooting an indoor animal target league, which calls for two, and only two arrows in one X per round and you Robin Hood one, then yeah, you then legitimately, intentionally put two arrows in the same spot. I still have my first legitimate Robin Hood from 20 years ago. It's cool and still intact. But since then I've had more that I've taken apart if the rear arrow is still good and if it's matter of two arrows just happening to hit each other in one target, then it's just a nuisance.

 

[Eric M]

The first time it happened to me, it destroyed both arrows. As nice as it is to shoot that consistently, I'm paying $50 for a half dozen so I don't shoot groups anymore.

 

[chindits]

Yes to all who say aim at different points for each shot. Spend less time on arrow maintenance or replacement and more time shooting.

 

[jdmaxwell]

Congrats.. It will wear off after a couple..
Then u will learn to not shoot at same bullseye and not waste your arrows..

 

[ortho004]

I've got a couple from shooting at various distances myself, but this past week in indoor 3D league I managed to Robin Hood my wife's arrow- unfortunately it was an extra costly night as she didn't have any extras so she was short on arrows for the night and I got to buy her a new half dozen. My arrow could have been salvaged, but of course it had to be kept as a souvenir...

 

[Manosteel]

Congrats, [Like others have said the first one is cool, nice to do and have but after that it gets tiresome and expensive. Inside 30 yards I am shooting at different spots. Start shooting for groups from 40 to 100 yards.

The only time I get robin hoods now is when tunning my bow with bareshafts and fletched. So now Inside 20 yards I shot 1 arrow, mark it, take the arrow and then shoot another arrow, mark it, So forth and so on. Saving a lot of money every year on nocks fletching and the occasional arrow.

 

[jherald]

Congrats, quite a feat to robin hood them. I've never done it but I've slapped shafts hard enough that I've ruined one or both shafts, and cut plenty of vanes off shafts. It's a pain in the butt to re-fletch and it sucks to have to throw away an expensive shaft/glued on outsert combo arrow when you hit shafts hard enough to damage them. I shoot 5 spot targets anymore to build my accuracy up at 20 and 30 yards, and practice shooting 6 inch circles at 40-70 yards, one arrow per target so I don't damage expensive shafts anymore.