50 years of wood arrows almost exclusively.  Wood bows and wood arrows as was stated above.  Just makes sense.

I'm an all wood guy, gone from POC to douglas fir to ash, thanks for asking...

I've used aluminum and carbon but prefer wooden arrows and wooden bows

You mean "they" make arrows out of something else?
Only kiddin'!
I shoot wood exclusively.
POC, Ash, Doug Fir, Cedar, Hickory, and now River Cane!
Love the way they fly.

Wood only!

Wood only here, i have acme cedar, douglas fir and ash at the moment, going to try making some from sitka spruce this spring.

I started out shooting aluminum and there was an emptiness, or a hallow feeling after every shot.  They flew good, but I couldn't get over the "twang" feeling.  I turned to cedar and fell in love.  I shot numerous animals and enjoyed making art, but I experienced some problems with humidity and rain.  I watched as feathers soaked, shafts curved, and my confidence shrunk.  I looked to carbon for my perfect arrow, and it filled my needs.  Carbons were simply, straight and easy.  I've shot carbon for 8 years and they did the job.  But there's something inside me craving the emptiness.  So I'm turning back to cedars (I just ordered 3 doz. tapered cedar shafts).  I'm going back to making art out of wood.  It's hard for me to sleep at night because of the excitement of feather colors and the combination of stains that I can create and shoot.

Me ,wood is all I have owned for many years

Only wood so far for me since I went 100% trad 3 or so years ago.  But just for the heck of it,  Im going to try carbons.   We'll see how it goes.  I'll always love the looks of wood better.  And theres a feel with wood....cant explain it.  But I love puting them together too.  Who knows....maybe my carbon endeavor will make me love wood even more!  I may end up liking both,  but will never leave the woodies behind!  There dead on for me too!

I shoot wood except on my old Bear on which I use an old Bear snap on quiver.  The gripper is so stiff and hard on it that it crushes the fibres on wood shafts, so I used carbon Gold Tips.  Otherwise, I use Sitka Spruce and POC.  Love em.  Easier to tune, quieter, softer feeling to shoot, prettier, more asthetically pleasing, and so on and so forth.

I mainly shoot wood but will target and stump with alloys ...
I only hunt withe wood though...cedars , fir and spruce ...

I like wood, and shoot it almost exclusively, even though  I will sometimes use aluminum. Somehow, it just seems more natural to shoot wood from my longbows.

Just wood for me.

I prefer wood...

Wood for me also, love the feel and the look. plus the variety of woods out there. And it's just plain fun to build them. I shoot mostly birch and doug fir.

Wood is all I've ever used. Love making them and shooting them. If I try any thing else it'll be cane or Tonkin as soon as I start working on my stash.

Keeping the Faith!
Magnus

QuoteOriginally posted by longbowman:
Rob,  I've seen a lot of arrows for sale in a lot of places but cedar shaft costing as much as carbons?  I just bought 3 dozen Laquered crested and nocked cedars from Rose city for $40.00/dz.  All I needed to do was fletch them and cut them off.  Where are you buying carbons for that price?

there are more than a few sources for quality carbon shafting for cheap.  just search the web carefully.

big jim gt blems for $43/doz - this is/was the deal of the day!

beman bowhunters for $50/doz (i used to get them for $42/dozen) do an online search, at least a few vendors at this price range

it PAYS to buy GOOD WOOD! make sure that the vendor sells the right HAND SPINED range, and also checks that the shaft weight is an acceptable 10-15 grain difference and that the shafts are STRAIGHT with NO RUNOUT.  i've bought wood from LOTS of vendors and have been disappointed far too many times.  lotsa things to consider about wood that don't matter at all with carbs and alums.

my fave woods are surewood fir shafts from braveheart for $38/dozen - add in another $8 for initial straightening - tim does it right and you pay for that good product and service.

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Originally posted by Rob DiStefano:
. . . still, for me, carbons rule the roost when it comes to durability, consistency and accuracy.

That's what we'd expect from the "Techie" guy.          

As John F. Kennedy said: "We choose to shoot cedar not because it is easy, but because it is hard, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept."

At least I think he was talking about cedars.  Shooting something at something else, certainly.