How many arrows?
 

I know that lot of people on here have been bowhunting/shooting for a very long time so it leads to me to ask this question but how many arrows have you lost or damaged beyond repair in your career? I been shooting now for about a month and went hunting for rabbits with no luck thus far. But this is my count so far [:' (]

4 lost arrows
4 broken arrows
8 stripped fletchs (arrows)

I didn' t realized that the fletchs could be re-glued back on so i used to throw the arrows away [:' (] Needless to say i keep the arrows and get them re-fletch whenever possible. One of the broken arrows happen about two weeks ago when i was shooting at my sister' s backyard. I have my target set in line with a tree and there is an cememt wall about 10 feet beyond that (a church is directly behind the wall) and i was praticing at 50 yards. I shot little off (ok i just missed it completely) and i now know what the force of an arrow can do; the arrow stuck about 2 inches into the wall itself. Every since that happened i am careful of how i shoot and not going beyond the range that i am not comfortable with. Later on i will try 60 yards but at a different location.


Anybody know where i can get a backstop rather then using a cement wall? lol

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how many arrows have i lost or damaged over the years , geez i never learned to count that high ,i don' t lose or damage too many now that i shoot with proper form , the only time i lose an arrow now is when i go on a 3d shoot and misjudge the distance !!:D and as far as refletching arrows goes ,thats how i ended up making my own, this way i don' t have to run to the shop every time i need an arrow re fletched![:-]

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Sometimes it seems like I' ve spent a million bucks on arrows over the years. But the actual number of arrows I' ve been through is probably only something like 1,000 to 1,500. Some years I only buy a new half dozen for hunting. Some years I go through several dozen.

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My first year I went through 3 doz. That was a couple of years ago, when I got back into bow hunting. So far this year I have order 1 doz. I still have 8 of my carbon matrix left from the end of season last year and they are still holding up really good. I order another doz. just to have them on hand should I need them.
B

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Lets see. I buy one dozen every year times 23 years ======uhhhh
276+ or-. 276x 50$ dozen= $1150 ,,,,,,Not as bad as I thought.[:o]

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That would be impossible to say. So far this year I' ve thrown 2 away. Both had cracks up from the tips. I can say this, I' m about half way through my second tube of glue for the year.

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only lost one this year due to a robinhood:D

but the fletchin thing i wish i could get under control:(

i think theyve all been refletched a couple times this year
i need to get me one of those jiggy things:D

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Been slingin em since I was 13,,now at 44 goin on 21 I imagine you could melt em all down & a heck of a lot of " XXX" ~75 Budweiser cans..:D

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Shoot' n squirels can do a lot of damage to your wallet. I usually go though about 1 doz per year. I use Judo points much of the time so the arrows are usually laying ontop of the ground and easy to find. I also added the Luminok last year and helped me find 3 arrows. Your backstop issue is a tough one. I think you are stuck. You could always head down to the local appliance store and get a few big refigerator boxes. Fill them with other sheets of cardboard and use them as your backstop. It may help you a little.

Sounds like you are having lot' s of fun. You may want to get an arrow fletching jig. It can be fun to make your own arrows.

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Being this is my 2nd year of archery, I have lost or broken about a dozen and a half arrows. The vast majority are burried in my lawn somewhere about 1/2" below the surface, figure about a half dozen were a " gift" to the range for my bad yardage estimation at my first 3D shoot and another 4 were consumed by the 2 Robbin Hoods that I have sitting in my office.

I believe that I have only broken about 4 arrows.

At this point, ALL of my current arrows have been refletched at least twice.
It got to the point where I went out and bought a fletching jig so I don' t get popped for $2/arrow every time I need a single fletching fixed at the pro shop.

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Since I switched to carbon arrows I have gone through a dozen in two years.

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I stopped counting lost, broken or unrepairable arrows in 1970. That' s including the then top of the line cedar shaft Bear razor tipped ones:)

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I have ruined more than my share:)

I still buy a few dozen a year - even carbons I find get a slight wobble to them after many shots - and I like my hunting arrows straight:)

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I just started my 3rd dozen since I started shootn 2 1/2 years ago. I' ve lost most to the dreaded mungrel thick as a brick scrub[:@][>:]. Couple broken on pigs n dogs. 2 split from partial robin hoods.

I don' t loose alot of fletches coz I have learnt it' s alot cheaper to shoot at different spots on the target.

I' ve been told that blackets strung up to form two couple inch thick walls works to stop stray arrows. But I think it would have to be a pretty thick wall of blankets to stop an arrow at 300fps.
Might work.

An easier way to fix the stray arrow problem is simply do what I do and only hit the bullseye[:o]:D:DIn my dreams[:-][:-]

Stalkin Steve;)

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Thats why I bought a cheap metal detector. Saves in the long run.[8D]

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Shoot a BowTech and they will be 3in. under the surface! lol;)


I can' t count that high (lost or broken arrows.......)

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You know all about the Sahara Forest being void of trees.... well that' s because they used all the wood making arrows for me early on.:eek:

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lol

No kidding!!!!:D:D:D