Choosing Archery Arrows

Series Summary

The bow and arrow changed the way humans lived in the same way guns and black powder have influenced human life in more recent times. Almost all civilizations, including the Persians, Macedonians, Nubians, Greeks, Koreans, Indians, Japanese and Chinese fielded large numbers of archers in their armies to great effect and success. Archers were especially effective against massive military formations, but once the gun was developed, archery in military combat became obsolete, with even primitive guns being far superior in terms of range and ease of use. Now archery is a celebrated pastime and an Olympic sport. In this free video series, a professional archery shooter provides tips for this sport of shooting bows and arrows. Learn how to choose archery arrows, how to shoot an arrow and what equipment is needed for archery. Discover the basics for bow hunting, additional archery strategies and everything else there is to know about getting involved in archery.

Video Transcript

"Hi, my name's Chance Platt from Humphries Archery out here in American Fork, Utah. Today we're talking about how to choose archery arrows, and what you might want to have it...take...take into consideration when choosing arrows. There are many, many different types of arrows. It's really more specific to what you plan on doing. You may use a different arrow for hunting, versus target shooting, versus whatever you're planning on doing. For instance, there's a...one of these aluminum Genesis arrows, made by GoldTip, that is real popular for our National Archery in the Schools program. And we tend...we tend to use these a lot for the Archery in the Schools program because you don't have any worry about anyone breaking a carbon shaft, or anything of that nature by dropping 'em on the ground, stepping on 'em, whatever. You know, hitting 'em against something. Next...next on the list is, if you're going to be doing hunting, you probably...you're going to want something a little bit different. You'll probably end up going to...most of the industry's going to now is carbon arrows. They vary from size, strength, thickness. For hunting, you'd typically use a smaller....a smaller diameter shaft, whether carbon, that gives you a little more speed, and at the same time, less variance in your shot. And those...and those vary in size and strengths, depending on the manufacturer and model. One of the more latest things that they've come out with is...Carbon Express has...has a new arrow out that's actually Kevlar reinforced. So, as you can see, the art archery is evolving from wood sticks, from....back in the old days, to aluminum arrows, to now they're using carbon, and now some more exotic materials. So, if you're out shooting a professional target competitions, you'll probably use something with a little bit fatter shaft. If you look at the difference on these two, for instance. The....a lot of 'em will go to a little bit fatter shaft, because it gives you a little bit better advantage in....when you're shooting at a...rings on a target. When....if you're outdoors shooting, hunting, obviously, you're probably going to want the more thin shaft, because wind will have less of a variance on your shot. But, like I said, it's all going to be specific to what you're wanting to...what objectives you're wanting to accomplish."