Any wood shaft shooters

[Bedded Buck]

Hey there Traditionalists

Anyone out there that is still shootting wood shafts? if so
what kind of shafts do you use?
-port oxford cedar
-douglas fir
-pine
-sitkaspruce

Do you finish your own shafts, or do you buy them finished?
where do you get your shafts?
is there any really good arrowsmiths in canada?

I personally have purchased 3 Rivers POC shafts
they are fine but i am sure to find better
I am looking at the hexshafts for Vernon BC

Just curious

[flatbow1]

I've shot wood a lot since the 70's.....and aluminum , nothing flys as good as a good tapered wood shaft.
But, I shoot aluminum mostly now because they're more durable. But I plan to get some more woos arrows in the neatr future. Enjoy those woodies...they're great.

[russ]

Given the price of wooden shafts these days I think a lot of the romance with wood is gone.

[flatbow1]

Yeah Russ, if I get some more I'l probably use them only for hunting...I do a lot of stump shootin, and woodies can be kinda fragile.
But, I do love the way a good quality tapered arrow flies.

[petew]

You just have to shop in the right store.
I shoot wood on the self bows mostly, and have found the 5/16 Ramin is much tougher than cedar and spruce. They have good weight also. These are dirt cheap, and easy to straighten.
The other shafts I started using are Poplar. These come in 11/32 x36" length, straighten easy, and are tough and heavy.

www.git-r-donearchery.com in Calgary has a good stock of both.
http://git-r-donearchery.com/shafts.htm.
RAMIN WOOD SHAFTS

1/4" KID'S SHAFTS

$5.00 PER DOZEN
$35.00 PER HUNDRED

5/16" PARALLEL SHAFTS(SPINED ONLY)
$18.00 PER DOZEN
$125.00 PER HUNDRED


POPLAR 11/32 SHAFTS

36" long/weight &spine matched
$32.00 PER DOZEN
$220.00 PER HUNDRED

Check out his feathers and fletchers too!!


Pete

[flatbow1]

Hey Pete...how is the consistency of the poplar shafts? I had some ramin wood shaftsa cpouple years back, and they seem to vary in consistency from shaft to shaft....but they are tough though.

[petew]

Spine and weight always vary with wood unless you sort them or buy them sorted by spine and weight.
The poplar I have was not weight matched, Dennis sells them sorted by spine and weight.
The Ramin I have is good, but I bought a bundle of 200 and did my own sorting.
Pete

[Northern Archer]

Do like my cedars and enjoy custom cresting them. Good winter fun when the snow flies.

[Edmond Y]

I haven't shot any wood arrow before but how do you sort spine of a wood spine to suit a certain draw weight and length?

Edmond

[petew]

Edmond,
First spine and mark each shaft, then group them in order of the spine , 40 to 45 for example, then weigh each shaft and sort them by weight. Now you have shafts sorted by spine and weight.
Pete