Is It True?.........

[bamboo]

"You could lob another 6" off those and Wood Only could shoot them "

  maybe  8"!!!LOL

[Stumpkiller]

Is it true that carbon arrows are king of the block?

Yes.

And sights will make you more accurate.

Cams will store energy better.

Wire cables are stronger.

The question is where do you step off the Easier bus?

[stumpinkaiser]

Carbon arrows have no soul, compound shooters that shoot vertical crossbows/rocket launchers that are afraid of a challenge use carbons. I dont want to have anything to do with them. Woods are made with care and attention just like all those bows we shoot.

[7 Lakes]

After trailing a wounded doe through the rain in a Eastern NC swamp I couldn't get a fire started.  When I was down to one match I sliced a POC into dry shavings and broke up 3 more for kindling.  I was able to get the fire lit and keep the wood dry enough to cook half a backstrap.  It was a long night but it would have been much longer without that fire and food.  Try doing that with Al or Carbon.

[Orion]

There was a poll here a few months ago. If memory serves, more folks shot carbon more than any other material.  Wood was second, aluminum third.  I've shot wood for more than 50 years and will continue to do so.  Have also dabbled in carbons the past few years.  Hard to beat it for durability or front loading for better penetration on big critters..

[Ron Vought]

I was a hold out when it came to carbons but once I tried them there was no looking back. Wood arrows are fun to build and shoot great but there are advantages to carbon for hunting. I felt that I received better penetration with carbons than I even did with wood arrows. The carbon arrow recovers quickly from a bow at shorter distances which provides IMO better penetration on game animals.

Ron

[**DONOTDELETE**]

Woodies are cool, but carbon is King.

I use carbons for almost everything, but there is just something cool about having a nice set of woodies in your quiver from time to time...

[Chromebuck]

Woods for show carbons for dough!

These discussions tend to revolve around individual ideologies, which tend to lean towards what "traditional" means.

The beauty of it is I define that meaning.

~CB

I use tapered wood, tapered carbon and if I could, my aluminum arrows would be tapered as well.  Since the biggest thing I shoot is just Iowa whitetails, I get pass throughs with all three, which makes it tough to judge penetration. All three fly equally well for me, as long as I build them right. The opening day of last spring's turkey  season gave me something to consider.  I came across a dead buck. With the number of coyotes in that area and the fact that the deer was whole made me wonder if it was poached.  It had about 18 to 20 plus inches of shredded carbon hanging out of its front shoulder.  The buck had to have been chewing on that carbon for a while.  It turns out that the date of the deer getting hit could not be determined, it was a bad hit with a mechanical broadhead and the broadhead malfunctioned, like that never happens.  I have also heard of a deer that had broken carbon in its rump muscles that was shot near us.  I wonder about the dangers of this and how often it happens.  I have seen pics of what an exploding carbon can do to the archer's hand, but have never read anything on the dangers of shredded carbon to the deer or the deer handler.

[LBR]

 Is it true that carbon arrows are king of the block?

Depends on what block you are on.

They are definitely more convenient--readily available, ready to shoot, don't require as much understanding.

On the flip side, I wouldn't want to eat a critter that had broken a carbon arrow that didn't pass through.

As far as accuracy goes, watch "The Legendary Hunts of Ben Pearson".  If wood arrows are less accurate, 'ol Ben would have really been amazing with carbon or aluminum.  How much better can you get than sky busting mallards?

Perhaps this may only be for my bows arrows and shooting, but I have wood arrows that will shoot accurate and fly straight out of four different weight bows. Those tapered carbons do not fly for the bow I ordered them for, but they do fly out of another. I have aluminum arrows,1918s that will fly out of a 52 right hand bow but will not fly as well out of a left hand bow of the same make and poundage, it prefers 1818s with a different weight head, where as the wood arrows will fly perfect out of both bows. It seems that my wood arrows may be forgiving of harsh releases more so than the carbons out of the bow they like, while the carbons and aluminums seemed to have no forgiveness of soft releases.  I am sure others results will vary, but insisting that my arrows are always going be 27" bop for a draw check, I am self limiting my options for spines. I needed a sky hook to get those uncut target Bemans out of my back quiver, glad I found someone that could shoot them for 3D.

[Carpdaddy]

I use them all, if you are having trouble deciding between carbon and wood; try cane. I was at KTBA tradfest about four years ago (and every year since)standing around lusting after Big Jims bows and heard a conversation going on about carbon arrows, someone was praising the carbon express heritage arrows so highly that I just could not leave without a dozen. Don't know how much Big Jim paid the guy! LOL Anyway; I have shot and missed several stumps, and even taken several deer with those arrows and yet to break one, I haven't even bent one. I lost one out of my quiver and shot another one through a deer that I never found, still have and use the other ten. Maybe I can get Big Jim to replace those two, for a fee he might.