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Cabela's Carbon Hunter arrows
« on: March 22, 2011, 08:55:20 PM »
I'm in need of some arrows for me new (used) bow. I'm on a tight budget so looking to save money any way I can. I see Cabelas has their Carbon Hunter arrows for $50/dozen. Are these decent arrows for that price?

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Re: Cabela's Carbon Hunter arrows
« Reply #1 on: March 22, 2011, 08:59:43 PM »
They all kill, I killed my last 3 bucks with 'em. You should be fine.

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Re: Cabela's Carbon Hunter arrows
« Reply #2 on: March 22, 2011, 09:07:34 PM »
So there isn't anything else that would be significantly better for the same money?

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Re: Cabela's Carbon Hunter arrows
« Reply #3 on: March 22, 2011, 09:20:08 PM »
I would shoot the cablea's stalker extreme over the carbon hunters. The cabelas stalker arrows are almost identical as beman ics hunters. Beman makes there arrows according to cableas :twocents:
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Re: Cabela's Carbon Hunter arrows
« Reply #4 on: March 23, 2011, 02:25:50 PM »
What about Easton ST Epics?
I don't remember how much mine were. I have ST Axis that I hunt with too.
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Re: Cabela's Carbon Hunter arrows
« Reply #5 on: March 23, 2011, 02:38:22 PM »
I have some of the stalker extreme and just changed over to gold tip xt hunter. Accuracy is about the same, but the gold tip is a lot smoother feeling on release. I thought the stalker extreme was a good arrow for the price. 

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Re: Cabela's Carbon Hunter arrows
« Reply #6 on: March 23, 2011, 03:37:59 PM »
Jackelope I shot epics last year and they were great! I could find them for under $70. The only reason I switched was because I wanted to go to a heavier arrow.

The epics are the best bang for the buck imo.
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Re: Cabela's Carbon Hunter arrows
« Reply #7 on: March 23, 2011, 04:02:31 PM »
I shoot them and like them just fine. I think, for the money, you cant do much better. That being said, I dont think there is much, if any difference between them and many other carbon arrows within the same price range.  :twocents:

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Re: Cabela's Carbon Hunter arrows
« Reply #8 on: March 24, 2011, 11:21:25 AM »
I have always hunted with goldtips and see no reason to change.  You should be able to find some good deals on a dozen goldtips.  I shoot the XT's for hunting .003 straightness.

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Re: Cabela's Carbon Hunter arrows
« Reply #9 on: March 24, 2011, 03:24:17 PM »
Don't overlook archerytalk's classifieds, also.  There are a ton of guys who buy a dozen only to find out they weren't properly spined for their setup and sell them darn cheap.  You can generally find your length and spine in whatever arrow you want for at least 30% off.
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Re: Cabela's Carbon Hunter arrows
« Reply #10 on: March 24, 2011, 03:39:13 PM »
I also agree with the stalker extreme, not much more money and I think they better than my buddies Easton Axis full metal jackets.
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Re: Cabela's Carbon Hunter arrows
« Reply #11 on: March 24, 2011, 05:43:02 PM »
They should get the job done. You might also check out the gold tip expeditions :IBCOOL: I shoot a lot of diffrent arrows. But my faves are goldtip xt's.
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Re: Cabela's Carbon Hunter arrows
« Reply #12 on: March 24, 2011, 06:01:29 PM »
I was just thinking why I was the only one that said goldtips.

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Re: Cabela's Carbon Hunter arrows
« Reply #13 on: March 28, 2011, 05:54:58 AM »
Before you buy em from Cabelas check out www.thesportsmanguide.com they have a decent selection and they are more budget minded. It may be last years stuff but it isn't badly priced.
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Re: Cabela's Carbon Hunter arrows
« Reply #14 on: March 28, 2011, 11:22:54 AM »
The carbon hunters are good shafts, but the tolerances for spine and straightness are about two to three times what the CE or equivilent arrow would be, so you may find that 3 or 4 per dozen don't fly as well. A name-brand arrow with tighter tolerances may cost twice as much.
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Re: Cabela's Carbon Hunter arrows
« Reply #15 on: March 28, 2011, 11:34:44 AM »
For a few dollars more you can get the Stalker extreme. They fly just as good as my eastons at half the price. :bash:

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Re: Cabela's Carbon Hunter arrows
« Reply #16 on: March 30, 2011, 04:44:31 PM »
Stalker Extreme=Beman ICS Hunter=made in USA=killer deal on good arrows.

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Re: Cabela's Carbon Hunter arrows
« Reply #17 on: March 30, 2011, 06:18:53 PM »
I have a question since I'm fairly new to bow hunting you guys seem to know your stuff. Let's say I have a box of gold tips, a box of carbon stalkers, and a box of beman hunters. Everything being equal (length, weight, spine) will they shoot the same? By that I mean if I sighted my bow in with gold tips but shot a beman would it make a difference? I'm used to rifles where brands of bullets shoot different in each rifle.
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Re: Cabela's Carbon Hunter arrows
« Reply #18 on: March 30, 2011, 06:25:31 PM »
Diameter of the arrow will effect where they hit. If they are the same weight, you would more than likley just have to make a gang adjustment to all of your pins.
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Re: Cabela's Carbon Hunter arrows
« Reply #19 on: March 30, 2011, 06:30:50 PM »
Stalker Extremes are about 70/dozen and shoot quite well.  They worked on last years elk and '07 and '09 deer.  They do seem to break easily.  I'm trying some really spendy Maxima Hunters now, want to see what the price will get me!  I'll let you all know what I think in a few months.

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Re: Cabela's Carbon Hunter arrows
« Reply #20 on: March 31, 2011, 12:21:18 PM »
I have a question since I'm fairly new to bow hunting you guys seem to know your stuff. Let's say I have a box of gold tips, a box of carbon stalkers, and a box of beman hunters. Everything being equal (length, weight, spine) will they shoot the same? By that I mean if I sighted my bow in with gold tips but shot a beman would it make a difference? I'm used to rifles where brands of bullets shoot different in each rifle.
Your differences would come in group sizes and consistency not necessarily in pin setting to get a bullseye-centered group if weight and length remain the same.  As it turns out, the three you mentioned are not that far apart in terms of spine tolerances, so your group size would be roughly the same with those three.  Now, if you threw in a dozen high-end arrows, then you'd most likely get groups that are 1/2 or 2/3 the size.  A dozen top-shelf arrows will have 1 or 2 that don't fly like the rest of the group; a dozen super-cheap arrows will have 5 or 6.  That difference is greatly magnified with fixed-blade broadheads, hence the development of mechanicals the past few years.  20 years ago we all shot aluminum arrows; there were no mechanical heads out because the aluminum spine is much easier to keep tight tolerances on than carbon arrows; once carbon arrows hit the scene 15 years ago with the advent of centershot risers the spine tolerances went haywire and the mechanicals were developed to counteract that.
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Re: Cabela's Carbon Hunter arrows
« Reply #21 on: March 31, 2011, 01:06:17 PM »
Too bad we can't use mechanicals in Washington.
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