I'm a selfbow guy.  I've only made and shot bamboo or hill cane arrows.  Recently I have picked up a few old Bear recurves at some estate auctions.  I would like to hunt deer with one of the FG bows this fall.  I picked up a dozen Blemished shafts from Big Jim at the Tennessee Classic and finally got around to putting them together.  I bare shafted them and found out they were weak spined.  I ended up cutting 3" off before they would fly straight.  I have 175g points on them.  I wanted to use a heavy point for hunting.  I wrapped the front of the fletching.  I like a smooth transition into the feathers and I hate when they come loose.  I burnt them into a shield shape.  I fletched 6 with RW helical and 6 straight.  








This is the bow I'll be hunting with.  I was told it was a 1963 Grizzly.  Someone added the skins and refinished it.  It fits me very well.  

Very nice!
Tim B

Great stuff!! I like how you wrapped the fletching. Looks like a great hunting bow.

That is a rig ANYONE could be proud of.  Love the skins and nice job on the arrows!

Fantastic looking stick and shafts! What did you use to wrap them?

I wrap my feathers with UV resistant outdoor thread.  Its small diameter and very tough.  After I wrap them I put a couple drops of super glue on the thread and rub it in.  I do that 2 times.

From one Hoosier to another....Any deer should feel honored to fall to that setup!  Very nice scrub-buster.

Good luck, Skychief