I haven't bowhunted for 15 years and am now going to get back into it. When I bowhunted I shot a heavy arrow at 75lbs draw. I actually knocked a doe off her hoofs. Today I held a carbon arrow and couldn't believe how light it was. How could this arrow ever penetrate through bone? The first black bear I harvested was with a Browning Bushmaster with an aluminum arrow tipped with a Muzzy broadhead and it shattered its shoulder with little damage to the arrow or broadhead. Are these new arrows that good? If your a tree hugging freak, please don't answer, or I will flood your e-mail with Uncle Ted Nugents thoughts on you.
2007-02-01 09:36:13 · 3 answers · asked by cannondalerick 3 in Sports ➔ Outdoor Recreation ➔ Hunting
bow hunting --good, tree huger--- bad ..bow god-- that is chuck Adams says a heavy arrow is best .i would go with your gut that is part of the strategy of the hunt .believe a proper placed arrow at a descent range well do the work weather carbon or alum .i shoot alum .i have thought about carbon as it would extend my range but then if i want to shot long shots i well wait until rifle season .what has keep you away from the bow for so long .and better yet what got ya back ..??
2007-02-01 17:44:19 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I've bow hunted for 30 years and still shoot aluminium arrows with Muzzy broadheads. The carbon arrows out now have come a long way since they first started. Kinetic energy is made with a combination of speed and weight so a slower heavy arrow can have more energy than a faster lighter one. The new carbons have very close tolerances and are durable and with a smaller diameter they are said to have less drag which helps with penetration. A lot of the guys I hunt with have switched to carbon and love them but my aluminium arrows have never failed and I don't need a high speed cut-off saw to build my arrows. Either way you decide to go will work fine as long as the arrows are matched to your bow. By the way, I still have a Nugent Wackmaster made by Oneida. Good luck hunting.
2007-02-01 19:08:18 · answer #2 · answered by geobert24 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Your question prompted me to do a search on carbon vs aluminum arrows. I came accross an article by my favorite archer, Chuck Adams. I was very suprised at what I read. Check it out
http://www.eastonarchery.com/articles/aluminumaremyfav.asp
2007-02-01 21:39:05 · answer #3 · answered by wezslo 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋