Everything Doc says sounds true to me. I started with aluminum arrows as a kid, and when I was paying my own way, I moved to carbon. I tried wood arrows for exactly 1 season, back when I didn’t know FOC from COB, or any other combination of letters. Sent 3 arrows over the backs of deer, and slipped one through a deer and 3 inches in the dirt on the other side.
Didn’t think nutin of it. Stuck with the carbons cause I had bought the woods and had nothing invested but cash.
This winter I’ve taken to making wood arrows, from scratch. Start with a board, end up with a bunch of arrows. So far it has been fun and I can’t say I see much difference between the performance of the wood and carbon arrows. And for deer, I don’t think it matters much. But we’ll see.
We’ll see how long the fun of making arrows lasts. And we’ll see how they really do on deer. I might be singing a different tune next year at this time.
When it comes to big critters like elk and moose, I just can’t say what’s the right thing to do. Maybe I’ll feel differently in a year.
But for deer and small game, asking what’s better: carbon or hardwood, is a bit like asking whether blonds or brunettes are better. My answer to that is: yes!
