Wood arrows with a compound?
 

Does anyone ever shoot wood arrows with their compounds? I thought about using them with Flu-flu fletching to shoot arieal shots.

RE: Wood arrows with a compound?
 

NEVER!!!!! The sudden burst of energy as the cam rolls over is more than most wood shafts can handle. The consequences look something like this:

RE: Wood arrows with a compound?
 

Back in the 80's I did. Good shafts are a must. Lots of folks sell spines up to 120lbs (trad) which is about a 2315 aluminum.

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I wouldn't attempt It deerhunter!!

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+1, I'm afraid of splinters!!! [:-]

RE: Wood arrows with a compound?
 

This.

RE: Wood arrows with a compound?
 

I'll join in with everyone else.

No Way!!

Dan

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This happend to me this year except it was in my thumb! Ouch! Had surgery and everything. Yeah like everyone else said NO!!!

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wouldn't advise anyone to use wooden arrows with today's compounds. too much speed, power, kinetic energy, whatever you want to call it for a wooden arrow.

RE: Wood arrows with a compound?
 

hmmm just a thought but i think he could use wood arrows provided he used a reasonable compound. i'm sure it would work if he used a 45-55 lb draw weight and not some hyper cammed bow andproperly spined arrows.
nowadays everyone tends to think of the super bows first. i would use wood arrows with my 52.5 lb draw whitetail hunter and im sure the arrow would not splinter.
i dont think i would use them with the mathews s2 tho.

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Before everyone says no, has anyone tried wood arrows? I know for sure most on here, the answer is no. I see one on this post that might have. I shoot alot of wood. I shoot some cedars thru a 66lbrecurve that is blazing fast. You guys trying to tell me you think a 55lb compound is going to destroy these arrows?

Are you guys all stupid ? That's clearly a fiberglass arrow in his hand. NOT a wooden one.

2 entirely different animals. And I can guarantee that your "Blazing fast" recurve is nothing like todays compounds!!! A recurve does not have the kenetic energy transfer during firing such as a compound does. The recurve does not have the sudden energy burst as the compound does when the cams turn over from 65-80% let off to whatever the poundage setting is.
And I am sure everyone here knows that the pic with the arrow in the hand is a carbon and not a wooden arrow.
And my reply to the OP is DO NOT SHOOT WOODEN ARROWS IN A COMPOUND. Buy cheap carbons and go from there.

Good answer; I agree.

My question is.....Why would you want to shoot wooden arrows out of a compound bow???

Read below...LIKE not this is a wooden arrow:rolleyes: I wouldnt want wood or fiberglass splintered in my hand

exactly! I believe most manufacturers of compound bows today say DONT use wood arrows...

Wood!!!!!!
 

The Indians don't shoot with those old bows any longer.
Now, we have high tech compound bows. And high speed crossbows.
It's amazing how much compound bows have changed in the last twenty years.
Wood!!!!

poor idea .

Stuck a wooden arrow through my jacket sleeve once with a compound, 80# 65% let off Oregon bow built in the 80's. Woods don't splinter the same way that carbons do, but the end result isn't far from the same.

Worst part in my mind, since I didn't end up getting injured, is "what the F did I just do to my bow?". Arrow failures aren't too different than dry-firing your bow, and then say it catches your hand or jacket like they always do, what does that do in terms of limb and riser torque as the bow slams to a halt as the arrow stops?

For what it's worth, why risk it? Stick some flu-flu fletches on a carbon or aluminum shaft and be done with it. I shoot carbon flu-flu's, the few times a year that I do it, 6 vanes on GT XT 7595's, with my bow turned down to about 58lbs.

I need some more useful information's about wood arrows and wood if anyone know here more about this than post here back i will appreciate him on this sharing....

A friend of mine has an s2 and shoots maple shafts out of it all the time. he spines them for 70 lb and weight is close to 800 gr. and has never broken an arrow (in the bow that is) i shoot cedars out of my Instigator with same draw weight, spine, but around 550 grains. ive also never broken arrows. from my semi-scientific testing, they tend to be quieter than carbons, with equal if not better penetration, but they are a bit slower. they are also cheaper if you build them yourself like me. as long as you use at least 10 gpi and over-spine them slightly, you should be good.

as an extra, i would rather a sizeable hole going straight through my hand from the wood arrow going through it than a hundred smaller holes snaking around from a carbon. just saying.

I am REALLY bored and just up for banging my head on a block wall and will post one last time on this mindless post.
Just go ahead and shoot your wooden arrows in your compound and enjoy. IF and WHEN something goes terribly wrong, don't say that your were neither warned nor told that it was not a good idea. Just go get it fixed and don't come back complaining that look at what happened to me when I did this and don't know how or why it happened.
Just like the 7 yr old that was told not to do something that he would get hurt. And then when they go and do it and get hurt, you tell that I told you not to do it or this would happen.

There is little more satisfying than to able to say "I told you so"!:D

LOL at newbies bringing back ancient posts. Especially posts asking crazy questions! Been turning cedar for over 5 decades for some of my traditional bows. I'd never even DREAM of the absolutely retarded act of firing them out of any of my compounds. The energy transfer (power curve) is MUCH steeper from a compound bow. Now this statement doesn't include a "wheel bow" as they are just slightly above the energy transfer curve of a recurve. But ANY cam bow you would be risking your hand or forearm as well as taking a chance on busting a limb or cracking the riser.

I second this motion. Do we have a third so we can close this?

I'll third it. FLUSH IT!!!!!!