Wood arrow build

[markanderson12]

Just wanting to hear about some wood arrow builds. Im going to Canada in June, would like to shoot my bear with a woodie. Ive always shot aluminums, never messed with woodies.

 

[GLB]

Awesome. I have been building my wood arrows for well over 30 years and probably could answer any questions you might have. However I would recommend you go over to YouTube and look up Addictive Archery. Andy Ponce does an excellent job on arrow building from start to finish.

 

[mgmicky]

I mostly shoot wood and have been building my own for about 3 years. I like the True North stains, crown dip and clear coats. It’s easy to work with and doesn’t have a strong smell, which is important to me because I build them in my basement. Duco for feathers and nocks work great. Good luck—I shot a 400lb bear with a wood arrow (made by someone else before I started building them) and 50lb longbow and he was down in about 60 yards. Here’s my first and only arrow set I made with Minwax poly—it’s pretty durable but I still prefer the True North stuff.

 

[Tradchef]

I build mine as well. I use True North and it’s worth every penny. I don’t do anything fancy on mine. Just a basic stained and sealed arrow for hunting and that’s it. A lot of these guys make some beautiful finished arrows and mine are not that. They kill animals beautifully and knowing you took the time on them makes it even better with more to the story. I also do the same for the rest of the arrow build as mgmicky.

 

[GLB]

I use mostly True North products. I use Minwax clear gloss as my sealer.

 

[Yooper906]

Sorry to hijack, but what arrow shafts do you get? I’m just getting into the woodie game myself.

 

[GLB]

I get Cedar from Wapiti Archery and Doug-Fir from Surewood.

 

[mgmicky]

Yes, same as GLB. Dink’s Feather Shop also does a nice job with cedar shafts. This is the last set I made from them with True North paint& finish. Doug FIr seems to be more durable and heavier if that is important to you…

 

[Recurve86]

I don’t build them yet. But started shooting some of Ron French’s wood arrows he builds. He uses sure wood shafts, dipped crested and built some with spliced feathers for me. If ya need an arrow builder I highly recommend him. From the guys I know that build their own, they all use the true north products and like them.

 

[Bob b]

Andy (addictive archery) is going to be doing a wood arrow seminar at the NW traditional archery expo in Pendleton Oregon February 13,14,15 (his seminar is Saturday)

 

[wytx]

Been using woodies since I started trad hunting.
Started with tapered Doug Fir, now using the same footed Doug fir arrows for years, Osage orange footed Doug fir.

Some nice Alaskan Yellow cedar was out for a while, not sure if it is still available.

The Jo Jan multi fletchers works well for us.

 

[Fjtoyman]

Where you from Mark?
I’ll also be giving a seminar at the Kalamazoo Expo.


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[Yooper906]

Where you from Mark?
I’ll also be giving a seminar at the Kalamazoo Expo.


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What seminar will you be giving?

 

[Feral Jared]

Cedar is the standard, but for a little extra durability and weight, I'd look into Douglas fir shafts