Arrow C lection

[noxninja]

I have killed deer with both inexpensive and expensive arrows...what are your thoughts? Does price really matter in a hunting arrow as long as it is straight?

 

[kbetts]

Interesting you bring this up. I've been known to rebuild the CX arrows from Wally World. Typically I'd add a piece of 2117 to foot the end. I lost what would have been my largest bow buck to a shoulder shot with one of those arrows...Non footed. The insert broke through the side wall. I killed the deer but did not recover it until turkey season. If that arrow did not split, my lighted knock would have still been with the arrow and I would've most likely found him the next morning.

I use mostly Gold Tips. Best price is Big Jim's Bow Company cause he gets cosmetic blems. I do like Cabela's 340's as well.....It's just a Beman Hunter rebranded.

 

[Gettin Closer]

Unless you are looking for the full metal jackets or other small diameter or high performance shafts, I see no need in getting the expensive shafts. Now, I still get the Beeman Boehner blems or gold tip blems. But they are still structurally sound and nothing is wrong with them. I do not get the base line arrows as I have seen them come apart when someone missed the target and it hit the rubber back stoo. If it will fall aoert that easy, I do not trust them.

I say shoot what gives you peace of mind. But the blems function the same. I never had a animal not die because it wasn't a pretty arrow...

 

[Scott F]

I guarantee that for hunting ranges I would not personally see a difference between the beeman arrows I hunt with and some Nano-Pro at $370 per dozen.

Shoot what gives you confidence, but realize that it doesn't HAVE to cost you a fortune.

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[Scott F]

I have read studies on arrows that were .001, .003, .006 straightness.
At hunting ranges, in realistic conditions you wouldn't know which one you were shooting.

Right now I am shooting Beman ICS Bowhunter shafts with easton unibushings and nocks installed to make it easy to replace nocks - not whole arrows.

I have never had arrows flying so true for the way I shoot.
Come on October 7th!!!!! Hurry up and get here!

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[GBlevins92]

I've been shooting Easton power flights for the last 6 or 7 seasons they're reasonably priced, shoot great, and are hard to break.... the only reason I would see myself going to something more expensive would be if I go after something bigger than whitetails in which I'd for sure go full metal jackets


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[MCDM]

I personall feel that this truly doesn't make too much of a difference. For me I shoot the same setup for 3D/target as I do for hunting. Btw I shoot beman ics hunters the .003 straightness in a 340 spine. I shoot the same arrows for several reasons.

First I was a hunter before a target shooter. So I like the same setup so I know when I draw and release my arrows will go where I put them. Second, I know they work and that is basically from shooting many deer and getting good shots with zero arrow damage and solid pass throughs. Third, these arrows are not considered high end but are made by Easton which is the worlds leader in arrows from an industry standpoint. Fourth, I shoot with several guys who are pretty great shooters (some are olympic level and then some are just high level 3D shooters). I can hold my own with them while putting up some very close comparable scores. They don't shoot the same arrows but their goals are different then mine. Lastly, I know these arrows work and work well so why fix something that ain't broke you know.

I think its more the shooter at a certain point. My suggestion for any archer new or experienced is the same. Buy a bow based on feel, the rest of everything else strive for a happy medium, learn to shoot and all the aspects involved in that and then you will perform at a whole new level. Dive to much into the marketing hype and you will just chase the pack.

 

[BenG]

I like shooting fixed blades and have had great luck with maxima reds field points and broadheads flying the same. I know there's a lot of marketing bs involved with new technologies but these worked for me. I had struggled on and off in the past using cheaper arrows with broadheads.