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maximo boy · 07-28-2010

Hey yall,
Im really hard on arrows to say the least, I bought half a dozen cabelas carbon hunters and in a little over a month ive broken three and lost one(D-loop snapped)

. Im starting to think it was a bad batch of arrows (minus the d-loop failure). Anyone got recomendations for good low priced practice arrows?

bow-fishhunter · 07-28-2010

It depens on where you're breaking them. if you're shooting into a dirt bank and hitting rocks then no thats normal. if you're shooting them into a target and breaking in the target then yes it is a problem and I wouldn't shoot them because an arrow blowing up in your face sux!

mongoosesnipe · 07-28-2010

v6 victory vforce i have v1 and v6 and cant tell the difference between them

dino · 07-28-2010

My target is set up against a 4' diameter Oak. If I miss the target and hit the oak I will usually have to get a pair of pliers out to pull the fieldpoint out but the arrow holds up fine. If I miss the target and the 4' Oak I have a brick wall for a backstop... The arrows will not survive that. It gives me a very big incentive not to miss my target.

I like to shoot Gold Tips for practice and for hunting.

bowhunter111 · 07-28-2010

I used the cabelas arrows a few yrs ago and they are the same arrows as the beman ICS's they are a good arrow and for the price you cant beat em.

maximo boy · 07-28-2010

They where the cheapest thing I could find. Didnt want to spend much $ after breaking a half dozen gold tips in my targets (long story short, extreme cold is bad for arrows). Im guess im just one of those guys who could break a ball bearing

maximo boy · 07-28-2010

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Originally Posted by bow-fishhunter

It depens on where you're breaking them. if you're shooting into a dirt bank and hitting rocks then no thats normal. if you're shooting them into a target and breaking in the target then yes it is a problem and I wouldn't shoot them because an arrow blowing up in your face sux!

Your not supposed to use rocks as targets!

fletcherjoe · 07-29-2010

i use the gold tip ultralights that are actually hard to find but they make a hunter arrow that is around 80 to 100 per dozen and they are pretty much indestructible. but if you only ever hit the target it should never be a problem.

albertabowhunter · 07-29-2010

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Originally Posted by maximo boy

They where the cheapest thing I could find. Didnt want to spend much $ after breaking a half dozen gold tips in my targets (long story short, extreme cold is bad for arrows). Im guess im just one of those guys who could break a ball bearing

whats extreme cold to you?

Hoyt_em · 07-29-2010

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Originally Posted by maximo boy

They where the cheapest thing I could find. Didnt want to spend much $ after breaking a half dozen gold tips in my targets (long story short, extreme cold is bad for arrows). Im guess im just one of those guys who could break a ball bearing

BS on the cold part...

licking county assassin · 07-29-2010

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Originally Posted by Hoyt_em

BS on the cold part...

Not if the target is frozen solid

maximo boy · 07-29-2010

forgetting your arrows outside in january. Went out to shoot the next mornin and they snapped when I tried to pull them out of the target, guess they where brittle and couldnt handle the tension from pullin them out of a frozen target (an old solid foam one). Im just glad they didnt blow up in my face.

Hoyt_em · 07-29-2010

thats not the arrows fault...they were frozen in, and you didn't pull in a straight line...

so you haven't been shooting since sometime in January then???

maximo boy · 07-29-2010

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Originally Posted by albertabowhunter

whats extreme cold to you?

me, -20. my equipment, about 15.

maximo boy · 07-29-2010

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Originally Posted by Hoyt_em

thats not the arrows fault...they were frozen in, and you didn't pull in a straight line...

so you haven't been shooting since sometime in January then???

nope, I used the eastons I had for my old bow to bridge the gap.

Urban Wolf · 07-30-2010

When I 1st started, I would bust up 5 to 7 arrows a week.
Hit everything but what I was aiming at. I think the cost of the arrows helped me improve my aim.

crablegs · 07-30-2010

When I first started I hit everything but the target and the lottery

SCRUBS · 07-31-2010

I use Cabelas arrows for stump shooting and i keep one in my quiver (while hunting)with a blunt on it for shooting grouse. It doesn`t hurt so much when you lose or break one, which i do alot of both.

Dale · 07-31-2010

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Originally Posted by maximo boy

forgetting your arrows outside in january. Went out to shoot the next mornin and they snapped when I tried to pull them out of the target, guess they where brittle and couldnt handle the tension from pullin them out of a frozen target (an old solid foam one). Im just glad they didnt blow up in my face.

IMHO that is not the fault of the arrow ----- it's abuse. ANY arrow will break if abused.

maximo boy · 07-31-2010

I dont call it abuse. I call it use by a mentally challanged redneck!

Toxophilis · 07-31-2010

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Originally Posted by maximo boy

I dont call it abuse. I call it use by a mentally challanged redneck!

LMAO! NO ONE makes arrows capable of surviving m.c.r. ! Get you some steel rods, turn a point and saw a nock, slap some vanes on there. Crank your draw weight up cuz they'll be kinda stiff and not much speed to speak of, but GREAT penetration. Perfect for those straight down stand shots.