Just read the thread about shooting multiple deer with the same broad head before changing blades. So I'm curious on how many deer you would shoot with the same arrow shaft before retiring it to the trash? How long will they last?
Flex test and close visual inspection...if nothing pops out and I desire to keep shooting the same arrow build thing will always go back in quiver.
I only use each arrow/broadhead for 1 deer. I only hunt bucks with my bow, I like to keep my arrows with the deer I shot on the wall. I only get 1 tag and only fill it archery hunting every couple years it seems, so I don’t go through very many arrows anyway. If I were shooting does I’d definitely use each arrow as long as possible, but if I want meat I take a doe during the firearm season in a bonus permit area.
One and done for me. I've seen too many pictures of splintered carbon arrows embedded in some poor persons hand. I have the means to replace an arrow so I do.
As long as it is good and flies straight, I will continue to use it. I am still using the same arrow that I have used for the past couple of deer harvested.
I will still shoot it if I shoot a doe and it passes a flex test and visual inspection for cracks and splinters. If I kill a buck, the arrow gets retired and goes with the mount on the wall.
I've shot a lot of deer with the same arrow. I clean, flex test, spin test, refletch, then screw on a fresh broadhead and it goes right back in the arrow box or quiver.
Same. Usually I see longitudinal cracks forming on the ends... At that point I retire it. Otherwise, flex test + visual is my procedure as well. If I really feel nervous about it, I will shoot that arrow a couple of times at a target (I rarely feel nervous about it). Sent from my iPhone using Bowhunting.com Forums
I like to leave the blood from the last kill on them too....as it hardens my weight goes up and my FOC depending on the location of the most. LOL
Just can't get this out of my head, for $10 - $20 I'll retire the arrow. Sent from my Pixel using Tapatalk
Thanks for all the responses. Sorry it took me so long to get back. That pic is sick!!! That is what i was concerned about happening . Heard many stories of this happening to other hunters but never saw a pic. I don't like even a little scratch on the shaft at all. Rather be safe than sorry and throw away $10 - $20 bucks then end up like that guy.
Sissy!!! In reality, I retire an arrow when it fails a flex test, or when it rattles when I tap it on my riser (with field tip/BH tight, an arrow that doesn't have a solid sound when tapping against a hard surface like your riser or a counter top is a dangerous shaft... I has a full draw with an arrow years ago that started to come apart, and I was able to slowly let down to prevent such a tragedy at the above picture...
What’s the big deal a little carbon in your hand never hurt nobody long term anyway. ! No I always check my arrows anytime I hit something solid weather it’s a deer or I missed the deer and hit some tree action. But I never just throw a perfectly good arrow away I don’t have that kind of money.
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