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I just finished some extensive shooting with my newly fletched arrows. I fletched 6 with wraps/duravanes and 6 with feathers. I put my Montecs on the Duravane shafts first. I'm very satisfied with their performance. Then I put my montecs on the shafts fletched with feathers. Even more accurate. Shot 2 ends of 5 at 10, then 20, then 30 yards. Then, as I was shooting at 40 yards and had shot two good shots, and my wife came outside to ask me a question. After talking to her for a couple of minutes, I must have forgot what I was doing. I drew back, again at 40, settled the 20 yard pin and released. I watched in disbelief as the arrow sailed under the target, glanced off the fence and sailed into the woods. It's lost. There went over $20.00, and now I have an empty slot in my bowcase.[:@]

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that sucks but atleast it didn't end up hurting someone.

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Perhaps it's not lost yet... I'd bet if you walked out in that direction and looked for 30 minutes or more, you'd find it... Of course,now you see why I cap my arrows with a high-gloss white... :)

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I know this won't make you feel any better but,there will be more in the future.:D

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Just another reason to go buy more arrows!

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[:-]It happens to all of us. I drove one through the garage wall B4.
And not to hijack this thread but look as though Greg/MO has a great money saving idea for refletching w/wraps. It looks like you only scatched the wrap off where the fletching is.

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Thats not a wrap I bet. It looks to me like he paints them. Well, after going back and reading his thread again I'm sure. He calls it caps so its paint.

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Hey them women can get your mind in the gutter [8D]:DKeep lookin you will find it.

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Been there done that, especially with a one pine movable sight. Like Tfox said, I doubt it will be your last time;).

Paul

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SUCCESS!!
My daughter's boyfriend came over a while ago, so I told him and my daughter that I'd givewhoever found it$10.00. Five minutes later, he called me. It was buried in a tree 40 yards behind the target and about 20 yards to the left. After deflecting off two fences and hitting a tree, the arrow is fine. I had to tweak the broadhead to get it to spin true again, but it's good to go. I'll say one thing... the kid's got good eyes.:D