CARBON

[Scattergun2570]

I was wondering if anyone shoots carbon for deer here. When I look at the GPI of carbon arrows,,they seem kind of light as compared to aluminum and wood. Traditional archery, from what I have learned here,isn`t about speed,weight is more critical. So anyone use em?

[daveycrockett]

Do a search for carbon arrows. I'd venture to say that a lot of shooters shoot carbon.

[ChuckC]

Sure.  You can make em heavy a lot of ways, and by being lighter to start with, any addition to the front brings up the FOC or whatever that is.

They are also pretty easy to make and stand up to a fair amount of abuse.  I still use wood (and aluminum), but also use carbon for deer hunting.
ChuckC

[Scattergun2570]

Originally posted by ChuckC:
Sure.  You can make em heavy a lot of ways, and by being lighter to start with, any addition to the front brings up the FOC or whatever that is.

They are also pretty easy to make and stand up to a fair amount of abuse.  I still use wood (and aluminum), but also use carbon for deer hunting.
ChuckC

So what carbon arrow do you shoot whats the total weight and how do you get it heavier?

[khardrunner]

I shoot predator II's and usually have arrows between 550 and 600 grains for my 50 lb bow

[JamesKerr]

I shoot 3rivers trad only 340 with a 100 grain brass insert and a 200 grain point, total arrow weight is 650 grains

[USN_Sam1385]

Carbon are great. They are straight, tough as nails, and the traditional style that Gold Tip makes are fairly attractive.

I shoot bows between 50 and 56 #'s.

I use a Gold Tip Traditional 5575 cut to 29". I put  100 grain brass inserts in the front and use a 160 grain Zwickey Broadhead. I use 3 feathers, 4 inches in length in the Parabolic cut style.

The arrows weigh approximately 550 grains and are approximately 11 grains per pound.

Plenty for anything in North America with a well placed shot.

[2treks]

I have killed many many deer with carbons. Toss in a steel insert and screww on a heavy head and you will have no problem cracking the 12-14 GPP range. Several makes of carbon shafts make heavier shafts for us trad shooters,
My last arrow was 780gn using a 165 ACE EXPRESS head.
I got pass thrus all but once,that one time resulted in a seriously broken shoulder on the off side. The heart and both lungs proved for a short trail-up.

[David McLendon]

I quit shooting so much wood as much as I like it because I can't get the weight and FOC that I want in a wood arrow. Carbon is as heavy or light as you want to make it and it is either straight or broke.

[Bowwild]

I can't imagine ever shooting anything but my beloved Beman MFX Classics out of my recurves! They are straight, small diameter, and like was said above, I can make them as heavy as I want or need. I think the small diameter makes them easier to tune for me.

I hunt with 505 grain arrows now but in 2010 I had two complete pass-throughs on white-tails from treestands at 21 and 15 yards out of a 48# bow.

[ChuckC]

Similar to USN SAM I use a Gold Tip Traditional 5575 cut to 30.5". I put 100 grain brass inserts in the front and use a 175 grain VPA three blade Broadhead. I use 3 or 4 feathers, 4 inches in length in the shield cut style.

Typically I can get over 550 grains of weight. As said above. .  plenty

Folks have used a ton of things INSIDE the length of the shaft to add weight, from pepper, to plastic tubing to weed eater cord etc.  Heck, I played with an old Beeman skinny shaft and inserted yarn wrapped solder and the final weight exceeded 1,000 grains.  It flew like a beast out of my 83# bow, but I broke two Beeman nocks on release due to their lack of robustness and the excessive amount of stress that did to the mix.

ChuckC

[maineac]

I have some CX Heritage 150's 29.5" standard insert, wraps and 250 grain heads.  Comes out around 620, some CX predators4560s full length, standard insert, 250 gr head comes out around 560 grns.

[Plumber]

love them I got no problem getting good weight.Ineed to shootem as much as I miss.Iwould go broke If I shot anything els.

[South MS Bowhunter]

Yes, GT traditionals 5575, 505 grns, approx 9.6 GPP. Never have shot wood (not that I wouldn’t) and the Carbon have worked great and take a beating pretty good, especially if you foot them.

[Caughtandhobble]

I love Gold Tip Arrows. Like already mentioned, there are many ways to heavy up the arrow and GT's have plenty accessories for them from weight tubes to heavy inserts.

[ishoot4thrills]

My Beman MFX Classics aren't light in weight, especially with 100 gr. brass inserts up front. Look at my signature below for the details.

[Bear Heart]

I shoot heritage 250s.  Plenty heavy.

[Skipmaster1]

My MFX 340's with 100 grain brass inserts and 250 grain heads work great! I forget the weight but somewhere near 700 grains, great FOC, super straight and super deadly!

[stujay]

Mine are 31" 340 Beman ICS hunters with 100 grain brass insert and 150 gr broadhead for a weight of 560 grains.

[SS Snuffer]

Shot thru the last 4 deer! Not bad for a 42lb. bow.