I've heard that when you shoot a deer with carbons, they sometimes shatter inside and you have to remove alot of the meat around the arrow. Has this ever happend to any of you? Did it affect alot of meat?

That's what Easton used to advertise when they didn't have any carbon hunting arrows, or were not pushing any.

I've shot around 15 with carbon arrows and not one arrow even cracked or bent, let alone shattered.

With the new cross-weave design on most of the new ones, you can hit a brick wall or stone and they will only mushroom/split an inch or so.

Jeff...U.P. of Michigan

Many of the older carbon arrow shattered a lot more than the new one. I have never ever heard of one shattering on a double lung pass through.

I wouldn't be concerned with the problem. And if for some reason one does shatter in a deer, just take it to a good butcher and let him know. They will be able to remove the affected area without a problem.

There is always that possibility, but I dont think it's an inherant problem. I had a carbon break on a deer I shot this year, but both pieces were on the outside of the body, same as aluminum often does. I looked the two pieces over good to make sure there was nothing missing, there wasn't. If it does happen, use caution and good judgement with the meat handling, carbon slivers can be very nasty, as I found out this summer shooting target. As Jeff says, they seem to tend to break more right at the tip end.