Internal footing necessary?

[Greencountry]

I was thinking about working up some internally footed carbon arrows like discussed in the "perfect arrow" thread. But, thinking back, I cannot recall having an arrow failure on a Whitetail, not including a non pass thru and the deer rolling over on it. My arrows are already tuned pretty well with brass inserts and I am planning on using the modified grizzly. I guess my question is how necassary is it? How many of the gang have had an arrow failure on whitetails?

Thanks in advance,
Tim B.

[Guru]

Never!

Very unnecessary in my opinion....

[vermonster13]

Not for anything we hunt in North America. I put a piece of an aluminum on the outside of most and that serves me well.

[Dave Worden]

Of course they're not necessary.  People have hunted for eons without it.  That being said, I just made a bunch for shooting on our Field and Hunter course.  When you hit the 4x4 target stands sometimes the arrows break right behind the head, sometime you break the arrows right behind the head trying to pull them out of the wood.  I'm thinking that maybe a little steel rod up the center a couple of inches may prevent or at least lessen the breakage.  And, yeah, I know you're not supposed to hit the 4x4's, but at 80 yds, I'm kind of happy to be that close!  At least I don't have to look for the arrow.

[Jesse Peltan]

A rod won't help because it just moves the drop off back further instead of eliminating it. This is where the internal footings shine, they get rid of the drop off.