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What Type of Arrows Do You Prefer?
01-24-2008, 02:32 PM
#11
Typical Buck
Join Date: Nov 2007
Posts: 721
RE: What Type of Arrows Do You Prefer?
There is no longer anyadvantage to using an aluminum arrow for huntingimo. You can absolutely flog your carbons into targets, trees, logs, and bone and not have to do a darn thing but put on a new tip and possibly nock and fire away again.Even with abusethey'll still bebe within hunting tolerances99% of the time. I've never bent a carbon arrow. Can't say the same about aluminum. Put it this way, I've gotten ten times the life out of carbon than I did aluminum. Come to think of it, I've never had to discard a carbon for any reason over the lasteightor nine yearssince I switched over exclusively to carbon.The only time they get replaced are if they are lost when shooting or broken off in a harvested animal.
01-24-2008, 03:29 PM
#16
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Blanchester Ohio USA
Posts: 1,269
RE: What Type of Arrows Do You Prefer?
Carbon is good as they are tough and available with very little work.
However. I shoot trad mostly. Some of my arrows are mad from Rivercane or tonkin cane. They are natures carbons and I believe actually tougher than carbons.
OK OK noone get excited ... I'll explain.
I can shoot inside here at work. The building is steel. I have had a couple ...lets say not so great shots at distances. Out of a bow (I no longer own BTW) I've had two break on me hitting the steel wall. One broke in half andthe other shattered in front. With a bow with a higher draw wieght (70 in stead of 50) I missed a couple times with my cane arrows and hit the steel wall.They are fine and shootable still. So I believe they are more durable than carbons.
Of course they take a ton more work to get right to begin with. and I'mshooting them out of a trad bow ...
However. I shoot trad mostly. Some of my arrows are mad from Rivercane or tonkin cane. They are natures carbons and I believe actually tougher than carbons.
OK OK noone get excited ... I'll explain.
I can shoot inside here at work. The building is steel. I have had a couple ...lets say not so great shots at distances. Out of a bow (I no longer own BTW) I've had two break on me hitting the steel wall. One broke in half andthe other shattered in front. With a bow with a higher draw wieght (70 in stead of 50) I missed a couple times with my cane arrows and hit the steel wall.They are fine and shootable still. So I believe they are more durable than carbons.
Of course they take a ton more work to get right to begin with. and I'mshooting them out of a trad bow ...
01-24-2008, 05:03 PM
#20
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: SE Ohio
Posts: 2,531
RE: What Type of Arrows Do You Prefer?
I'll tell you honestly, these: http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/te...amp;id=0004537 are about as good as I've found for hunting, general shooting, or whatever, and they're pretty much mid-to-light as far as weight goes. The spec's match a Beman ICS Hunter almost identically, except these are $15-20/dozen cheaper. Plus, if you call a Cabela's retail store and order them there, they will cut and square them free. Another $10-20 saving over a LOT of pro shops. I've shot everything under the sun over the past few years, and these are what I've liked the best, even over the GT's and CE Maxima's and Carbon Force Radial Weaves. Not as light as some, but as durable as any!!!