I was watching a fletching video a while back with Byron Ferguson and he said that if shooting inside of 20 yds then the best fletching would be a 5" magnum feather. It would provide maximum control under all conditions. This made a great deal of sense to me. My maximum range would be 30 yds under very good conditions but most, if not all, of my shots should be within 20 yds or less. Right now I am using 3 different kinds of fletching but have been leaning mostly towards feathers and am considering using feathers bigger than the current 4" ones. The one drawback with the feathers is wet weather but that doesn't seem like a big deal. You could just have a few arrows fletched with 4" or 5" vanes too.

Now, to what I was wondering. Those of you that shoot short yardages, do you use 4" vanes or bigger, 4" feathers or bigger? If not, why not? Wouldn't you want maximum control when arrow speed is not the issue?

If you needed arrows for a longer, second shot you could just have a couple setup and in your quiver for that possibility.