Who shoots wood only???

[Zradix]

I shoot wood.

At first I shot some carbons.
They didn't shoot well out of my bow.
Nothing wrong with the arrows. At the time I just didn't know anything about trad archery. They were just WWAAAAYYY off spine.

A buddy had some wood arrows. Ends up they were spined about right and shot well.

I liked the added quietness of the heavier arrow.
I also liked the natural/traditional look to them.

I've been shooting wood ever since.
More of a reluctance to change now than anything else...If it ain't broke don't fix it type deal I guess.

[Brently]

Only wood, I enjoy making them and trying different colors and cresting and feathers.  


Wood only for me also.  I enjoy making arrows and trying different colors,cresting and feathers.  Just something about wood, if you don't use it you don't know.


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[Friends call me Pac]

I started making and shooting arrows from birch a few weeks ago.  Totally new to the experience since all I had shot before was carbon and aluminum.

I went hunting the last 2 days and did a lot of scouting during the middle of the day.  As I walked along I wanted to see how well the wood arrows held up to stumping.  I shot the same arrow for two days and hit all kinds of stuff including richochets off tree trunks and was happy to find the shaft was fine.

Pretty stout arrows from my point of view and since i made them that's even better.  Now if I can only see a deer to try one on.

[Plumber]

thank you mr taylor

[Grey Taylor]

Originally posted by Plumber:
thank you mr taylor

Eh? I may be guilty of many things but not sure what I did here.

Guy

[meathead]

Only wood for me.  Just seems like that is what they should be made out of.  Mostly douglas fir but some laminated birch on occasion and I have some real nice cedars with a purple heart foot that I have been hunting with this fall.

[stillhunter]

POC Call me a romantic but that smell triggers alot of good memories.Make up a dozen shafts and shoot them.If one or two fly off break em and smell em! All kidding aside wood is great stuff and feels right out of a trad bow.Try some cordovan leather dye for stain with some natural barred.

[longbowman]

I didn't always shoot wood only but for the past 4 or 5 years and into the forseable future it will be wood only.  My favorite is cedar and I buy all of mine from Rose City.

[Drakho]

Only wood for me too... Ash actually... and only treated with linseed oil.

It's what works best for me (and what looks best)

[John Scifres]

me

[Rob DiStefano]

Originally posted by 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!      [/b]

i doubt there's a wood shaft genus around that i haven't used at one time or another.  right now, i like the surewood fir i get from tim @ braveheart, but i'm also liking the birch doweling i got from woodcrafters (kudos to maddog mike).

still, for me, carbons rule the roost when it comes to durability, consistency and accuracy.

[Jason in Bama]

I'm with Rob.

[Jack Skinner]

Wood only. Because its Traditonal/Primitive.

I make my own from boards, because I dont have a life. Right now I am using poplar and footing about half with hardwoods, my favorite non footed shaft wood is ash. I love it when people ask me "how long does that take", I just smile and say as long as it takes.

[lpcjon2]

I got wood! Nothing like having some good wood to get the job done right.     Thats all I shoot and I have cedar,fir,magnolia and looking for others always. It just feels more natural to me.JMHO

[longbowman]

Rob,  I've seen a lot of arrows for sale in a lot of places but cedar shaft costing as much as carbons?  I just bought 3 dozen Laquered crested and nocked cedars from Rose city for $40.00/dz.  All I needed to do was fletch them and cut them off.  Where are you buying carbons for that price?

[smoke1953]

I'm an ash man. I thoroughly enjoy crafting my arrows because it allows those of us that aren't as talented and creative as many of you on this site to at least think that we have some talents. Also I believe the shaft better carries the weight over the distance allowing for a higher percentage of pass throughs.

[Stumpkiller]

Originally posted by Rob DiStefano:
. . . still, for me, carbons rule the roost when it comes to durability, consistency and accuracy.

That's what we'd expect from the "Techie" guy.      

As John F. Kennedy said: "We choose to shoot cedar not because it is easy, but because it is hard, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept."

At least I think he was talking about cedars.  Shooting something at something else, certainly.    

[GRINCH]

I'm rethinking the subject,my zipper loves the woodies I've got so I'M thinking of making some up,but I doubt that I'll shoot them exclusively.

[bad arrow]

Shooting POC that I put together. However I am Mr.Inconsistant in my grouping. Next time I need arrows I think I'm going to get a few carbons as been suggested and just to see how much is my fault and how much of it is the arrows....Phil

[cedar]

Im my compound days, I shot aluminum.  With trad bows, I hunt and shoot 3D with wood and shoot paper targets with either aluminum or wood.  Not much experience with carbons.  Longbows and wood just seem to feel right to me.  I enjoy making wood arrows as much as shooting them.  Each wood shaft has its own character.  For years I used POC from Rogue River, now I buy from Wapiti Archery.  Both make excellent shafts.  My last two dozen, I dedided to try DF from Surewood Shafts.  I haven't got to shoot them yet, but if they shoot as good as they look and I certainly expect them to, I'll have two favorite wood materials to play with.