just curious what others do. i love wood arrows, everything about them. not a big fan of carbons, yes i do use them becouse of durability and the ease to chance stumping points and broadheads. i got a new Kanati and i have a dozen arrows i wanted to use pretty much matched for it, ceder arrows. they fly good from it and i would be preety sastisfied HOWEVER i tried my carbons through it and they fly PERFECT! i just do not like the looks or feel of carbon but i guess i would be a fool not to use them. anyone else have this problem?

I feel the same. I really don't care for carbons. But they as well as those 2016's are shooting so much better then my woodies?? Think I have to go with alum. this year????

I was in this same pickle this summer... I have 2117's I can group in a 2-3" circle, carbons I could group into the vitals of my 3D pig at 30 yds and woodies that always made it into the kill zone, but did not group as tightly as the synthetic materials.  Now, my buddy stood off to the side and watched me shoot each type of arrow from my tree stand and he noticed something significant.  The wood made NO NOISE in flight and FAR LESS NOISE coming off the string.  It was just a slight something and a loud THUMP into the target.  The carbons made a high pitched whistle and had a whoosh from the feathers.  The alums actually rang and 'zinged' all the way down range.  

So, the way I see it is this... I love shooting wood.  They quiet the bow and the shot.  They hit the vitals within a few inches of where I am looking (and sometimes better than my synthetic arrows)... so I am hunting the woodies.  That said, I may take one carbon for a longer shot if mr. big shows up and the shot feels right.  And yes I do believe it is ethical to shoot trad equip past 20 yds IF YOU ARE COMFORTABLE and ABLE.  

Best of luck this season!

Folks talk about doing everything possible to make clean kills and showing respect to the game we pursue. To my way of thinking, shooting the best tuned set-up we can put together is a part of that. Looks are for beauty pageants, the woods are for hunting with what works best for you.

I like and use aluminum arrows. Always have shot well for me and are consistant.

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Folks talk about doing everything possible to make clean kills and showing respect to the game we pursue. To my way of thinking, shooting the best tuned set-up we can put together is a part of that. Looks are for beauty pageants, the woods are for hunting with what works best for you.

I do agree with Davids statement here. But I would add that if you are shooting the woods accurately and feel confident that when the string drops that it will be a clean kill, then by all means use the woods if that is your desire. Maybe ther carbons are tuned a touch better. But if your woods are tuned and your setup is good, then use what you have confidence in. I myself shoot carbons, but have(and would again) hunt with woods if I decided to.

I use what works best!  

There is absolutely nothing wrong with shooting woodies that you have confidence in. Just remember a little off when practicing under controlled conditions can translate into a much greater difference when faced with the pressure of hunting shot under less than ideal conditions. Especially if you misjudge distance.

Er, I like them all, I tune them so they shoot well. Stu's DSC calculator, paper tuning, bareshaft testing gets me there and that's 9/10th's of the fun.

Shoot what you like, you're the one shooting the arrow.

I go with what fly's the best, and the most consistently with a broad-head out front.

Quotearrows, do you use what you like or what WORKS the best??

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I'd have to simply say, yes...  I do use what I like because I like what works best for me.  Just happens to be carbons for this guy...  I've used wood and aluminum in the past and taken game with both, but time in and time out I'll put my confidence in the carbon arrow putting it on what I'm looking at.

I like traditional things. But it is hard to beat carbon shafts. to me they are superior in everyway.

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QuoteOriginally posted by vermonster13:
Folks talk about doing everything possible to make clean kills and showing respect to the game we pursue. To my way of thinking, shooting the best tuned set-up we can put together is a part of that. Looks are for beauty pageants, the woods are for hunting with what works best for you.

I do agree with Davids statement here. But I would add that if you are shooting the woods accurately and feel confident that when the string drops that it will be a clean kill, then by all means use the woods if that is your desire. Maybe ther carbons are tuned a touch better. But if your woods are tuned and your setup is good, then use what you have confidence in. I myself shoot carbons, but have(and would again) hunt with woods if I decided to. [/b]

I agree with both in this, I'm still working on my wood arrow building & maybe next year I'll have it down to where I am confident in my abilities & my finished arrows to take out my Cedars but till then I'll use either my Aluminums or My Carbons because I know when the time comes it is just me not the gear that makes or breaks the shot.

QuoteOriginally posted by vermonster13:
Folks talk about doing everything possible to make clean kills and showing respect to the game we pursue. To my way of thinking, shooting the best tuned set-up we can put together is a part of that. Looks are for beauty pageants, the woods are for hunting with what works best for you.

I've never made a choice for any hunting item where "looks" was used in any way as a factor in my decision.

Ken, I have switched to carbons and am happy for many reasons, the main one being the toughness of carbon shafts. 95% of all my shooting is stumpshooting. I am never afraid to take ANY shot with my 55/75 GT's and this has made me a better shooter. I will take any shot, anywhere, anytime, at any object,without fear. So now I can do real practice in the woods.

Carbons, they are what works best for me.

I've never shot carbons; however, in this case, where you already have both sets of arrows, and one set is working better than the other, I think it's pretty much a no-brainer!

I like what I shoot and I shoot what I like well so I guess I am a yes/yes answer.  I like wood arrows and real turkey feather fletching, it feels right to me and I tinker with them till I get satisfactory groups. Im sure I could get good groups using carbon or aluminum or ACCs, Ive used them all and all have advantages and disadvantages.  I do owe it to the game I hunt to be proficient and accomplish clean and quickly lethal shots but that being said if thats all I wanted to accomplish I was straight deadly with my compound.  I use woodies because I like them and I can put the arrow where I want it within my comfortable range, nuff said.

I like what works best.

You can make any arrow fly as well as any other if with a little understanding and work. It is a lot more work with wood arrows but for me making my arrows and making them shoot well is part of the whole archery experience. I shoot cane and hardwood shoot arrows and can spend many hours making and setting one up. I make them one at a time. I can make enough good shooting arrows from these materials between the end of one hunting season until the beginning of the next one to get me through the season. Then I start over on next years arrows. I use these same arrows to shoot 3D in the off season.