It's not a free help yourself pail.

petew · #1 07-19-2016, 09:52 PM

Recently at the range in Parkland I took a wander over to the lost and found arrow pail to see if any of my lost arrows were found and put in there .
Not lucky , none of mine in the pail.
But , what is with almost every found arrow in the pail having the noc's missing.
Are some of you realy that cheap , low and sleazy to strip the noc's and points out of the found arrow bucket.

That bucket is there for a reason, and it isn't there to be a free parts store for cheap skates.
I can see a few would be missing from being lost and hitting a tree, but when about 80% of the found arrows are striped, that is disgusting dishonest and just plain cheap .
Rant over.
Pete

calgarychef · #2 07-19-2016, 11:06 PM

I agree with you pete, those arrows belong to someone. The broken arrow box is another matter.

Lefty-Canuck · #3 07-20-2016, 12:10 AM

Yup...only takes one halfwit to relieve the entire bucket of goodies...lost and found arrows, if they aren't yours leave them be.

LC

last minute · #4 07-20-2016, 04:10 AM

There in a bucket no one wants them what's the big deal and no I dont shoot a bow

Lefty-Canuck · #5 07-20-2016, 04:30 AM

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Originally Posted by last minute

There in a bucket no one wants them what's the big deal and no I dont shoot a bow

The owners who lost them want them. It's like shopping at a lost and found....but you don't pay a dime, and you take things that weren't yours in the first place.

LC

last minute · #6 07-20-2016, 08:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Lefty-Canuck

The owners who lost them want them. It's like shopping at a lost and found....but you don't pay a dime, and you take things that weren't yours in the first place.

LC

fair enough I am glad I don't shoot a bow I don't have to worry about lost arrows if I am going to get them back or not.

LeroyvdH · #7 07-20-2016, 09:58 AM

I agree with you Pete... There's not a lot of ''If it's not yours leave it be'' left anymore...
Leroy

calgarychef · #8 07-20-2016, 10:13 AM

Last minute...if you don't shoot a bow you probably don't know how we do it.

At a range or a shoot if you find an arrow you put it in the pail on a table etc. and the owner can get his arrow back. It's an honour to help someone who's lost and arrow. At the end of the shoot or the year if it's a permanent shooting range the unclaimed arrows are auctioned off or raffled etc. That only happens once we're reasonably sure that no one is going to claim them. Sometimes they're given to kids to shoot and probably lose again very quickly. It's always fun to find my expensive arrows in that pail and I'm sure everyone feels the same way!

There's a broken arrow box in some places where folks put their broken ones so that no one gets injured trying to shoot them again we usually break them before putting them in the box. I've been known to scavenge aluminum arrows from that box to use as footing on my carbon arrows. I see no foul in doing that.

last minute · #9 07-20-2016, 01:10 PM

I use to shoot a bow back in the 80's so I do know how it goes but thanks for explaining it.

normanrd · #10 07-20-2016, 06:08 PM

We have a lost arrow bucket at our range too. Only difference is that people just take the whole arrow, and not just the nocks and points.

petew · #11 07-20-2016, 07:37 PM

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Originally Posted by normanrd

We have a lost arrow bucket at our range too. Only difference is that people just take the whole arrow, and not just the nocks and points.

I know this happens at our place too. I relieved a fellow of a couple of my arrows from his quiver last year when he walked past and I recognised them .

Bottom line is you are a thief if you take things that do not belong to you.