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- From: CBARNES@tamvm1.tamu.edu (Chris Barnes)
- Newsgroups: alt.archery
- Subject: Re: Re-fletching question
- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 92 15:59:12 CST
- Organization: Texas A&M University
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- References: <1992Dec29.102519.23558@hemlock.cray.com>
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- In article <1992Dec29.102519.23558@hemlock.cray.com>
- mlo@cray.com (Mick Oyer) writes:
-
- >Well, I got a compound bow for Xmas - A Bear Whitetail II.
- >I'm really a novice at this, having just shot the bow for the first
- >time yesterday.
-
- .....practice, practice, practice..... ;-)
-
-
- >My brainstorm for a target setup was to use a mound of
- >straw bales, with a 4x4 piece of 5/8" sheetrock at the front.
- >Worked fairly well, but I shot a couple of arrows into a section
- >of the sheetrock that didn't have straw backing,
-
- You ought to goto your local archery store and get what's called
- a PRO-STOP bag. It's basically a bag filled with some synthetic
- fibers that really stop arrows good. And pulling those arrows out
- is like cutting butter with a\hot knife.
-
- BTW: how well do pro-stop bags work with carbon arrows? I'm pretty
- much convinced myself that I am going to go to carbon arrows, and
- would like to know what kind of target backing you (the generic you
- here, not just Mick) use....
-
-
- >resulting in a couple of arrows that went almost all the way thru.
- >The upshot of this is that I already have arrows that need to be
- >refletched (hope I'm using the correct terminology).
-
- Sounds good to me.
-
-
- >Anyway, I'd be interested in a sort of step-by-step procedure for
- >refeathering arrows. Is there a kit I need to buy? Any help
- >would be appreciated.
-
- Gander Mountain, Cabella's, etc. sell something called an Arizona
- EZ-fletch. I have a friend who has one, and it works quite nicely.
-
- BTW: will it work on carbon arrows? If not (as I suspect), what will?
-
- >I'm also looking for ideas on what works well for targets.
-
- See above.
-
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