Carbon vs. Aluminum

[stick flicker]

I swithched to carbon PSE 300 Dominators this year and they worked great for 3D.Only thing is I shot a buck from my treestand this year and I hit him high in the ribs. From the piece of arrow I recovered it was obvious that I had penetrated about 9inches. the arrow must have hit an ofside rib and shattered. I recovered the rest of the arrow that I watched work out of him as he ran away. I feel like alot of the kinettic energy was lost and this is a weakness of carbons. I have had them break the same way in practice when hitting somethinghard. Granted I should have had better shot placement, but my confidence in the arrows is lacking now.

[tailchaser]

First thing I have to ask is what is the speed and grain weight of the arrows you're shooting. Your Kinetic Energy is the most important factor no matter what arrow (carbon or alum) that is flying out of your bow. It relates to your question very well. My KE is around 68 with roughly a 430 grain arrow shooting 275 fps. There are charts you can find that will give you a quick calculation online of your setup and recommendations for the game you're after with that KE.

I question your arrows for one in the fact they are breaking pretty easily. Get a quality shaft that has a thick wall (at least 8-9 gr/inch) and that should solve the problem. I personally shoot the beaman hunters and have pinned deers legs together by the shoulderblades with them and not break. I think in all you were let down by the quality of the arrows. Beamans, eastons, or carbon express arrows would suite you just fine.

Try this link:
http://www.archeryexchange.com/infor...lculator.shtml
tc

[ 04-09-2003, 02:47 PM: Message edited by: tailchaser ]

[Gun Rod Bow]

A friend had a similar experience with carbons on a big muley this year.

Turns out his broadhead "shed it's blades". Carbons need a "backer ring" behind the broad head to keep the blades from pushing back on impact. He lost a heck of a trophy. He's sticking with carbons.

I have seen some poor performance on elk with carbons.

I know some guys who love them. I personally like my big heavy aluminums. They may have an arc, but they smack with authority, penetrate through bone and I can hit with them.

I have a shoulder blade from a nice big 5 point bull that was on the off side, after going through a rib on the near side, the 3 bladed head went cleanly through the shoulder blade and popped out the hide on the far side of the bull.

Everyone has an opinion. I like my aluminums. There is more to life than arrow speed.

GRB

[alwyze fishin]

carbons all the way i have had Aluminum’s do more or less the same thing stuff happens even with a rifle shooter and if they say it dont well i wont got there it happens. we dont like it i know i dont but