carbon arrows over wood arrows

[first year hunter]

i am looking for some more arrows. i got a question about which fly better out of longbows and which are more durable

[Broken Arrow 1]

I personally like to shoot wood arrows. They fly just as well as carbons in my opinion. I'm sure that many will disagree. However any arrow will work great if it is properley matshed to your bow.Carbons are more durable but they dont smell as good when you bust them!!

[Mike Orton]

If ya rub Pinesol all over your carbon arrahs they smell nice even though they still don't break....  

[Shedrock]

I have never shot carbons. Wood shoots great for me, no need to change.

[Saltydog]

I love woodies...but, in the long run carbons are the least expensive choice. I went through dozens (maybe even a gross) in my first years. Two years ago I bought a dozen carbs and still have 10 left (1 lost, 1 trashed), and I shoot almost every day.

[James Wrenn]

What would shoot best is the one best spined and tuned for the bow.What material an arrow is built from has nothing at all to do with if it will fly best from a bow or not.

[snag]

There is no way that wood can have the precise tolerances and specs as carbons. That said, carbons don't have the feel of wood. I love both.

[Dave2old]

What Snag said.

[Tim Fishell]

Carbon is more consistant and more precise but there is just something about shooting wood.  I love my wood arrows and that is what I choose to shoot.

[James Wrenn]

Oh I agree 100% about carbon being the better material.Still if you try and use the wrong spine carbon from a bow it does not mean it will work as well as any type of arrow made from other material that is spined correctly.Spine and tuning is what makes arrow fly right from a bow.Not what they are made from so there can be no answer to the queston in the first post.  

[archenemy]

I break too many wood arrows,  shoot carbons if you do alot of stumpin'.

[breid]

I have and shoot both, I have only been able to break 3 carbons in the last 14 years and I robin hooded one with a bh.  I have broken that many wood arrows in a year.  But I also don't shoot all that much.

That being said, it depends on what you want.  If you are just looking for a good investment while you fine tune your shooting skills, I'd get a dozen lower end carbons that are matched with your setup and go fling em.  You won't have to worry about if they are warped or the sealer is wearing off, etc.  After you get comfortable shooting, then you can start into the wood arrows.  They are a lot of fun and you can get a dozen for fairly cheap.  And once you start getting into it, it seems like you'll want to start making your own.  And then the "fun" begins.

Until I messed up my longbow, I shot carbon and Al out of it and they both worked great.  I had a couple of wood arrows that shot good out of it, but they were a little lighter than I wanted for the bow.  I shoot all 3 out of one of my recurves and they all shoot great, but I have the arrows matched to the bow.

[LKH]

I practice shoot when walking about hunting and if I used wood, I'd only get a few shots per trip.  Too much rock.  

Carbon is my answer, but they require work to get the right length and weight forward for each bow.

[Don Stokes]

If you have trouble with breaking your woodies, try hardwood shafts instead of cedar or other softwoods. I've never shot carbon, but my hardwood shafts are tougher than the aluminum I used to shoot a couple of decades ago. I do lots of judo roving, and to break one of my woodies is rare, even though I use a light hardwood (yellow poplar). Any hardwood is at least twice as tough as the toughest softwood.

[Plumber]

carbon...hands down for strenth If your new an dont have a great back stop carbon will handle hitting anything in a normal back yard situitation take a look at some goldtip expeditions you dont have to buy 120.00 carbon arrows.Ilove wood Ithe painting cresting the whole deal. just get into it later

[ozarkcherrybow1]

You can make any arrow material shoot well for you by messing around with point weight, fletching length and width, spine weight, and actual weight, oh yea, arrow length too. That being said, I have never seen a tougher material than cane or bamboo. Wood or carbon does'nt come close...Just my 2 cents.........Terry