arrows, do you use what you like or what WORKS the best??

[mrpenguin]

Originally posted by mrpenguin:
so I am hunting the woodies.  
Best of luck this season!

And... I correct myself.  After much toil and trouble, I have found that my bow really like the 2117's with my broadhead of choice, the Red Feather Archery Phoenix (single bevel 3 blade made by a sponsor here!).  That said I have a new set of chundoos that are flying nicely too.  Finally, I plugged them into Stu's and got a almost perfect match with the 2117's... I WILL have some wood in the quiver, and I will knock the arrow I feel confident in for that hunt.

[mrpenguin]

Originally posted by vermonster13:
Shoot what works for you. This statement by Ken says it all to me.

"HOWEVER i tried my carbons through it and they fly PERFECT!"

To shoot wood for aesthetic reasons makes no sense to me. If you can tune them to fly "PERFECT" then they are the way to go.

I have carbons, aluminums, ACCS and woodies so I shoot what ever flies best from each bow personally. [/QUOTE ]My sentiments exactly (especially now).  I love wood, but aluminum and carbon just works a little better for me.  That said the wood is well in the kill zone with as much consistency as the composite materials...

[ncsaknech1ydh]

I shot alums for years and swiched to carbons about a year ago after talking to someone older and wiser than I.

He suggested to me, and it is completly true in my opinion, that for all the years I was shooting alums and had one fly wierd or miss its mark, it was always in the back of my mind, could the arrow be bent after that stump I shot at a few shots ago? Those kinds of thoughts of coarse were just 1 more thing that might weigh in on my confidence in my next shot.

More often than not after coming home after a practice session and rolling my aluminum arrows across a counter corner, one would have a slight bend.

That will not happen to a carbon, either it is shattered or it is straight, just one more variable you don't have to worry about when shooting carbons. I'll never go back for that reason alone. DK.

[SEMO_HUNTER]

David, you nailed the beauty of carbon arrows right on the head. I couldn't have said it better, and that's why that's all I shoot in my "Other" bow, the fact that they are always straight and fast.

But, I have learned to like woodies because they are very quiet and maybe I just like the traditional look for my longbow and recurve?

On a side note, I just came back in from my garage testing some different spine weights in my longbow and I'm either fighting with spine issues or fletching contact?
The fletching contact seems like a non issue now because my woodies are whipping, but the carbons are straight as they can get? Problem is, the woodie is spined correctly for the poundage of 45# @26" and the carbons are spined for 65#....what gives? So now I'm trying a full spine cedar shaft without taking any spine off of it and see what that does.
If I can't get this worked out soon, I may be shooting carbons out of my longbow for crying out loud!

[dcmeckel]

My vote is for what works best;I like wood but carbon is hard to beat

[Shawn Leonard]

I have become very good at finding and making arrows that match my bow, so no I do not have a problem. I can shoot woodies or carbons as I can get either to fly perfect out of my chosen bow! Shawn

[TSP]

Carbons for cast (great for long 3-D shots), metal for consistency (unbeatable tunability), woods for the woods.  If the spirit of bowhunting tradition is what's most important to the hunter then wood is clearly king.  Killing efficiency?  With tuned arrows and CLOSE shots there's no difference between materials...and if anything wood may just be a tad better (see comments on reduced noise in above posts).

I like the fact that when I hunt with woodies they make me think about getting 'more close', about being more patient, about reflecting more on the 'why' of bowhunting vs. the killing part.  Wood is to bowhunting as Santa is to Christmas...it may be 'corny' but it keeps you grounded in the spirit of the occasion.  We could use more of that these days.

[flounder pounder]

Sometimes wood, and sometimes carbon and aluminum. Its according what mood  Im in.

[rholzie]

I've tried cedars(woodies), and carbons in all my bows and it seems for me, that my older recurves all shoot cedars the best. But my Predator Classic, on the otherhand, seems to favor the carbons.

[drewsbow]

Ken : I keep going back to try wood but always end up back at carbon. I shoot the beman mfx classics that look like wood . Drew

[seabass]

play around with differnt woodies and you will find that you can get the same results as the carbons.wood is not as durable,but you said they are still hitting the kill zone.i have both.i like my cedars way more.good luck this season,steve

[Hopewell Tom]

Good one, TSP.

[BWD]

I like carbons, and that's what I shoot.

[SteveB]

Wood is to bowhunting as Santa is to Christmas...

You mean something made up that has little to do with the real meaning? Good call TSP.

[Friends call me Pac]

I started with aluminum went to carbons for awhile and am back to aluminum.  I think they just work better for me.  

The one exception is stumping.  I haven't found anything better than my bomb proof arrow (footed carbon).

My answer is what works best for me.

[jonsimoneau]

I like them all, but still find aluminiums to be the easiest to tune.  I think alot of beginners could save themselves alot of headaches if they started with aluminum.  Carbons are great once you lean how to tune them, but they can be difficult for a person not used to doing this.

[Danny Rowan]

If Sweetland Forgewoods were still in production I would shoot nothing else. I do have 3 doz stashed. But I shoot AD Trad carbons mostly now.

[TSP]

Nice one SteveB, so now you hate traditional archery AND wood arrows AND Santa Clause.  What's next, the Easter Bunny and Howard Hill?  Help for StevieB, please, he has a complex and he can't get up.      

[levibear]

No thanks on carbon ...I have made my wood arrows for many many years and will stay with then...Is carbon or aluminium better, perhaps. it simply seems the right match to me, wood arrows with the wood bow.  

[SteveB]

Santa Clause was fun when I was a subteen - pretty sure Christmas was about someone's birthday - at least originally and still is for many. Santa doesn't define Christmas.

Wood arrows are a part of "traditional archery", but do not define it either.

Toniii - please let me in on what "complex" you have diagnosed me with. I do admit being a little concerned having you fixate on what whether I can get up.