Natures carbon

[Carpdaddy]

I noticed that I am the only one (that I remember) that has ever mentioned hunting with Cane arrows. I know that LinemanSteve has some and loves them but that's the only other person I know of that shoots them. Many talk about wood but why not cane? It may just be where we are from but if you have never tried them consider giving them a try. Yes they are expensive to buy already finished and yes they are a little challenging to do yourself but boy do they work well. I do use carbon most of the time but still have an attachment to natures carbon (cane). Here is my quiver loads prepared for different bows I use. Left to right; Carbon Express 150's for lower poundage bows, Carbon Express 250's for heavier draw weights, and on the right is four Cane arrows tipped with Grizzly heads. These are good on 45-50 pound bows. I have several more for different weight bows.

[Kybownut]

Tony, are those river cane or what I call swamp cane ?seems like most the ones I see the nodes are much closer together with a big flat area above the nodes,

[Carpdaddy]

No, our river cane has bigger and closer nodes, it can be done but even more challenging. These are Tonkin cane from across the big water. I picked up a bunch at the KTBA a few years ago and also bought some from Lowes that are sold for garden steaks, it's a little hard to find a batch of good ones there though, not all in a bunch will work. Steve bought a dozen finished last year at the KTBA, they cost him a few bucks that way, probably as much as carbon but they are all shooters. In my experience cane is much tougher than wood, hard to break one. The biggest challenge is getting the spine correct for your bow. Two that appear to be the same size can be very different in spine.

[Kybownut]

Ok that splains it. I bought a set of three off e bay to try and they were very well made and very cheap! Only problem is you would need 3 different bows to shoot them ( nowhere close in spine). They are all very straight , well fletched with wrapped self nocks. It would actually probably be worth buying a dozen if you coyld come up with a set of 5-6 that was spined right

[Shadowhntr]

I guess for me its largely the lack of exposure to cane or boo arrows for the reason of my lack of their use. I enjoy building my own arrows whatever material id be dealing with. Im a tuning fanatic, and border on obsessive with flight and is why i do my own. I simply know little to nothing of cane/boo arrow building, and am set up to do woods and aluminums, but have no means for making and cutting carbon or cane, at least from what i understand.