Light Blunt Arrow

Light shaft with wooden knob or leather pad; squirrel, hare, bird hunting.

A light-shafted arrow tipped with a rounded wooden knob or a bound leather pad in place of an iron head, meant to strike without piercing. Hunters use these for squirrel, hare, and bird, where a cutting head would shred the skin or meat; training masters keep them at the butts for pages and young archers learning the bow. The shaft itself is thin and quick, fletched with goose quills like any common arrow.