EFOC with wooden arrows?

[Douglas McCracken]

#145486

Hello, this is my first post.

 

Is it practical to attempt an EFOC build with wooden arrows? I have some 11/32 shafts from 3Rivers with a total weight, including aluminum outset adapters type things for screw in heads weighing 448 grains. I got them as Christmas gift.

I think they are these:

https://www.3riversarchery.com/3rivers-pre-finished-wood-arrow-shafts.html

 

They are 28.5 inches long, from the outside of the adapter to the valley of the nock.

 

With a 250 grains field point, they balance at 20.25 from the nock valley to the balance point.

 

That’s 21%, according to

Arrow Front of Center (FOC) Calculator

 

I know a lot of the EFOC builds o see are for carbons arrows which are micro diameter.

 

What does everyone think of Woodie EFOC arrows? Will they be worth the trouble?

 

I shoot them out of 45 pounds bow, I draw just under 28 inches.

[Raymond Coffman]

#145542

Hi Douglas

Welcome to the forum.  What you have, I think will work fine. Unless you want insurance ( bone strikes) on large animals ( elk size) it is a lot of work to get efoc with wood.

Easiest way is a lighter wood shaft with a heavy broadhead ( 300gr tuffhead type- like you are doing) however the shaft can break behind the head so most people end up with footed shafts. To get high efoc with wooden arrows is — involved– Fun if your really interested – tedious otherwise and probably not necessary for most hunting especially in the continental US. My hunting wooden arrows ( deer/ pigs) – cedar with 300gr tuffhead weigh 662gr and have 17.5 foc —-.

I have much higher efoc with carbons which I developed for elk as insurance against being slightly off mark ( shoulder) but Havn’t used them in that capacity yet ( Havn’t drawn in NM- building numbers in AZ).

You can also run in to shorter point blank range issues with the heavier arrow weights and 45 lb bow depending on your hunting / shooting style —

A lot of info on this in the Ashby study ( scroll down to bottom of the page) and/or search-  friends of foc.

I think Steve has played with this some – maybe he will weigh in on it and hopefully other members who shoot wooden shafts a lot —

Scout aka Ray

 

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