The way it has been put to me (and Byron Fergusonalso said this) is that we can all shoot well with good form on the range. But up in a tree with the wind blowing a bit, you've been sitting for 3-4 hours, you're coldand now a huge buck comes walking in and you get a bit of buck fever. All of these things can affect your form and your shot. Better stabilizationmay help cancel out some of those things.

I understand WTF's point about noise, although I think that can be controlled,but inside of 20 yards the blazers don't ADD to the effectiveness of the arrow and, because they wouldn't stabilize as well, may take away.

I am not advocating a change from vanes to feathers. Just trying to learn about the pros and cons about one or the other in relation to short range archery.