How To Build Your Own Arrows | Bowhunt 101

Learn how to build your own arrows in this Bowhunt 101 video tutorial. Building your own arrows is a great skill for any archer or bowhunter who is looking to customize their equipment or learn how to work on their own archery gear at home.

[CJLiveFromTheOutdoors]

Thanks for explaining it all. You laid it out in clear, easy to understand instructions.

[justinvzu]

It's still a good idea IMO to rub some acetone over the shaft before wrapping, and then wet wipe the wrap and dry it before the vanes go on. I have yet to have a single wrap fall off this way.

[vietnv]

This was a very informative vid regarding fletching the vanes, after a good year schooting with standard blazer vanes on the easton fmj's, i finally found a reliable source with good tip's and trick's for securing the vanes. if i'm able to get to the shop this week, i think that i'm gonna buy the first set allready installed, and a set for learning to fletch my own. Great upload and well explained, thanks!

[isaiah]

The biggest thing I like about wraps is it makes it easier to find them depending on the color

[jhuntley]

Nice, I like cutting my wraps in half looks slick more foc and double the wraps

[daedaluxe]

I love your attention to detail when building these.

[nicmcconchie]

What a fantastic resource. Thanks for the info mate. 👍

[dillonbutler]

Thanks for the help 💯👌 getting everything together to build my first set

[twinsport]

I have a few questions, I see some builders will install a sleeve that is on the outside of the shaft where the broad head is screwed in. Why? I think I know but would like to hear from someone that professionally builds arrows and in this video, you didn't mention that option. Also, I want to get into building arrows and bows any good resources that a person can watch or even read up on. Great job on the video, so far yours has been the best without getting so technical and straying away from what you are teaching. Thank you, Jay

[landonlengyel]

thank you ill try this sometime when i eventually find all the products in this vid

[amysteiner]

Rookie here... I remember helping my dad build his arrows as a kid, he let me pick the feather colors 😊. But now I'm curious, why do you make your own arrows? Cheaper cost? Customization? Better quality? For the craft of it?

[TheWVgoodguy]

Thank you for sharing this with us. I too am a fan of the orange 🍊. I have the same Easton fletching jig that I recently bought. However I don't have a saw or straightening jig yet. Still debating on whether I should try Victory, Easton, Gold Tip or Black Eagle. I am also thinking of going 4 fletch with a slight helical. I don't think that the jig I have is for helical vanes though.

[brettboes]

Built my first set this year. Went heavy. 250 spine Sirius Vulcans, 150gn insert with 200gn single bevel head. ~730gn arrow with FOC around 16%.

You guys ever insert tune or nock tune? I feel like you'll guarantee better arrow flight if you insert tune before you glue them in and bare-shaft nock tune before you fletch.

[jacobgowdy]

You only need 3 small drops of glue then spread with the tip of your glue bottle. It's a pain clean the glue off and out of the ez Fletch jig

[smokedogg]

If you’re using the epoxy for the insert, the arrow needs to sit horizontal on a flat surface for 24hours. I have had the HIT slide up and down the shaft because it wasn’t fully cured.

[brandonfrazier]

This was a great video and very detailed. I think I know the answer but just to be sure, if you were building these for hunting, I'm assuming you want to put on the broad head you want to use and then align the fletching to the broad head blades before you glue them on, correct? Just wanna be sure cause I think I'd like to try building my own for hunting season this year.

[cottojn]

Awesome great video thank you.


When it come to weight how do I know what weight is best for the type of broad-heads I’m using? I don’t want to just get any set of arrows and slap on the broad-heads I like to use?

My current arrow is 350 grains .244 diameter. The broad-heads I’m using are 125 grain Annihilators XL, how can I determine what insert and outserts I need and the length of fletching that I should use? The arrows came with aluminum inserts which I would like to change.

[MrSkunkworkx]

Not worried about cockvane ?
Done mine in all one color and used a black sharpie to mark an X ;)

[mulaka]

If I wanted to do this how much could I expect to spend to get everything I need and get started?

[braunavery]

Is that the AAE Max Stealth “fire orange” or “sunset gold” you put on the arrow? AAE website does not have a FLO or Neon Orange color just “fire orange” or “sunset gold”