Grouse hunting with a bow

[Darksith]

we used wood arrows for years...you don't need to have your bow set to the extreme. Wood arrows with a shell casing glued on the tip for a blunt...cheap and easy, no worries if the arrow goes bye bye

[Livewire322]

Once you order a set of new arrows, make sure you keep your old arrows(or what's left of them) just for birds. Not near as painful to lose or break them that way.


SSS

This is what I will do...

[igojuone]

Once you order a set of new arrows, make sure you keep your old arrows(or what's left of them) just for birds. Not near as painful to lose or break them that way.


SSS

I don't get it, a $10 old arrow is cheaper then a $10 new arrow?

[mikeboehm]

i use the rubber blunt ends work great with my omen pro. i aim for the head no body shots

[Wullfen]

G5 small game heads, it might be expensive if I lose one every now and then, but it's fun!

[Jim Prawn]

Arrows are too expensive. Save your money for beer, wait to weeks and blast the suckers with a 12 guage!
JP

[uraarchr]

Its funner with a bow.I use judos:but at over 300 fps im lookin for arrows a lot more than I did with my older bow.It sure is a blast!

[Cdn-Redneck]

I use judo's, I find shooting at birds where there is something for the judo to catch on reduces lost arrows like grass or willows.

[Stone Sheep Steve]

I don't get it, a $10 old arrow is cheaper then a $10 new arrow?

I've got old arrows that I no longer use for big game hunting...or practice. Just sitting there.

[timbermilton]

you can make good strong small game/bird arrows from home depot bamboo garden stakes. i've made a few hundred for friends and myself. spiral fletching work the best IMO. even shot in the air they only go about 20-30yds. they can be shot from both compounds and trad gear. cut in self nocks behind a node and reinforce with silk thread or sinew. for the points, i drilled out the tip and hot glued in duplex nails and filed the head to a point, the shoulder helps to slow penetration. i've used them on ALL waterfowl and upland birds, small game and a couple coyotes back in alberta, pigeons were about the only thing i had a problem with, but, hell they are a small target.

i tested the durability of them because a few "experts" claimed they wouldn't stand up. i shot them at a 1/2" sheet of plywood and had 8" of penetration at 10yds with my 55# ELB. and 11" with my 60# guardian. shot them at carp in the sloughs, aerial shooting, squirrel hunting, hell i shot them at steel plates trying to brake them. they never broke, had one split at the point due to shooting at a steel plate more than a dozen times. trimmed it an inch and refit the nail point, good to go. i still have that same dozen sitting in my quiver and only 2 needed a small amount of straightening. they are cheap but, far better than most give credit for. yes they look primitive, but, each arrow cost you about $1.75 and last a hell of a lot longer than anything else. good luck and shoot straight.