Painting Arrows

All my arrows get a paint job. Wood arrows just seem to ask for it. That plus the fact that I can actually see my arrows in flight :)
The blue crested arrows were made in the 60\'s and I re-fletched them with brighter feathers.





 
Rudy,

did you say some of your arrows were original from the 1960\'s?

if so, I want YOUR advice on the how-to\'s of arrow retention! :)

Brad,

great idea. Me likey.

shane
 
Rudy: In that first picture, is that an old Herter\'s fiberglass bow? I\'ve been looking for one of those for years.
 
Hi Shane, I don\'t do much shooting at deer, lots of hunting, not much shooting, so the arrows last a LONG time.
Really though, I have several sets of arrows to choose from and since they are all the same spine and weight, I can switch from one set to another. All the pictured arrows are made from Forgewood shafts. A fella in Oregon ( Bill Sweetland) was making them out of compressed Cedar. The shafts are made from \"squished\" down square blanks. The finished arrows weigh in at 625 grains with a 145gr broadhead.

Bill, the bow is one I made from an old Osage Orange fence post back in 1995. Dug it out of the ground and cut away everything that didn\'t look like a bow. It\'s been a good bow and a couple of years ago I had to reduce the weight down to 51#\'s so I could shoot it without blowing out a shoulder.
 
So if you are not able to take your quiver off for cold calling, would you guys still do this? Curious if you think the white sticks out a bit too much or not if it\'s actually attached to your bow.
 
Derek
I still paint my arrows regardless if I take my quiver off or not.
My thought is if the elk is close enough to see the white paint, I\'m already at full draw :)
 
\"cnelk\" said:
Derek
I still paint my arrows regardless if I take my quiver off or not.
My thought is if the elk is close enough to see the white paint, I\'m already at full draw :)
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Good point :D
 
My eyes!!

Maybe too bright. Oops.

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Wow Cliff you should be able to see them good.

My daughter would love them. I had to fletch hers with pink but she only got two pink and one white.
 
I ordered one white cock vane, dunno.

He put a paint mark marking cock came position. This guy puts the CV on the stiff side of arrow.


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I\'m bringing this back up to the top with hopes that the moderators might consider moving it to the (Archived Tips) section.
 
\">>>---WW---->\" said:
I\'m bringing this back up to the top with hopes that the moderators might consider moving it to the (Archived Tips) section.
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:upthumb: :upthumb: :upthumb: I want to paint some arrows and have been busy. I will probably forget and lose this thread if it isn\'t saved somewhere.
 
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