$#/^& lost arrows

[jpo183]

Gurrr just bought my first set of 6 arrows and lost three in the field behind my house. Sad part is I actually got the hang of this but had thee bad shots.

They are carbon arrows. Will a metal detector work? I am fairly certain they are burried.

What can I do to prevent this?

 

[DoormanTNT]

Hit the target. Sorry just messin with ya.

Metal detector has worked in past for me, even with carbons.
Will still pick up the tip. Probably skimmed the ground and is more then likely farther back then you think.

 

[jpo183]

Hit the target. Sorry just messin with ya.

Metal detector has worked in past for me, even with carbons.
Will still pick up the tip. Probably skimmed the ground and is more then likely farther back then you think.

I spent an hour checking every where . I am hoping for the buried theory. Its a 55lb recurve and some of the other arrows were nearly buried.

 

[A1Uni]

Take two other arrows, hold them point down (field tips work best) and walk back and fourth perpendicular to your line of fire, dragging the tips across the ground, one in each hand a coupe of feet apart.

Start at the target (or furthest point you feel they could have flown) and work back to your shooting point, moving a couple of feet closer to your shooting point each time.

Sooner or later your arrow tip will strike part of the lost arrow(s) and make a clicking sound; you will feel it too.

They likely are not completely buried or are only under the thatch, in which case this method will eventually work.

Failing that, a metal detector may well find your tips if they were metal.

 

[Franklin]

Pink vanes! I know it sounds gay but 2 pink vans and a chartreuse cock . Also flo colored arrow wraps help find them faster. Pink nock too. Worry about manly colors when you can brag about hitting chit......:d

 

[Roneut]

Well, my friends I shoot trad archery with always say "Never fall in love with your ammo."

We shoot wooden arrows so while the metal detector is a fine idea, sometimes a rake can help with finding them too unless they go completely under the dirt.

 

[fscwi]

I read this tip on another forum. Won't help for ones already shot, but for the future consider getting a roll of reflective tape like Scotchlite, usually can find it in the automotive section at Walmart or other stores. Put small wraps above and below the fletchings. If you lose an arrow, wait until dark and shine a flashlight and the tape will usually show up. There also are reflective arrows wraps available but those are more expensive.

 

[highwayheat]

If its safe to do so use the redneck method. Take off you shoes and socks and walk perpendicular to the shooting lane. It has worked for me many times when I missed the target sighting in at extended distances.

 

[shaddydan]

Walk barefoot...you can feel them easier when you step on them, trust me, it works!


....and hitting the target helps..lol!

 

[Trekker]

They likely are not completely buried or are only under the thatch, in which case this method will eventually work.

90%+ of the arrows I temporarily 'lost' when I shot as a kid would be later found parrallel to the ground and just under the height of the grass. Unless the arrow flew into something soft like a pile of mulch or leaves it isn't going to bury itself completely. Even when shooting a haybale head on arrows rarely bury themselves past the nock, so they aren't going to do so with the harder ground.

 

[Victory or Death]

Walk barefoot...you can feel them easier when you step on them, trust me, it works!

sounds like good motivational tool to not miss your target...

 

[ken792]

Well, my friends I shoot trad archery with always say "Never fall in love with your ammo."

We shoot wooden arrows so while the metal detector is a fine idea, sometimes a rake can help with finding them too unless they go completely under the dirt.

I made a dozen arrows for traditional in 2010 and have not lost a single one. I use the barefoot method to locate them.

However, all but one of them have broken at least once and I've been splicing them back together with scraps from when I made them as well as pieces of arrows beyond repair.

 

[Nanook]

http://lumenok.net/

Sounds like a good idea to me....after not missing the target...

 

[Roneut]

I made a dozen arrows for traditional in 2010 and have not lost a single one. I use the barefoot method to locate them.

One guy I shoot with advocates barefoot too, though the range we usually shot at is unsupervised and open to the public. Despite a dozen signs saying "No Broadheads," every once in a while some imbecile does it anyway and you find them in the grass. My friend found out the hard way. If we ever catch anyone doing that again we're shootin them back at their owner.

 

[BDWMS]

Don't feel bad. I've got three arrows I need to find in the grass behind my house. I've mowed and still can't find them. For my next arrows I'm picking bright colors for the vanes...

 

[mark71211]

Pink vanes! I know it sounds gay but 2 pink vans and a chartreuse cock . Also flo colored arrow wraps help find them faster. Pink nock too. Worry about manly colors when you can brag about hitting chit......:d

Pink vanes are the way to go. If you are in the woods and shoot a deer pink and white vanes make it easy to find your arrow.

 

[byf43]

"Luminocks!"

My youngest son tried some 'long distance' shooting with his new carbon-fiber arrows.

He lost two. A good friend found one of them, at the farm where he was shooting.

Now, my youngest son has Luminocks on his arrows.
Nice little light shining when the arrow is released.

They're nice, but, the lights won't last forever.

 

[jpo183]

I went and purchased a metal detector, $40 well worth it. They should sell them at the archery shop

 

[wilcam47]

I went and purchased a metal detector, $40 well worth it. They should sell them at the archery shop

not a bad idea!! New and old shooters have lost an arrow or three myself included

 

[VNVGUNNER]

I went and purchased a metal detector, $40 well worth it. They should sell them at the archery shop