Canuck_2

I've rediscovered quite a few of my errant aluminum arrows after a winter under the snow in my back yard range. As expected, they are just fine - the field points and vanes need replacing but the shafts are fine since aluminum doesn't rust.

But I switched to carbons last Summer. I have one arrow lurking on a 3D course and another in some long grass which passed right through the doe I shot in late November.

I'm wondering if carbon arrows suffer any ill effects from being out in the elements all winter and if they'd still be safe to shoot - assuming I can find them after the snow goes. Anybody have any experience with this?

55#recurve

They will be fine, I lived in Fort McMurray and it gets cold up there, Plus snow is an insulator so they are kept nice and warm like in a igloo, ahaha. My ACE's were fine when finding them after a winter on the range. Good shooting.
Dylan

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Lilhunter

dunno here, all the ones I have lost are gone forever LOL! I do know a couple folks who like to loose carbons and somehow they manage to find them come spring so I'll have to ask....

Biteme/Paul Mohr

They should be fine. The only thing I think that might effect them is prolonged exposure to uv rays or high heat. I am only guessing about the uv thing, and heat should not be a problem in the winter, besides I am talking about open flame heat not a hot summer day kind of stuff.

One more advantage to carbons getting lost in the yard. You can run over them with you rider mower and as long as the blades don't catch them they will be fine. Try driving over an aluminum, or stepping on one in the grass for that matter, and see what happens.

Paul

Canuck_2

Thanks guys, that helps put my mind at ease. If I can find them fairly soon after the snow goes, I should be a few dollars ahead then.

Paul, I lost one in long grass in a pasture last summer. So I put the horses in there to eat it down and -voila- found the arrow. However, the arrow did NOT take kindly to being stepped on by a horse.