well, it looks like I missed a good shoot. I was in TN at a big dirt bike rally. No surprise that Billy was the big winner, but Dennis, are you planning a curved blade broadhead or something?
John, you know how my mind works. I'm wanting to come up with the ultimate arrow for hunting this year. The first requirement is it has to be cheap Jerry Smith showed me an arrow that cost $200. a dozen. That might explain why he only had one of them that I saw. It looked like some of the fancy fishing poles I've seen at Bass Pro. I'm going to try to make a hand planed ash shaft, run thru that cutter deal, sanded to a couple thou. less than 11/32nds, tapered nock end, stubby feathers, and thanks to Mr. Elburg, a trade point beveled on one side only. I'm also thinking on kinking it slightly to help continue it's counter clockwise spiral right on thru the critter. Just to prove I've thought of everything. I remember the story you wrote about the old feller that made a dozen special ash shafts, and when he shot the last one they found him dead under a tree. I'm making at least 50 of them
Dennis, when I am attached to a beeper I don't wear a watch because the beeper has the time, but I certainly do not consider myself wealthy during those times.
Randy, are you going to KTBA this weekend? If I can get away, I will be there saturday morning. My youngest daughter is flying home tomorrow with the two little ones and they may keep me home. If you do, what time will you be there? I imagine the Henry County crew will not be there because they have a shoot also.
Jose, don't know when I will make it, or if at all. I cut hay untill dark tonight, will finnish friday, got a guy coming to look at a hay rake saturday morning early. (maybe) May have to tetter hay that morning. Hate like the dickens to miss the shoot,and i'll try not, but i'm for sure not gonna be able to spend all weekend there like I want to. Just too dang much to do. I should be free all weekend for Cloverdale though.
I think they would spin clockwise going away from you. The reason I think that is because when they are fletch on the arrow the fletching has a right hand spin to it, unless critneys been fletching left handed feathers with a right handed jig???, but he told me he used left wing feathers, and if that's correct then it looks to me like they would spin right which would be clockwise
-- Edited by NightHawk on Friday 5th of June 2009 02:17:53 AM
Well I guess I'll have to find someone that has a slow motion camera so I can see for myself. No. Wait a minute! I'll just have Tim shoot one of my arrows out of one of his bows
Sounds like you'll have some good arrows when you're done. I like ash and have had real good luck/shooting it.I've been using river cane,, tonkin bamboo, rose, and other hardwood shafts for shafting this last year and I'm really liking it. Don't have to worry about the CW or CCW spin factor and can even use secondaries and tail feathers as long as they are oriented the same way, ie right side and left side off of the same feather. I am amazed at how indestructible(cane and bamboo) they are. The down side is that it takes time straightening and fletching one arrow compared to dowel shafting. Cedars are just getting to be too costly.
Jerry Smith showed me an arrow that cost $200. a dozen. That might explain why he only had one of them that I saw. It looked like some of the fancy fishing poles I've seen at Bass Pro. 
Don't want to run out of ammo you know 
