Aaron
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Post by Aaron on Apr 27, 2012 0:27:19 GMT
If he was only shooting each one once, absolutely. :lol:
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Post by chrisperoni on Apr 27, 2012 1:20:46 GMT
I don't break arrows much at all- but I lose them. Damn things can get buried underground especially when you shoot high and they just sail to a gentle drop.
I think a metal detector might be worth buying LOL
For what it's worth I suggest you choose BRIGHT coloured fletchings and avoid any nature colours- even neon green gets hard to see. Black and camo is not a good call imo.
I have arrows being shipped right now and I went with red/white, orange,white because my last choice of green/black is a pain to find when buried to the feathers. (all the shafts are black- I could wrap them but the shaft is for sure in the earth if it's hard to see the feathers so that doesn't matter much.) I have older arrows with plastic vanes which are blue/brown and even these are harder to find as the blue is the index (so 2 brown one blue)
BRIGHT will save you money sometimes and time all the time!
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Sam H
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Post by Sam H on Apr 27, 2012 1:50:14 GMT
Definitely go with bright colored fletching for target shooting. My hunting arrows are fletched white and green but I actually don't intend on reusing an arrow I've loosed again. Basically if I miss it'll either bury itself into the undergrowth never to be seen again or strike a tree, rock, root etc. and break. If I hit it is almost guaranteed that the arrow will be broken as the animal flees. My hunting arrows are meant to be disposable because of that so I don't use bright fletching but my target arrows are all fletched blaze orange and day glow yellow.
Even with bright colored fletching though its not hard to loose an arrow to the lawn. If you're shooting a high enough poundage bow an arrow can burrow into the lawn so deep you won't be able to see the fletching. I've had that happen numerous times with my 60lb. long bow. Those shooting heavier draw bows have complained about that as well.
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Post by chrisperoni on Apr 27, 2012 2:00:04 GMT
I don't know if it's just coincidence but it seems the guys at my club with short feathers/vanes, 1 or 2 inch vs. 4, seem to not bury their arrows as bad
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Sam H
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Post by Sam H on Apr 27, 2012 2:45:51 GMT
Maybe they're just better shots? I don't know really the differences between the mini-vanes (my nickname for them) and regular 4" or 5" vanes.
I mean I can make some inferences based on what I know of archery and the mechanics of an arrow's flight - such as the smaller vanes produce less drag and thus allow an arrow to maintain its velocity for a longer distance. This in turn retains greater energy when the arrow impacts the target. By the logic of the physics behind the flight mechanics I'd say if anything arrows with smaller/shorter vanes would tend to bury themselves more deeply than those with longer and larger vanes.
Again though I haven't got a clue really as to why their arrows with shorter vanes tend not to bury their arrows as badly as do those shooting with longer vanes since it seems to defy logic. The only logical conclusion I can come to is that they are better shots which of course is not always correct.
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Talon
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Post by Talon on Apr 27, 2012 18:30:35 GMT
im with sam on this one,usually a larger vane is there to counteract the planing effect you can get with broadheads, they are used to create more drag and stop the broadhead from steering the arrow,a smaller vane produces less drag,so it should bury itself deeper in the target :? unless the other guys are using either lighter arrows,or lighter bow poundages,i would guess they're using lighter arrows
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Post by chrisperoni on Apr 27, 2012 20:48:10 GMT
Well, I meant bury in the ground- of course it's a lot easier to find your arrows when you hit the target! LOL!
As for poundage at first thought that was the case since the bows provided by the club are all pretty light (20-25 pounds on average- for a beginner) but one or two guys shoot with their 50+ lbs bows and still don't bury arrows as deep into the earth. Or maybe it's just my perception and it all averages out the same. I went to the range at lunch and looked for my arrows missing from last night. Didn't find my two but did find 3 other short vane ones buried pretty deep/close to the ground...
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