Our #1 guy at the Olympics shoots wood cores! Or at least did, not sure what he is running now.

I prefer a good trad bow over a compound. Am I crazy?
We get to shoot whatever we want. How good is that?  

Own my first foam/carbon limbed bow.....wish I would have stuck with boo.  Can't get used to the noise compared to my other wood core bows.  But still tweaking and hopeful things will quiet down a little!!  The bow is quick and accurate however, like I have never shot before!  So there is a pay-off!

Boo and Yew for me too................

This is a good thread since I am about to put an ILF rig together and was wanting the carbon foam limbs.  It appears there are more negative comments, which has me reconsidering.

... do they even make limb cores with materials other than yew ?

QuoteOriginally posted by Rick Wiltshire:
Love bamboo and yew for limbs.

X2!

I just finished a stringfollow longbow for a friend and at his request used sassafras as the wood core. I have to say I was impressed. The next one I make for myself will have sassafras as well.

I also prefer the bamboo because of the feel of the bow. I believe that my bows shoot plenty fast and smooth for me. I am not worried about obtaining higher speed out of my bows. I like a bow that is smooth in drawing quiet and  stable when the arrow is released. Just an old timers opinion. Different opinions are what makes the world go around.

I had some foam limbs in a bow last year; it wasn't all that. I mean it was fine; but I prefer bamboo or a wood core. Bamboo carbon sandwich is hard to beat!

How would you describe carbon vs. bamboo? Or wood? I have never used a carbon limb but have fallen in love with Legends Mountain Bow...And will own one asap  (Damn finances anyway lol)

I have tried foam and did not like them. I prefer bamboo. JMHO

"Glass Powered hard rock maple"
Boo
Other woods

Shoot what you like and like what you shoot!

QuoteOriginally posted by shirikahn:
How would you describe carbon vs. bamboo? Or wood? I have never used a carbon limb but have fallen in love with Legends Mountain Bow...And will own one asap  (Damn finances anyway lol)

have TT carbon/wood limbs and I think they feel pretty nice.  But if I didnt get them used for $120 I wouldnt own them. Most likly would just got wood cores since most of my wood core feel just as smooth if not more then the carbons.  This is my only experience with carbons though. Here it depends on where they put the carbon

I love Yew and real happy with the Bamboo core in my Fedora. Red Elm isn't too bad either. Not a big fan of ILF and foam/carbon.

I've never really liked the feel of bamboo cores in a longbow and prefer maple, elm or yew.

I've had a few carbon/foam limbed bows.  Not sure if it is the carbon or the foam but they were definitely louder than the same model bow with boo cores and I didn't really notice any performance difference. I like the boo cores.

I prefer maple over foam in my longbow limbs.

We have used a lot of Bamboo over the years, and it is a smooth draw material.About 3 fps slower than Maple or foam cores.In hot humid areas, bamboo is the worst for drawing moisture and coming apart, any wood core is next. Foam cores have pretty much eleminate this problem. Foam cores with Fiberglass with cat whiskers is one of the quietest limbs I've shot. Carbon is or should be used more for the stability than for speed, we only gain 2-4 fps with foam. Our Max1 limbs can only be made with carbon, fiberglass is just not stable enough for our limb design.

If a bow shoots good for you, core material should not matter. To buy a bow or not by a bow based on core material is not the best idea. More important issues in buying a bow I think.