Thanks guys, still lookin when wind chill ain't 13 below. Don't like the cold as much as I used to!

 All the good Hickory boards that I could get full lenght backing laminates from have been used over many years. The ones I have left have about 40 inches lenght of good material. So I was thinking to make a splice in the middle. My question is if anyone have tried to use spliced backings. It is just about impossible to find any good Hickory over here nowadays.

I have some 9 inch reflectives from Onestringer on a few dozen arrows.

 

Never have shot aluminum, I've got a couple dozen Easton Axis that will last me quite a while thankfully. I do like the price point of aluminums however!

Rob, I've been wanting to give wood another try. But I have ptsd from breaking about 6 shafts all at once when a 3D target tipped over on them 
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Oh No that happened to me with a set of brand new elite arrows,,, shot 6 right after they were delivered and the fricken big waterlogged Mckenzie falls over on them and breaks 3!!!!  Boy i still hate McKenzie targets..,
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I remember it to this day, cold windy day shortly after Christmas, ground soft. Out in the yard shooting my Shiney new cedars I just got for Christmas when dad's MacKenzie deer falls right on em haha

For YEARS I used a Coleman Polar cooler. 2 bows ,24 arrows  boots, clothes, and whatever ever.

I drug it to ticketing and then I drug it from the baggage claim. Work like a charm. One of my friends that I hunted with would often complain that my cooler  had more frequent flyer miles than he did. 

2018's.

 

 
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Rob, I've been wanting to give wood another try. But I have ptsd from breaking about 6 shafts all at once when a 3D target tipped over on them 
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Oh No that happened to me with a set of brand new elite arrows,,, shot 6 right after they were delivered and the fricken big waterlogged Mckenzie falls over on them and breaks 3!!!!  Boy i still hate McKenzie targets..,

I've done a lot of shooting with 2213s especially the X7 eclipses (same shafts as the old super slams just black instead of camo). They aren't cheap but they still come long enough for me to use them (having a draw length just under 33 inches is a blessing and a curse)