Arrow use after the kill

Kentucky Windage

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What do you do with your arrows after the kill? Clean them up and change out the broadhead for more use, use it as a practice arrow, or retire it as a conversation piece or for safety reasons? Just curious.
 


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Hang them in the antlers.
 

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I check the shaft for weaknesses by bending it and listening for cracks and pops that would indicate some of the carbon fibers are damaged. If I hear nothing, it gets cleaned, the broadhead gets sharpened, and the arrow is put back in the quiver.
 

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My buddies and I used to shoot gophers for practice. We shot the same arrows I don't know how many times into dirt and rocks. Give them a once over and keep on shooting.
 


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I check them for cracks replace broad head and put back in quiver. When we were able to get extra doe tags I shot 4 deer with the same arrow one year.
 


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I keep all my kill arrows on a bench, it's cool looking back how your arrows evolve over time!
 

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I usually clean them up, inspect them, shoot them at a target a few times, replace the damage on the broad head and take them back in the field. I mark it somehow as it's a lucky one and I go right back to that arrow! :cool: They are way too spendy to just set aside.
 

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I shot one bear that rolled over on my arrow and busted it. I didn't get a complete pass through as he was laying down at the bait when I shot him. Most of the time, you should get a complete pass through.
 


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How about after you shoot a bear? Are the arrows still in 1 piece?


Both of the bears that I have shot where pass throughs both arrow are still in good shape. I have both on a shelf right next to the one that I shoot my deer with this year.
 

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I have seen some pictures of arrow shafts all splintered up and through some poor bastards hands, like a fricken porcupine.

this image has me reluctant to even shoot any of my arrows one time...
 

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best run I had with a arrow was 12 deer 6 bucks 6 does , just cleaned it , check straightness , replaced the blades and replaced the fletching a couple of times last doe I shot snapped it off , it now resides on a shelf in the living room 2315 alum
 

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