Who shoots wood only???

[3Feathers]

Who shoots only wood arrows? What is your main reason? what type of wood?

[Rick Wiltshire]

Yep - I like making them - douglas fir

[straitera]

Woods are cheaper to make than alums or carbon & for the most part way beautiful. POC is always a good choice & most common. However, ash, spruce, fir, & others have varying advantages including more weight per inch, etc.

[**DONOTDELETE**]

I shoot Ash. There is something about them that lets Me feel more at ease with Nature when hunting or just shooting. Some have trouble with keeping ash straight but they seem to stay that way for me.. I am trying some CE Aluminum's, But the Woods are out flying them.

Been shooting woodies since 2006. I'll most likely stay with them. I'm going to get the adapter to use screw in points so I can try out Muzzy Phantoms.

[Brad_Gentry]

I do - doug fir for the past couple years, but POC before that. I like making them, I can't see anything else working any better for me, and they just feel right.

[Orion]

Been shooting wood for about 50 years.  Mostly POC for deer size critters, small game, targets and stumping.  Forgewoods (compressed cedar) for some of the bigger critters, but I'm running out of it.  Also shoot some Doug fir and ramen (sp?) and occasionally birch.

Gets the job done and I see no reason to change.  They're very quiet on the bow and coming off the bow. They're sturdy and heavy enough for my purposes.  Wood grain and stain gives them character and endless variation in looks. POC smells exquisite when I happen to break one.  Also serves as an excellent fire starter in a pinch. I just like wood.

[Bowwild]

I don't shoot wood.

[Frank V]

I have shot only wood arrows for the last 3 years. Why? I like them, & have found they are about as tough as aluminum or carbon. I've hit tough old stumps & rocks mistaken for dirt clods head on with wooden arrows & usually it won't hurt them. If it does usually it will only shove the point back onto the shaft about 1/4". I ignore that & keep going.
I've had the same shot with either aluminum or carbon splinter the shaft or shove the insert back into the shaft a half inch or more. I've had this happen a number of times & have just come to prefer wood.
   I have two bows that have never had a carbon or aluminum shaft shot on them & they won't.

No shaft will escape a glancing shot, maybe sometimes, but not often. I've had glancing shots bend aluminum & shatter carbons. Woodies usually break too.

I just like wood shafts & I use mostly split hex shafts, they are pretty tough.      
Frank

[Grey Taylor]

I've never shot anything but wood, Sitka spruce currently.
I like them and I can make them beautiful. To me, no matter what kind of pants you put on a carbon or aluminum arrow, they will never be beautiful arrows.

Guy

[highplains55]

been shootin the hexshaft the past year,the most
forgiving arrow i have,also can shoot with all
my bows regardless of poundage.

[Rob DiStefano]

not me, i don't shoot woods exclusively, but i do love a good wood shaft.  these dayze, getting GOOD WOOD ain't easy and you'll easily pay as much for a dozen raw woods as you will for carbons and be lucky if 6 woodies are decent.

back in the early 60's i'd buy a gross (144) 11/32" acme poc shafts and get well over a hundred that were superb in every way.  these dayze, out of a 100 shafts you might get 24 really good ones - if yer lucky,  lotta wasted dollars.

love the woods, but consistently and practically speaking, carbs are the better choice for me.

[barley40]

Arrows are supposed to be wood don't they?

[Steve H.]

Wood only, like Barley said, that is what they are SUPPOSE to be made out of!

[Mark Baker]

I shoot wood almost all the time...90% or more anyway.   Wood has been getting the job done for eons...and it "fits" the gear I hunt with.   I like building them, and they have "personality" that more modern components don't possess.  And well crafted wood shafts don't take a backseat to any others.

[Ari]

All wood for me, just POC at the moment but I wouldn't mind trying some Doug Fir for my next batch.

[ilarcher]

I like my wood arrows. I just shoot better with wood. I like the weight I get with wood. I'm shooting sitka spruce right now but I,m getting low.

[greyghost]

Wood only. Years gone by POC back in the 60's and 70's the quality was there. Today POC the quality is not there. Still have a few of the old shafts left but have recently switched over to Douglas Fir. So far a quality shaft in every way. Order 12 or whatever and 10 are perfectly straight and 2 may need a little twiking.

I guess I am just hardheaded and never could bring myself to try/use the other shafting. Wood has always worked for me. If it ain't broke don't fix it. Although the smell of POC when one broke will be missed.


Earl

[snag]

Originally posted by Rob DiStefano:
not me, i don't shoot woods exclusively, but i do love a good wood shaft.  these dayze, getting GOOD WOOD ain't easy and you'll easily pay as much for a dozen raw woods as you will for carbons and be lucky if 6 woodies are decent.

back in the early 60's i'd buy a gross (144) 11/32" acme poc shafts and get well over a hundred that were superb in every way.  these dayze, out of a 100 shafts you might get 24 really good ones - if yer lucky,  lotta wasted dollars.

love the woods, but consistently and practically speaking, carbs are the better choice for me.

That's why you need to try douglas fir shafts Rob!    

[jcar315]

Wood only for me too. DF seem to work best for me.

[3Feathers]

Whwere do you buy your douglas fir shafts???