i know to keep it real you need wood arrows,but for some reason i cant stay away from carbon or aluminum they are so much straighter and fly better for me. anybody have any coments to change my mind.
I've shot, hunted, and killed with all three. Started out with WOOD, building arrows is time consuming, and they are never as straight,consistent,durable, or cheaper than the other 2 (If you count you're time as worth anything).They also tend to weaken in spine as they are shot more due to weakening of the wood after so much flexing shot after shot. On the plus side, woodies are beautifull,and more primitive, and something to be proud of after you have personally crafted them.They are also quiet being a solid shaft. ALUMINUM, consistent,cheap,easy to assemble, available in numerous weights,diameters, and spines to fit any bow, and fairly durable,available at most any archery shop.Minus for me was they can be noisy, especially in a back quiver rattling together like bells.Not as durable as carbon. CARBON, consistent,easy to assemble, very durable, easily weighted to attain heavy arrow weights, and cheaper than most folks realize. True, its easy to spend over $100 for a dozen raw shafts, but many are available for under $40 per dozen. The small diameter of carbons make for unreal penetration when properly weighted.The light physical weight allows for point end weighting for outstanding flight. The minus, it may take lots of experimenting to get the proper spine for you're setup as they often are only in three spine weights. Best done by bareshafting and varying point weight,length ,and spine, as with any type shafting material.
milk whats up you big sissy,im fletching all my aluminums for flu flus,going to carbons....son ready to run those beagles.im ready, pin wheel pin wheel
What Randy said. I bought a dozen new arrows for our indoor league. They are small dia. very consistent in weight and spine. They shoot great and seem to be very durable. I guess that even makes them cheap in the long run I think their real beauties. DEN
Close Jose. Their 5/16 Tax Dodgers. They only cost .40cent each. I figured if they can make carbs with fake wood grain, I could make some fake carbos.
Randy you left out one more good thing about alternative arrows, their really good conductors. If you get caught out on the course with a bunch of them strapped on your back during a lightning storm you, yourself may wind up a smouldering lump of carbon. At least wood arrows are more forgiving. It's forgive me while I go behind the target and hunt for my arrows. Forgive me for holding everyone up while I dig my arrow out of this tree. Forgive my language when I missed that groundhog target.
Dennis, I'm sure you never missed!? Oooh, can't wait to get to come to another shoot, we can shoot together, you first of course.., I believe Dennis is a closet carbonista, those really are carbon, he's claiming they are ramin,birch,maple, or whatever kinda junk comes outta the barrel at Lowes. To prove those arrows in his pics are carbons next time I see him I will test their durability over my knee. BTW buddy..., did you happen to find my arrow in those briars behind the storage building ? I fear for it if you did, i'm sure it will be subjected to every kind of disgusting torture a deviant like you can conjure up.
One of the greatest scientists alive today is Al Gore. He says we're supposta reduce our carbon foot print. How can you do that if you keep leavin little carbon footprints at all these 3-d ranges around here? We'll shoot together if you promise not to contaminate any of my equipment with your space age polymers. We can combine scores and bet Redtail a root beer DEN
Steve, I made my own feather chopper. I cut them out of full length feathers. The feathers come from turkeys Get some feathers and let me know and I'll bring my cutter to a shoot. One warning though they sound like a bottle rocket when they fly DEN
We would have to combine scores to beat redtail ! I fear that the woods there at the ITBA range will start sprouting an invasive species of tree....., looks like..., Ramin.., I think from Brazil? Dennis shoots those large feathers to try to correct the pathetic flight of those mismatched arrows, Plus in the the hopes that the racket will scare the game to death since he knows its a sure miss ! Paint 'em black to look like a carbon, their still junk.
Humm Randy you may have something there. I've noticed that since we've been shooting up there it seems like there's a lot of turkeys running around. You think that if we all shot vanes there wouldn't be as many?
Speaking of feathers. What's the point of even putting them on carbons Just trying to get the last word in Happy Thanksgiving all. DEN
I have tried to stay out of this conversation. I saw the reference to Redtail and knowing you, it had to be some type of sideways jab. But now that I'm here....... if you are only shooting one arrow and they are all "quality" arrows and you know how the arrow shoots. You can do just as well with any of the three. The problem comes when you start shooting different arrows out of a quiver. It's very hard to get matching wood arrows. If you shoot aluminum arrows, you may have one that gets "tweaked" and then you have flyers. With carbon if they start out shooting well you can count on them until they are lost or broken. I always number my arrows to determine the flyers. Last year I found two carbons out of twelve that flew at least six inches off center. Couldn't find the problemBut thats rare. I like all three and still shoot all three but I am mostly shooting carbons now because of cost, dependability and low maintenance.
Just my two-cents on a subject we have argued many times
I doubt if I have the last word but "Happy Thanksgiving". See some of you at Chicks next week!
Redbutt, you are being too nice to Dennis, something you've never done for me ! I'm sure when we meet again you will have nothing but bad things to say about me, if not sooner ! You need to plan on hunting LBL with us the week of Jan 5-11, and Dennis too of course, and anybody else lurking out there in cyberland. Me and Eddie hunted there for 3 days a couple weeks ago, and saw lots of game, including a bobcat and an armadillo! I'm as excited about heading out there as I am about going CO elk hunting (almost) Good to hear from you dude.
I think their real beauties. DEN
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He says we're supposta reduce our carbon foot print. How can you do that if you keep leavin little carbon footprints at all these 3-d ranges around here?
Just trying to get the last word in
Happy Thanksgiving all. DEN
