Finished my caribou arrows!

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dhaverstick
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Finished my caribou arrows!

#1 Post by dhaverstick »

I finished my arrows for the 2017-2018 season. I got them done early this year because I needed to start practicing with them for my August caribou hunt in Quebec.

Once again, I got my shafts from Kevin Forrester of Forrester Wood Shafts. I've said it before and I'll say it again, he makes the best hardwood shafts available! These are 11/32" golden mahogany that are spined at around 65 pounds. Thanks, Kevin, for a great product and great service!

I stained the back of the shafts with aniline dye and then burned the designs onto the shafts using a butane torch and Flamecrester templates from Shriver Archery. I colored them with permanent markers and paint pens.

I'm using 190 grain Meatheads for my killing points again this year. They're easy to sharpen and I had good luck with them last year. My final arrow weight is somewhere either side of 700 grains.

I hope to show you some photos of one of these arrows sticking out of a nice 'bou towards the end of August!

Darren

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Jose
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#2 Post by Jose »

Wow those are nice looking! Man you do good work. They look like killing sticks to me! I don't think seven practice arrows would be enough for me though for the season.....and it's not because I'm good enough to break them on each other while shooting either.... :roll:

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#3 Post by Carpdaddy »

Oh wow Darren; those are excellent. Beautiful colors and designs! I would have to mount those somewhere rather than hunt with them. But on the other hand no arrow is too nice to hold back on a shot on a Caribou!! Hope to see one of those in bright red...Blood!!

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#4 Post by Shadowhntr »

Once again.....awesome work brother!
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Mohawk
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#5 Post by Mohawk »

Man those look great! I just got some 190 gr meatheads too. I can't wait to see how they perform on your caribou!

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#6 Post by Captainkirk »

Terrific work, Darren! The paint pens are a nice touch. Nobody will ever be able to steal an arrow from your quiver and say it's theirs, for sure!
And yeah...we'd all kinda like to see one in 'red'...
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Longtrad
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#7 Post by Longtrad »

Those are sweet, i really like how each arrow is different.

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