what are you shooting carbon or aluminum

[skipper]

well gold tips seam to be the most popular. How are they for use on 3-D target. Are they had to pull out or not bad.

[Daveinthebush]

Carbon Express for a few years now. Aluminum are supposed to be straighter but I have only Robin Hooded one aluminum compared to seven times with Carbon Express arrows.

[Lex]

Originally Posted by skipper

well gold tips seam to be the most popular. How are they for use on 3-D target. Are they had to pull out or not bad.

I don,t know about thee d " But i do that one time i was using N-fuse axis and there were a pia to pull out from the corrugated black back stops.Since i switched to GT, I have no problems with pull out,s

[flinch]

I shoot the Beeman ICS Hunter Elite. Works great with my 60# Hoyt Ultratek... Very durable...they can take a beating...

[yogibear]

Cheap, but effective. Looks like they quit making them though. Now what? Darn, guess I need to go shopping.

[hunt_ak]

Easton FMJ's....but haven't shot 'em in a while...

[B-radford]

Gold Tip 7795 Hunter XT's with a wrap and 2" blazers. I love this set up and it shoots great in 3D, they are a little tuff to pull, but I always use arrow lube anyways.

[AkHunter45]

Victory V-Force V-1's and FOBS baby!

[algonquin]

I shoot gold tips but had a little problem last week. Must of had a batch of nocks as on the 6th time or so I shot these arrows, I had two nocks break in half in a row . The dealer gave me a hand full of nocks problem solved. They shoot well for me.

[Picklist]

Gold Tip 5575 XT Pro's with FOB's for me. Very straight and very consistant weight.

[Rick P]

I shoot gold tips at ducks and small game. Big game and target I'm shooting the "Arrow dynamics" "Hammerhead". The last 2/3rds of the arrow are tapered producing an extreme wight forward arrow that flies like a dart out of every bow from 30 to 65 pounds I own. They also have out penetrated the gold tips by 50-60% in my own experiments using foam, a pork shoulder and a set of buffalo ribs that had gotten freezer burned. The difference in penetration seems to become more pronounced with heavier draw weight bows.

[swampdonkey]

Originally Posted by Rick P

I shoot gold tips at ducks and small game. Big game and target I'm shooting the "Arrow dynamics" "Hammerhead". The last 2/3rds of the arrow are tapered producing an extreme wight forward arrow that flies like a dart out of every bow from 30 to 65 pounds I own. They also have out penetrated the gold tips by 50-60% in my own experiments using foam, a pork shoulder and a set of buffalo ribs that had gotten freezer burned. The difference in penetration seems to become more pronounced with heavier draw weight bows.

I went to carbons in 2004 and I shoot the GT Hunter XT 7595 w/ 2" Blazers and love 'em. With my little 100gr NAP Nitron at 290fps from a 70# Hoyt, they've cleanly blown through caribou at 61 and 52yds and right through moose at 28 and 51 yards. Even shot a coyote with one (right through the side of its head and sticking 20" out the other side at 23yds) 4 years ago on a moose hunt on Ft. Rich. Smoked his ---! So I'd venture to say that that's pretty good penetration Rick P. Can't say I ever bird hunted with them though. Maybe someday...
Same style/type arrows for the 3D and target shoots too. So far so good. So they work great for me on everything. They're accurate and with a little Woody's arrow lube, pulling 'em isn't a problem either. If it ain't broke, I don't fix it.