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How often would you break or lose arrows?
Breaking arrows
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Ironically I just did 10 minutes ago. Decided I would get daring and move the target out to 35 yards. The first shot from my deck I hit the small outdoor wood table my target was sitting on (I was short...oops 
). Kaboom! Bye, bye carbon arrow. :sad:
). Kaboom! Bye, bye carbon arrow. :sad:Not nearly as often as I used to! Depends on the course and how many "I dare you" shots I attempt. Shot 6 1/2 courses at Denton Hill last week (dang near everything but the targets there are rock). Broke 3 arrows on the first course (missed 3 targets), but didn't break any more and only missed one other target on the next 5 1/2 courses. Shot one arrow for 3 different tournaments (and shot both selfbow and longbow at two of them, both 2-day shoots) this summer. Lost that arrow at the last tournament after a lightening storm set in (we were kind of in a hurry to get off the course). I don't consider myself to be an expert by any stretch, I just pay a little more attention these days. I shoot wood arrows, if that matters.
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ive misplaced a few but never lostlost em.
as for braking, i was doing really well until these past three weeks where i keep hitting the metal pegs that hold the targets inplace, among otherthings.
fortunately i having snapped any of my arrows as they are tough little blighters. but ive snapped a knock, blunted 2 points and have put a nick in a shaft.
and they arent really my arrows, and im giving them back now ive got stuff to make my own. arg, gonna get replacement bits before i give them back and hope its all ok.
as for braking, i was doing really well until these past three weeks where i keep hitting the metal pegs that hold the targets inplace, among otherthings.
fortunately i having snapped any of my arrows as they are tough little blighters. but ive snapped a knock, blunted 2 points and have put a nick in a shaft.
and they arent really my arrows, and im giving them back now ive got stuff to make my own. arg, gonna get replacement bits before i give them back and hope its all ok.
I shoot woodies, and typically loose/break dozens in a year- I love to use my bow for squirrel hunting, and stump shooting. If you stick to targets with an adequate backstop, a couple dozen will last a year easy. I have a good stockpile of arrows and shafts and really don't worry about breaking arrows. I enjoy building them.
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I can go a long time without losing one, but damage is just going to happen from shooting at the practice butt.
One time I seem to damage wood arrows is just after I've spent several days making a set.The paint has dried an the glue set,so I go to give them that first fly,an come back with a striped fletch,dented shaft or busted nock.
It's the one an only thing I don't like about wood arrows.
You put so much into making them an their so easy to damage.
I have a four spot target but it's just so tempting to shoot groups:frusty:
One time I seem to damage wood arrows is just after I've spent several days making a set.The paint has dried an the glue set,so I go to give them that first fly,an come back with a striped fletch,dented shaft or busted nock.
It's the one an only thing I don't like about wood arrows.
You put so much into making them an their so easy to damage.
I have a four spot target but it's just so tempting to shoot groups:frusty:
I shoot mostly Cedar. I go through about 1 dozen arrows every month. Its getting quite expensive...
At first it was because I kept hitting my own arrows. Now its because I'm going to these shoots with alot of rocks or grass shooting at long distances and either breaking or losing my arrows. This happens mostly at F&H type shoots in the woods on those 65+ yard targets.
So I decided to pick up some carbons. Hopefully I won't go through them as quickly.
At first it was because I kept hitting my own arrows. Now its because I'm going to these shoots with alot of rocks or grass shooting at long distances and either breaking or losing my arrows. This happens mostly at F&H type shoots in the woods on those 65+ yard targets.
So I decided to pick up some carbons. Hopefully I won't go through them as quickly.
When I got back into archery after a 25 year layoff, I broke arrows at alarming rate. After developing an aiming system and learning something about form, the rate of loss declined but I still occasionally loose or break one. Just part of the business of archery.
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I hadn't broken an arrow in quite a while. That is untill last week. I broke one ( I shoot wood only), lost two in the corse of a few hours. Some day you cant win.:embara:
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have not lost one in a while. the more experincenced you get the less you lose or break them
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At tarhets, rarely. Hunting-almost every shot i take in the woods ends up being broken, nock replacement, or lost. I shoot cedars and they love breaking over logs and branches while they are staightening out, or coming down at long range. that is the fun though, now i get to paint a new arrow!
I've shot wood arrows and aluminum..... frankly the aluminum arrows don't survive any longer than the wood arrows do. As for how often I break an arrow? It partly depends on how many I'm shooting; sometimes I'll shoot 24 arrows at a time before I go and collect them. When that happens, the chances of a broken arrow go way up. Usually just a broken nock or stripped fletching but sometimes there will be that 'Robin Hood' simply because of the shear number of arrows trying to be in one place at the same time (more or less...). If you want to make your arrows last, then don't shoot more than 6 at a time (to start) and then only 3 at a time when you get really good.
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