Carbons for hunting?

[GMMAT]

For financial reasons (hint...I still miss a lot....lol) I'm comfortable shooting aluminums, now.  I think I can see the benefit, though, of shooting carbons for hunting.

Anyone shoot targets with aluminums but switch over to carbons for hunting?

Walk with me, here....

MY thinking is....I could go to a heavier (and heaver spined) arrow to hunt with and add tip weight to offset the spine.  I'm all for shooting a big hunting log (recent compound convert), but my light (480gr out of my 50# longbow and recurve) arrows fly really good for targets.

Am I missing anything?  Sound strategy?

Thanks.

Jeff

[Cherokee Scout]

I am not sure of your "financial reasons" logic. Any way you look at it, carbons are cheaper in the long run.

In my opinion 480 gr out of a 50# bow is plenty of weight for hunting. No real need to shoot a "log".

Keep it simple.

[GMMAT]

I am not sure of your "financial reasons" logic. Any way you look at it, carbons are cheaper in the long run.
 

So if I lose a carbon arrow v. losing an aluminum arrow.....I'm out the same $$?

Thans for the comment re: arrow weight.  Much appreciated.

[huntnut]

I think what Sipsey is saying is it's more likly to bend or brake an aluminum arrow with normal use, so in the long run we will spend more on aluminums replacing bent or broken ones, then you would on carbons. And you can find cheaper carbons that run close to the same price as aluminums.

[Pat B]

I prefer to use the same arrows(same set up all together) for target and hunting. Once I get my brain trained I don't like confusing it with something different.

[GMMAT]

I think what Sipsey is saying is it's more likly to bend or brake an aluminum arrow with normal use

That's why I'm MORE interested in them, for hunting.....for their more rugged construction.

Shooting targets....we're shooting some ,onger distances and from strange positions and angles.  Arrow loss is a real possibility (I lost one, yesterday).

Thanks for the replies.

[Mint]

For me carbons work out cheaper since I was bending a lot of aluminum stump shooting and hitting trees unfortunately. It takes a lot to break a carbon heritage shaft.

[Trooper]

I shoot both and hunt with both.  Carbons are tougher.  I killed 5 deer this past season with the same carbon arrow.

[James Wrenn]

Depends on what carbon you buy.Some carbons are cheaper than many aluminums.Wood is the most expensive arrow I shoot.They cost more up front and when you add in culls and broken ones they come out twice the price or more for me.

[WildmanSC]

If you want a tough carbon arrow that will work great for shooting targets and for hunting, look at some of the GrizzlyStik Sitkas.  They are a perfect spine for your bow, have a 75 gr insert up front and with a 125 gr point and 29" BOP will yield a 504 gr arrow.  They fly great out of my 47-49# bows.

You can get finished arrows from Kustom King, a Sponsor.  A half dozen arrows will cost you as much as a dozen carbon arrows from other manufacturers, but the half dozen will last as long as a dozen of the other carbons.  They are tough as nails!

Bill

[PrarrieDog]

$50 will get you half a dozen carbons that will last you until you loose them. Odds are you won't break them before you lose them and I guarantee you won't bend them.

[Jason R. Wesbrock]

If you shop around, there's no reason you can't find good carbon shafts for $50-60 per dozen.

[30coupe]

My local archery shop sells 3555 Gold Tips (black) for $55 a dozen bare shafts. The last time I bought Easton Legacy 1916 aluminum shafts, I paid $60 a dozen. I shot a deer and she broke my shaft off, scratch that one. I shot a blunt at a squirrel and the forest ate it, scratch another one. I would have lost the carbon on the second shot, but changes are it would have survived the deer.

Carbons are cheaper in the long run. The only way I have destroyed them is with Robin Hoods.

[Douglas DuRant]

In November Walmart will put Carbon Express on sale for half price. I buy them then if I can. I then remove the vanes and cut them to my size.

I like shooting the arrows I use to hunt.