carbon shaft breaking into game

[phil_des_bois]

Hi guys,

I'm just wondering about carbon shaft breaking into game. For those of you who shoot carbon, does it happen often ? How do you deal with that when field dressing ?

Thanks
Phil

[Apex Predator]

My CE Heritage shafts will break clean with no splinters or fibers.  A non-issue for me.

[dino]

I've only had experience with one deer that was shot with a carbon arrow that broke inside the animal.  There were a few fiber in the shoulder where the arrow broke.  We delt with it during butchering and just cut around that portion of the meat and disguarded the tainted area.  dino

[Cherokee Scout]

Most of the stories about carbon fibers being inside game are from the older style carbon shafts. Nearly all of the newer ones, Carbon Express and Gold Tip for example, break clean, just like wood or aluminum. About the only time I have seen them break is if the hit is not complete pass thru, the animal runs off with the shaft sticking out, and a tree or limb breaks the shaft as the deer is running. These new carbon shafts are super super tough.

[Gatekeeper]

Carbon Express, Heritage break away clean with no problems.

[Arco]

Older carbon shafts had unidirectional fibers that would delaminate and splinter when the shaft broke. Newer shafts have multidirectional weaves, meaning that wherever the shaft breaks, there is a counterdirectional layer of carbon holding the broken fibers in place, vis a vis, no splinters.

[SouthMDShooter]

as the others said the newer ones will break clean 9 out of ten times...Curtis

[JSimon]

I had a carbon express break off clean in a deer this year. About 1" of shaft and the broadhead remained in the deer. I cautiously gutted him, but didn't find the broadhead until skinning.