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Carbon Arrows - FYI, Selection, Vanes, etc

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Sure we all have researched this topic, but there may be some who simply rely on the local pro shop or big-box hunting store's expertise (??).

Interesting reading all the same!!!

Very neat FOC calculator when you input your arrows setup.

Informative chart about straight, helical or offset vanes and types vs. arrow useage.

Several chapters on different pages which address varied topics!!!

http://www.huntersfriend.com/carbon_arrows/hunting_arrows_selection_guide_chapter_1.htm

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I was a bit disappointed to see those general (rule of thumb) methods of establishing draw length. Things such as height charts and arm-span /2 are pretty bogus when you are laying out the kind of cash that bows and arrows go for these days. I really hope that no one is using those methods of determining draw length. As far as I'm concerned, there is only one way to measure draw length and that is with a real bow drawn to a proper anchor and the use of a measuring arrow, or some kind of marker.

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Good info for someone who uses carbon arrows. I am aparently still in the stone age with my aluminum arrows. :dontknow:

You're not alone. I have a lifetime supply of aluminum arrows that still kill deer just as dead as carbon. I'm not changing.

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Sorry for my oversight to the minority of hunters that still use aluminum arrows.

Title should have read; CARBON Arrows - FYI, ...........

Didn't intent for this to be a discussion on the merits of aluminum vs. carbon arrows.

If you still use aluminum arrows, whatever works for your situation!!

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Wasnt trying to start controversy just sayin. :D

Will prolly switch to carbons in the future, I think I have eeeked all the speed I can get out of my current setup. But once you get speed, you always have to try and make it faster.

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