One of my cedar arrows zipped thru 4 deer before the 5th one finally "retired" it.

I try to use the arrow as long as I can, I have one arrow that has passed through three deer. There have been many arrows that only made one trip. I do wash the blood off, because the arrow will not slide across the rest like it should.

if i hit a deer with an arrow (alu.) it becomes a practice arrow.

I have shot two deer with the same arrow because it ended up back in the quiver after the first one and I never got around to cleaning it. The next year it still shot fine so I used it as my hunting arrow the next year and got another deer with it. That arrow is in my quiver and since it still fly's true I'm planning to take number three with the same arrow. For the record, I do have head mounts and have never kept the arrow with the shoulder mount.

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If a deer-kill arrow isn't broken, I sometimes return it to my quiver. I seem to eventually retire them though. Most are laying around my basement workshop, but I do have 5 woodies that I've retired to the doorway transom between my kitchen and sunroom.

<font face='Comic Sans MS'></font id='Comic Sans MS'><font size=4></font id=size4>I have yet to take my first deer with a bow. I recently came over from the dark side (gun hunting) but one of my buddy's has each of his arrows mounted with a photo of the animal (if it's a trophy he mounted it with it) on his rec room wall and it looks sharp. It's a real conversation piece. The blood has been washed off.

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i only retire the arrow if the deer breaks it

I do retire the arrow after it has served its purpose I do leave the blood on it I put it on the rack if I mount it other wise I just hang them in a place of honor on the wall by the 10 pointer I had mounted a few years ago. This year it was a five pointer that dressed at 125 not a wall hanger but good eating.[;0]

I don't retire the arrow or the broadhead. their too expensive.
the only time I would retire an arrow, is if I killed a wallhanger
I'd want the arrow and broadhead layin accross the deer's horns on my wall<img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle>

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Nope, if the arrow is not damaged I just replace the old broadhead with a new and that arrow goes right back in the #1 position in my quiver but only after I clean it and make sure it still is shooting the same as it was. I have never killed a &quot;trophy&quot; sized deer with my bow but, if I did I would most definitly retire it. I am using the word &quot;trophy&quot; very loosly because I fell any deer is a trophy just only very special ones get put on walls.