You beat me to it Dave. After reading your post on the breaking shaft, I thought about it for a day and was going to get on here and suggest that 1 data point is not enough to base a decision on (if only everybody knew and understood this important idea). I am glad you came to it yourself.
I have had more than 1 carbon arrow “sheered off” passing through a deer. So unexplained failure is not unique to wood…
Regarding whitetail deer hunting, and for what it’s worth, I found that a setup that resulted in less than 160 fps arrow velocity usually resulted in missed deer. I have found that keeping my shots under 20 yds and arrow velocity above 160 fps puts meat on the table. This observation was made while playing with efoc arrows as my grains per pound increased from 10 up to 12, 14,15, etc… I found if I got much above 12 gpp, my arrow speeds started getting too slow. I flat out missed 4 doe as they easily dodged my arrow.
Hasn’t happened since I adjusted my setup to allow greater speed. I know this is probably EFOC Heresy to suggest that arrow speed is important. But that’s my story and I’m sticking to it.
Good luck with those deer!
