I'm not sure if they have some sort of coating on TOP of the decal or not. I don't see why you can't VERY carefully rub the decals off using compound or scraping them off VERY VERY carefully but check with some of these guys that know more than I do as I've never tried to remove decals or paintjob off carbon arrows. Is it going to bug you that much or do you think the game will notice? I'm sure no matter what kind of game you hunt-it won't bust you because of the decals on the arrows.