The carbon arrow are great for 3-D shoots where you are shooting at extended yardage for score. You can be off a little in yardage estimation and still hit the vitals. In a real hunting situation, you are seldom shooting over 35 or 40 yards. A light weight aluminum arrow will impact within a fraction of a second of the high speed carbon arrow, but will retain considerably more kinetic energy. To put it into perspective, shoot a deer with a 6mm remington with an 80 grain bullet at a speed around 3,200 fps. Now shoot your next deer with a 375 H&H mag at the same yardage with a 270 grain bullet at 2,800 fps. No comparison, right! That's my opinion. I'll use a carbon for competition where a matter of 3 yards at long shots will make a big difference on impact. When it comes to hunting, an ultra lite aluminum shaft is my choice. With no fear of carbon fibers contaminating the meat.