Reply To: Re-Thinking old Thoughts on Woodies

[Stephen Graf]

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Thanks Patrick. I shoot about the same spine arrows with a 165 grn point and 29.5″ BOP. My longbow is but 55# at my 29 inch draw. I do taper the last 10 inches down to 5/16 though. Maybe that accounts for the difference. Of course, my arrows crono at over 753 fps.

Dave, the only drawback I have found to woodies is the extra work involved. If you want to call that a drawback.

And there is no doubt that a high FOC carbon arrow is hard to beat for penetration. But so far my wood arrow has passed through all the half dozen critters I have shot with them from possum to groundhog to grouse to deer.

It seems, for me anyway, that shooting wood arrows answers better the call of traditional bowhunting. My carbon arrows were just that: arrows. By contrast, my wood arrows add to the joy of hunting, and I find myself spending a lot more time holding them 😳