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Main Boards => PowWow => Topic started by: moleman on July 20, 2013, 06:27:00 PM
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For those who love wood shafts, is it just me or do the modern composites and aluminums lack spirit and or soul?
Today I found an aluminum shaft in my stash that was perfect for the longbow I was shooting, it shot great! but after yrs. of shooting woods it felt as though something was missing, it was as if it had no spirit, just a metal tube being propelled down range without purpose or meaning, unlike a wood shaft that was weighed, spined, stained, sealed, painted, crested and carefully crafted with care to do a job, be it target archery or killing.
Im not knocking aluminums, or other composites,as they are consistent, always straight and deadly but for myself they just lack that little something.
For those who love wood shafts....is it just me? :campfire:
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It's not just you. :thumbsup:
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Nop! Nothing shoots like wood. I too have nothing against other arrow materials, but nothing feels or sounds or smells like wood. I just can't get used to anything else. Wood is good! That wood once lived, so it just may have soul, if only residual, soul none the less!
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My longbows only use wood, slowly switching my recurves also.....
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All wood arrows here.They just seem to go with my longbows. Shooting aluminum or carbon out of them would be like flinging a spinnerbait with a fine bamboo flyrod.Sure it would work,but just not right for me.
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If you shoot a fiberglass bow you might as well shoot synthetic arrows. Personally I shoot both and enjoy all aspects of archery.
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They go together for sure. I don't care what others do but I wouldn't feel right shooting anything but woods out of my longbows.
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I feel the same way about wood shafts. There is something special about them.
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Yes, there seems to be something special about wood for me too. I have shot a lot of aluminum and it performs just fine on my bows, but the magic just isn't there.
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I feel the same way. Nothing but wood arrows for me.
I also feel the same way about bows. I hunt only with bows of wood.
No glass, no aluminum, no carbon. No need.
Two sticks and a string.
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I used to always say "shooting aluminum out of a longbow was like petting a dog backwards, it gets the job done but it just ain't right".
That was back when I was strictly a wood arrow guy. Now I mostly shoot and hunt with aluminum. I stump shoot with wood and really like the process of making wood arrows.
Alum and carbon are such lifeless cold arrow zombies, but they sure fly nice.
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I feel the same as Gordon
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I have no plans to buy any carbon or aluminum! Not just you!
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I have some carbon and aluminum arrows but they stay in the bin. Wood seems like it has a spirit about it that's for sure. I love building them too.
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Man my carbons fly great and they are tough but im working on a doz woodies. I can make em fly as good but it takes more work.
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I think carbon and aluminum are great-just not for me. Wood has soul; what more can I say!
Here is my bouquet of Elk arrows for the coming season
(http://i139.photobucket.com/albums/q291/bjornweb/ElkArrows.jpg) (http://s139.photobucket.com/user/bjornweb/media/ElkArrows.jpg.html)
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Nice set Bjorn.Good luck this fall.
As far as the arrows go, I shoot wood. Cedar. I've tried others, but always come back to cedar. Best arrows I ever shot were compressed cedar that were tapered. Awesome arrows.
We have 11 archery clubs that have shoots every w/e here in the area where we live. We can choose to shoot 2 or more shoots a lot of w/e from Jan thru Sept. Plus we have the bigger camping shoots like the GLLI and Compton(not to mention an dozen more). In our quivers we carry good arrows and a junk arrow or two for shots that we know will likely result in a broken shaft. Those arrows are always...Aluminum or carbon.
We shoot wood.The spirit in a wooden shaft is part of the discipline called archery. If you shoot traditional and don't shoot wood, you are missing out on a very important part of the sport.
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I shoot all 3....whatever the bow likes the best. For me, the "magic' is watching the flight of a perfect arrow.
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I understand your thinking, I too feel the magic from wood arrows. There is nothing wrong with the other but for me it is wood.
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I'll shoot 2016's all winter and summer long for 3D and The Muzzy Shoot... Then from August, it's woodies for me! When it comes to hunting, I think wood is best... Quiet, forgiving and most of all, romantic.
... mike ...
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actually I've been noticing something,,,,,, when I started I shot woods, then aluminums then carbon and I did mix it up depending if I had my selfbow or not but lately I took a shot and bought this Baraga here with cracks in the limb and I decided it would shoot woods only.
so I found 11 45/50 finished woods with 160 tips that Renee from the original Lost Nation Archery made me years ago before selling the shop and they have been dead nuts perfect!! okay I drifted off but my point is shooting the woods has rekindled a spark that went away years ago,,,, shooting a longbow with woodies feels fun again and I'm enjoying it big time!!! I have talked with snag about ordering a custom dozen but the bow possibly blowing up kind put the brakes on that.
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I have tried woods a few times. I like the idea and romance , but I love my carbons from my Hill style bows. I can make them heavy, or light my choice.
I do stump with the remaining 2 doz woodies of mine because I don't mind if I break them.
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I started with wood arrows. I lost that dozen while learning to shoot. Switched to alluminums becasue at the time I didn't know where to go to find wood. Shot alluminums, switched to carbon, back to alluminum because I didn't need a high speed cut off saw and a mask to make some up. I am now slowly putting together another set of douglas fir woodies for this coming season. Seems I've come full circle. Can't wait to send some fir down range.
-Jeremy :coffee:
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WOOD ARROWS TILL I CROAK! Just wish the price was traditional. LOL
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I think I read Hill said something like he preferred wood arrows because aluminum didn't have any "life" to them.
I have to agree!
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I love wood arrows. Ive made quite a few a them. Past few years and currently, I have been shooting carbon only though. Just my honest opinion, it is MUCH easier to make a perfect arrow with carbon and its components....and lately, I have been taking advantage of this and doing alot of shooting. Part of my heart breaks when I ruin a beautiful wood arrow.... there are no feelings when I break a carbon (which doesnt happen often). I have far from forgot about wood though....and will shoot it again! As for now, I will shoot the carbon a little more.
I was organizing my work area a few days ago....moved a bunch of arrow cases....and happened to open up one that had a dozen cedars in it, all done up beautifully. I closed my eyes and took a big whiff....AHHH!!! the smell brings you to a good place :thumbsup:
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I love making wood arrows. I also really like the romance and quiet of wood arrows, but can't seem to get them working as well as my carbons. I'll probably use them for deer but when the rubber hits the road for my elk hunt this fall I'm afraid carbon arrows will probably be along for the ride.
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I use both aluminum and wood. But wood arrows have spirit. Wood arrows are made reflecting the love of the sport. Aluminum or graphite tells me what you do but wood tells me who you are.
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I use both aluminum and wood. But wood arrows have spirit. Wood arrows are made reflecting the love of the sport. Aluminum or graphite tells me what you do but wood tells me who you are.
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I use whatever but love wood.
Besides Wood arrows shoot farther than carbons :readit: .
Ok maybe not :dunno: , but I sure look a whole lot cooler shooting them. :cool:
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Originally posted by two4hooking:
I think I read Hill said something like he preferred wood arrows because aluminum didn't have any "life" to them.
I have to agree!
He also said something along the lines of,that the "New" materials were probably even better for arrows than wood,but he preffered wood for the tradtion and romance. Me too. Wood only out of my Hill style longbows. When I shot recurves I used wood,aluminum and carbons.