Gentleman, I love wooden arrows and shoot them ALOT.... But no, they cannot match carbon as far as accuracy is concerned. However, at hunting distances they can be very close..!!! If wood was the most accurate, all the archers in the Olympics would shoot it.....! !!! I have shot them all, Tapered, barrel-tapered, straight.....they all work well. Trick is making sure they stay dead straight. Carbon is tougher than most woods that I have a shot, a lot tougher. But, like I said before, Still prefer to shoot a lot of wooden arrows...To me they just go hand-in-hand with traditional archery....jmo