I have a new place to hunt so I'm pullin the cobwebs off my old bow and gettin it put back together. I've always kept it handy and stayed in practice but to cheap to spend any money so it's been the same set up for years. This new happy hunting ground is an A1 kinda spot that hasn't been hunted in decades. So I'm doin some updatin for it and need some advice.

I'm gonna order new arrows but things have changed a little in the 10 plus years since i ordered my last batch. I've always used Easton XX75's and planned on just sticking with them but the issue is to go with 3 or 4 vanes.

Also wonderin about all this new stuff they offer on arrows that I never heard of in the old days. Arrow wraps, NAP Quickspin and all this kinda stuff.

I'm also gonna change out the string and put on a new rest. I have a pass through type rest on it right now and want to go with either a drop down or full hold style if anybody has any suggestions on that.

This is all for deer with a 70 pound draw weight bow.

 

these are what i use arrow wise... (3 vein)http://dev.carbonexpressarrows.com/c...tor™-xp-select
easton also makes carbon arrows... which i would recommend.. no chance of bending them... but they do shatter if you hit something hard.

for a rest i use a whisker biscuit
Trophy Ridge Arrow Rests : Whisker Biscuit

ive also been trying these new veins, its veins on a piece of shrink wrap that you put on yourself... they are actually really really really nice, fly alot straighter, and faster.... just cant think of what they are called but i can check tomorrow for you if you are interested

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bowtech also makes a pretty sweet rest called Hostage, same principle as the whisker biscuit

 

Careful with the whisker biscuit, its been known to ripp vanes/feathers whatever off the shaft of the arrow...i use quick spins on my easton carbon arrows, my little brother shoots league and deer with easton full metal jacket arrows those are pretty sweet arrows but pricey

 

and this is what i had before the whisker biscuit Trap Door Fall Away Arrow Rest

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i havent had any problems with it... been shootin with it for a while now.

 

ive never used and im pretty sure my dad uses it on his bow, this is just what ive heard while browsing the archery aisles at the local stores...it makes sense though

 

yeah i could see it having a higher chance of it happening than any other rest, but i know quite a few people that are using them and they love them. if i do ever have a problem with it though i am for sure going with the hostage... i shot a bow the other day with one on it and it seemed crazy smooth compared to the whisker bisuit.

 

I had my old arrows re-fletched last year and the guy put em on wrong for the rest I'm usin cause it didn't take very long at all for me to tear the **** feathers off all my practice arrows.

That Hostage was the full hold rest I was lookin at. Are these full hold rest any problem to actually tune the bow with. They don't look like they offer much in the way of adjustments to be made and I'm a die hard paper tuner.

I wouldn't mind the carbon arrows but I just can't justify the extra money, from most of what I'm seein about an extra $40 per dozen over the cost of the XX75's.

 

tuning is exactly the same as any pass through, we paper tune all our bows too.

IMO price wise your still better off buying carbon. i only own 5 arrows, and they are the same arrows i have had for probly 5-6 years. They fly faster than aluminum arrows, i havent shot aluminum arrows since i was like 10, but from what i remember its way to easy to bend them, when im practicing i dont take time pulling them out of the target so i used to bend alot of my dads arrows and he got real upset at that!

but thats just my opinion, im sure there are alot of people still shooting aluminum arrows, but i THINK, not positive, alot of full hold rests you cant use aluminum arrows cause they are to big in dia. (the hostage has plenty of room i know that for sure)

i am by no means an expert on this stuff, im just giving you the small amount of info i know from what ive used.

 

I don't trust experts, opinions are all I'm lookin for here.

I've never tried the carbon arrows myself so have no first hand knowledge of them. I been shootin these same dozen aluminum arrows for better then 10 years now. 6 for practice and 6 with broadheads on em for huntin. That's five deer with 2 arrows out a that 6. Went to the 2nd one cause I was afraid the broadhead might be gettin dull. I can usually straiten any bends out by hand but if they are to haywire I can also take them to the shop for the mechanical straitening. Don't know if you can this with carbon or not.

Carbon arrows and overdraws were just hittin the market when i was slowin down so never paid any attention to all that stuff. If I had my way and the money I'd rather go to a recurve but I can't afford to start all over from scratch buyin all this stuff.

 

carbon arrows will not bend, its impossible. but they will shatter or split if you hit.. say a rock or a really hard tree. 9 outta 10 times nothing will happen to a carbon arrow.

i ran out to the shop and snapped a pic of my buddies hostage and the adjustments on it.

and these are the slip on things i was talking about, they are pretty bad ***


and apparently my dad bought new arrows last night while i was working cause i walked in there and there are some new carbon express' sitting in a box and 6 new easton ST excel arrows with practice broadheads on.

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Whisker biscuit