Are wood arrows a novelty these days?

[Pat B]

I guess since this is show and tell I'll show a few...
   
these are all wood, some cedar, some ash, some poplar some cane and some sourwood shoot arrows.

   
 Two black walnut,one fluflus, on not and two sourwood shoot arrows.


   
Hill cane with different 2fletch.

   
Red osier dogwood Plaines style arrows

   
A set of hill cane arrows Art Butner made for me

[cobullelk]

My Pronghorn takedown longbows definitely like wood.  Forgiving, quiet and the hand-craftmanship is enjoyable.

[Cavscout9753]

Does anyone have the hyperlink to a good "follow along" for building woodies? Just placed an order for a restock of supplies (aside from the shafts, thinking surewoods but got to call them/him first and see what he/they recommend). Luckily I already own a basic bohning jig and assorted supplies from a while back. But this time I would like to dip my toes into cresting and such.

[Blaino]

Cavscout9753- check the "how-to" section. It'll get you started.

Never really understood what was so great about my Hill bow until I got me some woodies for it.  Wood bows need wooden arrows for the circle to be complete!

[guspup]

I only shoot wood arrows…… but scientifically I'm misleading you……

The carbon content of wood is between 46 and 55% (Francis 2000, Lamlom, Savidge 2003, Ragland, Aerts 1991). The carbon concentration in softwoods is higher (above 50%) than in hardwoods (below 50%). That is while 50% is usually used in carbon calculations (Barson 1989, Dias et al. 2005, Hassan et al 2005).

:-)

[elkhunter45]

I only shoot wood in both recurve and longbow.

[labrunner10]

I have tried carbons and aluminums out of my bows. I don't like the sound they make or their weight. I mostly shoot ash, hickory or  maple. To me wood seems to fly better and since I don't worry about speed the weight of my arrows give me so great penetration without the chance of basically dry firing my bow

[Dendy Cromer]

I've shot it all..aluminum, carbon, wood. i made up my mind to shoot wood exclusively in August of 2011. I've killed one hog and one deer with carbon since then because i had a crazy spell. But i absolutely love wood and everything to do with them. cedar and fir are my favorites. Wood does it's job well and i can't honestly say that i would be a better shot if i were shooting a more modern material...

[panhandleokie]

If you use your training you should be able to spot and stalk real well. I do here in the OK Panhandle. Helps with hunting mules and whitetail in the flat fields of Milo found in this country where others can't. They seem to not like to crawl up on a rattler every once in a while. Need to incorporate the Crossed Sabers in your cresting. Mine is for OK State. Thanks for your recipe.

[cahaba]

Wood only for me. I buy Surewood shafts and craft my own arrows. I like to use wild turkey feathers from Magnus and I also like glue on bheads due to the fact that they can easily be adjusted to one's preference i.e. horizontal or vertical. I make my arrows very simple with little or no crest. I have started capping them.
 
Wood arrows just have soul. If I shoot a batch enough without breaking or losing them I get to know each arrow on a personal level. As long as decent wood arrows are available I will shoot them.

[bofish-IL]

I still have about 400 cedar shafts to go through before I think of switching. They will probably out last me.

One nice  thing about woodies is if you leave a broken one  in the woods they will decay unlike Carbon or Aluminum

Notice the rabbit fur behind the feathers almost like a lighted nock.

 

[jrbows]

It seems to me that since we shoot stick-bows and don't have to that the same could be asked about them. I would consider the arrows like the bow to be a choice. There is more modern but not necessarily better equipment out there but like a lot of other things that people label as "outdated" they still mean a lot to a lot of people so to me no they aren't a novelty.

[Bjorn]

There is little doubt that carbon and aluminum are more practical, but nothing beats wood. It is all we shoot in our family!    

 

These were my Elk arrows coupla' years ago.

Here's the cow they killed

 

[KellyG]

Well theses are not that straight nor do they smell good when they break but they do have their MOJO.

 
 
 

[Gator1]

The great thing with woods is how quiet they shoot.

If you want have David at wilderness make a dozen.  Fantastic quality....

I sold all but a few carbons and will be hunting shooting woods next year.

[Cyclic-Rivers]

I like wood because I can break them easier, Yeah, I know hard to understand lol.

Did I mention making them is fun?