The guy who mentored me in Traditional Archery says everyone should cut his teeth on wood arrows before shooting something else. I started on Ash arrows from Silent Pond (out of business long ago). I have shot cedar, poplar, hard rock maple, chundo, fir, pine, Hard rock maple was the best, hardest hitting arrow. I was shooting 70-80 pounds Bach then too. A friend of mine is still shooting the ash arrows I made over 20 years ago with the Zwickey heads I mounted on them. He killed a doe with one a couple years ago. I’ve been shooting carbon for years. Every now and then I’ll make a dozen wood arrows just to get back to my roots.