Before jumping to that conclusion I'd suggest attempting to make decent arrows from recycled or raw materials. I've not tried it myself, but I suspect it's not easy.
Its not hard to make arrows once you have the technique down and if you have access to the right wood.
It can be difficult to make an arrow you can shoot through a compound bow.
“Before jumping to that conclusion I’d suggest attempting to make decent arrows from recycled or raw materials. I’ve not tried it myself, but I suspect it’s not easy.”
Desperate times, as a SHTF situation, may require desperate measures.
often arrows may be reused or made more easily than firearm ammo
Before jumping to that conclusion I’d suggest attempting to make decent arrows from recycled or raw materials. I’ve not tried it myself, but I suspect it’s not easy.
In my misspent youth I taught myself how to make an arrow from scratch both using some manufactured fletching and nocks and traditional Indian methods.
It’s not easy and take a lot of time to do properly. As my mentor told me once: When participating in the sport of archery more time is spent on choosing and working with the bow than the arrow. It should be the opposite, the arrow is the most important part. To prove it he literally made a bow from a fallen branch and although it was a piece of cr@p he still managed a good grouping with superbly made arrows before it broke.
Try to do that with a cr@ppy arrow and you risk it shattering on release and skewering your hand especially on these modern compound and cammed bows that are exceptionally powerful.
In conclusion, if you are counting on the bow and arrow in SHTF then learn all you can about the traditional techniques of making arrows. It can be fun, I can guarantee it will be educational.