I have been shooting carbons for the last 15 years and would really like to try some woodies (Dug fur). But I am really hard on arrows. I like to rove and shoot at about any thing. And in Arizona it is nothing but rock. I have grown real fond of my footed CX 250 I still break one now and then but they just seam to last is there any wood shafts out there that will stand up like a carbon? I should also note I shoot around 60# at my draw.
IMHO carbon is the toughest thing your going to shoot out of your bow but that's not to say a weight matched woodie wont be pretty stout I love the look of them there just something about a stick bow and a wooden arrow
I've found Douglas fir to be just as durable as carbon.
I know you said you wanted to try wood shafts but you could also try bamboo. My friend says he's yet to damage one of his like this.
http://i.imgur.com/Rf0mZyv.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/CpB3CYF.jpg
Try chundoo/ lodge pole pine.
QuoteOriginally posted by Biathlonman:
I've found Douglas fir to be just as durable as carbon.
I think they might be a bit better. I hit a lot of rocks chasing ground squirrels.
Nope....a footed CX is about as tough as they get...in your shooting environment I'd stick with them.
I too am very hard on arrows, I also CANNOT stand to foot my carbons. I've done it but don't like it. I said that to give you a base idea of where I'm at.
Personally, I'm a fan of 2016s, BUT I will go thru 2 doz a year stumping because I stump ALOT. My CX 150s seem my most durabable BUT Sitka spruce has proven almost equal in stumping!!! Impressive.
Douglas fir is ok for a direct impact but those accidental side hits blow them up, my sitkas rarely blow from a side glance like the firs and western larch did, and frontals have been outstanding as well.
Spruce gets my vote all day long
I made up a set of bamboo arrows for my 60# bow. So far I have hit 2 rocks smashed the points and the shafts have been fine.
MAP
QuoteOriginally posted by Michael Pfander:
I made up a set of bamboo arrows for my 60# bow. So far I have hit 2 rocks smashed the points and the shafts have been fine.
MAP
2X on bamboo shafts... that stuff is strong.
Try Forrester wood shafts. They are hard woods. Saw a couple pics of a arrow with a broadhead that was shot into concrete block. The broadhead was shredded but the shaft was not broke. Some kind of exotic hardwood.
Ramin makes a very tuff stumping arrow. That is what I use.
QuoteOriginally posted by M60gunner:
Try Forrester wood shafts. They are hard woods. Saw a couple pics of a arrow with a broadhead that was shot into concrete block. The broadhead was shredded but the shaft was not broke. Some kind of exotic hardwood.
I like my Douglas Fir arrows but, if I wanted the absolute toughest wood arrow out there, I'd look closely at Forrester Shafts. I may still do that, even though my Doug Fir arrows are serving me very well.
Can your footed carbons take
this (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10sPx9cjN40) sort of treatment? My carbons blew up on some hits.
Hope this helps.
homebru
Laminated birch is very tough. A hardwood footed shaft can be tough as well. Are you shooting rubber blunts?
Laminated birch is supposed to be very tough. I have some 55-60 crown dipped unfletched shafts I was considering selling if interested. Also some fletched arrows.
I shoot birch footed with walnut. Tuff arrow.
Back in the day when I could still shoot heavy bows, I made some hickory arrows for a 78# longbow. They bounced off trees, rocks , and all sorts of stuff. They were tough as nails and were quite heavy.
In retrospect, I'm not sure you can tell there was a link in my previous message.
Click here to see what Forrester Wood Shafts (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10sPx9cjN40) does with their arrows.
homebru
Thanks for all the response guys I am going to have to look into and try some of these
Thanks for all the response. How heavy are bamboo shafts? I am going yo have to che k out the forester shaft how much do them leopard wood shafts weigh ? Thanks guys
Thanks for all the response guys I am going to have to look into and try some of these
Thanks for all the response. How heavy are bamboo shafts? I am going yo have to che k out the forester shaft how much do them leopard wood shafts weigh ? Thanks guys
Thanks for all the response. How heavy are bamboo shafts? I am going yo have to che k out the forester shaft how much do them leopard wood shafts weigh ? Thanks guys
Thanks for all the response guys I am going to have to look into and try some of these
Thanks for all the response.
Thanks for all the response guys I am going to have to look into and try some of these
Thanks for all the response. How heavy are bamboo shafts? I am going yo have to che k out the forester shaft how much do them leopard wood shafts weigh ? Thanks guys
Sorry don't know what happened. They would not go through yjen there they all are ???????