Broken arrows

[oldfarmsblueman]

I just got back from the Pro shop and got a new whisker
biscuit.As I'm standing there a guy comes in with a hand
full of broken arrows.I hear him ask if his new arrows are
in yet and they were.He was not happy with his Beman
400 ics hunters.I asked how they broke.He said just
shooting them in the back yard at his target. :oI said I have
bene shooting Beman ics hunters thousands of times and
have NEVER had a problem.There was dirt on his arrows
but that could have just bene from throwing them on the
ground.I asked him how many pounds he was shooting and
he had to think and said I think about 62#.I asked his arrow
lanth and he didn't know so I held one of mine next to his
and figure it was 27.5".I still have 5 of the 6 original arrows
that I got when I started shooting.The one broke by way
of a robin hood,not snapping in half.I am wondering if this
guy was pulling and twisting them as he pulled them out of
a target that held them to tight. ???His new arrows that he
said he likes were Goldtip's.

[azslim]

Since you like to hunt from blinds you can take your broken arrows and use them as range markers, and even put in nocks that match the color of your pins - ie green=10yds so green nock on the yd shaft, yellow=20 so yellow nock. I haven't done it but it makes sense and takes the guesswork out of what pin to use real quick.

[oldfarmsblueman]

The only arrows I brake is when I hit one with anouther arrow.
At 63 years old and trifocals I need surveyors tape to see
markers and yellow is the best color for me.My mind still
thinks its 18 but my body is telling me it's not ;D.