Happy Holidays to you also SSgt. Pratt! Don't know where you are, but if you need some help getting supplies, just give a holler--be happy to help if I can.

Between aluminum and carbon, I really don't know. Depends on which one I thought was the better deal, I guess. I have shot both, and liked both--all things being equal though (if there was a pile of both in front of me and I was told to just pick one), I'd probably go with carbon because they are tougher.

That being said, I shoot PO cedar. Have tried lots of other woods, always go back to cedar. The main reason I went to wood to start with is to be able to shoot in the longbow class at tournaments, but now they have just grown on me. I don't like to switch around, so I use the same set up for tournaments as I do hunting.

Hope you have a good tour, and get your tail on back to the US safely!

Chad

Long Bows Rule!