Wich do u prefer and why?

Shot alums for yrs., 3 yrs ago I got tired of bending, and breaking them on the many 3d courses I was shooting. So I bought a dozen carbons to try. I' ve never looked back. I' ve stuck them in metal objects. Pushed the nock back in, and was ready to shoot again. Carbons have come down in price now also, and are very comparable, some cheaper then alums now. They may not have the better tolerances as alums, and I do get 1 or 2 out of a new dozen that don' t spin perfectly. But overall they last longer, and have been more then satisfied with them.

I went to aluminums for the first time this year. They are quieter, vibrate less and shoot great out of my rig. For my style of hunting they fit in perfectly and will help me take deer.

Aluminums, two reasons, cost and why change from what already works.

There are quite a few things I like about carbon arrows but, in the price range I can afford, aluminum is a lot more accurate and consistant with broadheads. I don' t care if I go through a couple dozen arrows a year if I can be assured the broadhead is going to go where I aim it, each time.

But I' m continuing to experiment with carbon, because I really would like to shoot them. Using a spine tester to locate the actual spine of the shafts and orienting my nocks and feathers to the spine has been a big help.

I like my xx75 2315' s with 125 gr. muzzy broadhead for a hard impact I' m not in to speed of carbons.

I prefer the durability of carbon.As AP stated their are issues with quality in carbons.Don' t buy the cheap arrows.I am shooting Beman ICS this year after using the older pultruded style(afc) for several years.One problem I' ve noticed with the bemans is cracking at the nock end.I plan on trying some acc nock inserts,see if that helps.One thing I don' t like about carbons is the weight.Some brands are too light for my taste.So far accuracy with the bemans has been good out to my max range with BH' s.

CB

I have used alum. for years and two years ago I got a new bow and tried the carbon arrows it went from 250 FPS up to 272 FPS I was impressed enought that I got 6 The thing I like I went from a 3 pin site to 2 pins and feel good about it. My deer last season was 35yrds and the first pin was right on he went 70yrds and folded up. the arrow had no damage on it and I can use it again even though it did not pass through and it banged off the brush that he went through and he uplled it out 10 yrds from where he went down.

I shoot aluminums and always will they have better penetrating power and are quieter

Elkhunter, I think the same thing myself when looking at ultralight carbons. But I can weight a carbon up to nearly 600 grains, as heavy as my 2315' s. At that weight, I think the smaller diameter can' t do anything but help penetration. All that' s missing now is broadhead accuracy, and I' m getting close to getting that figured out.

At least, I think I am. Maybe.