I've hunted with wood arrows for years but have been shooting GoldTip XT's for the last 3yrs. with feathers with no complaints.Lately wood has bevome very expensive and the quality just isn't there anymore.I used to buy arrows bulk and out of a 100 cedars,spined 60-65,I'd be lucky to get 40% that fell in that range.I'll spend my $$ on carbons.