I have taken deer with self bows and cedar shafts. Never with a flint or obsidian tip. Truth be known, volcanic glass, like obsidian, can be sharpened much sharper than metal. The trick is finding someone who can nap a balanced tip. Ive gotten more lazy with age and dont bother with wood shafts. Carbon and aluminum is much easier to tune. I shoot trad bows, just dont deal with the wood shafts anymore. Even got into making them. Now that is a blast, shooting something with a bow you built.


Cougar mag, you hit the nail on the head. What ever weapon you chose, know and respect your limitations. My limitations with a compound are far less than my limitations with long bows (self, lams, R/D, or flat) and recurves.