I have shot alunimum for a long time and they usually get bent. I take a paint pen and writhe the date, location and what I killed with that arrow and hang them on a couple of nails in the garage blood, hair and all. Interesting how you can look at each and vividly remember every detail of each hunt.

I keep my first kills arrows and they are part of my game room decor (first deer, first bear, etc.)  I have a "paw rack" from my first bear and lay the arrow on that or keep a bow there.

I recycle them again.

I don't kill many critters so I think it will get retired with the hunt details on it and such.  Having to decide what to do with a kill arrow is a good problem to have, huh?   :cool:

I keep shooting them until bent or broken. I think it is great to take more than one bag with the same arrow.

I have always recycled until I saw the signed arrows on the St. Judes auction site. What a nice idea. To have arrows used by Ron and Denny and other leaders in traditional archery signed and labeled with accompaning kill stories and even pictures makes for great memorablilia. Someone out there might think that that is a great way to remember you and carry on your legacy. Think about it and if you happen to be well known to boot its a great way to raise money for a good cause.

i re-cycle it many times, just wash it off, and reuse, if it's bent, leave it the way i found it, take the broadhead off to reuse and stick the shaft up on the wall , (using a pair of deer antlers for a display) at MY hunting cabin.

Like most of the others, I'll use it again, but I add the date of kill.

Last year the deer I shot broke the arrow. It was the second deer with that particular arrow. So I saved the fletched portion, wrote the date on it and put it up on the wall (see picture).

use em again until they are no good

Mike, I wipe the fur from small game arrows, but retire big game kill arrows to a wall in my family room.  I started writing the dates and hunt specifics on the arrows as well.  It's neat to glance up and see them, and remember a specific shot now and then.  Heaven knows the deer in our parts have been less than bountiful in recent times, so the bloodied arrows help serve as a reminder that killing something is still possible.  :^)

I cut a strip of leather about about 7 X 2", then cut a small slit in the bottom portion. Slide the arrow through the slit and write down the particulars on the leather and pin it to the wall.  Memories!

The kill arrows(cedar) have almost always broken off so they hang on the critter's antlers on the wall. The mmmmm-misses sometimes can be recovered intact and I resharpen the Zwickeys for the next time afield.

Mostly they get put back into circulation. There are a few that have been retired, but if they are
able, they fly again.

Sometimes I wish I would have saved them all.