All of my arrows have 5" shield cut feathers from local Turkey. My friends give me their Turkey wings and I have a chopper so I have only used this for several years now. Today; for some strange reason I came home with some store bought 2" feathers to try, what in the world has come over me??? Fletched two arrows tonight just to test drive when I get a chance.
Anyone else tried these shorties?
Trying something new
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Re: Trying something new
yeah, I cut my turkey feathers with scissors...some 5 inches, some 3 or less. I find that at 20 yards, no big difference at all...the smaller ones are obviously faster and quieter. the flu flu ones I make are about 3 inches and are quite loud. I love the look of a classic cut 5 inch fletch so most of mine are that.
Re: Trying something new
I use 5" on wood and 4" on carbon, have tried 3", but never 2". Let me know how they work for ya.
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Sorry to revive an old thread, Tony: but did you ever try out those 2" feathers? What did you think about them? Got some Bass Pro gift cards for Christmas and I'm thinking of getting me a fletching jig and upgrading from vanes. The 2" feathers are on sale
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Yes I have, did okay at shorter yardages but not as stable. Bought a bag of 100 in red, fletched either three or four arrows out of the bag, come by on your next Ale 8 trip and you can have the rest. Didn't try them with broadheads since I wasn't satisfied with them on field points. I suggest 4" at least, I am currently using them and satisfied.
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I'm using four 3.5 in feathers right now.
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Larry gets by on half the money with his two fletched arrows. I'm seeing more of the four fletch, should work good but my cheap fletcher only does three. I haven't looked at feathers in so long that I wasn't aware that they even came in 3.5". I'm guessing they work well for you Dan?Dan wrote:I'm using four 3.5 in feathers right now.
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And that raises my next question: who uses what to apply their feathers? I'm torn between the Arizona EZ Fletch and the Bohning jig
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Re: Trying something new
Of course you'd pick option "C", Kirk!