ORIGINAL: SwampCollie
ORIGINAL: MOhunter46
Im wanting to try feathers for next year maybe even for this year but i know absolutely nothing about them. I was looking in cabelas and there is left wing and right wing, whats the difference? Also there is 5",4", and 3", which would be the best or does it matter? I have a jo jan fletcher with a right helical clamp, can i fletch them with that? Sorry for my ignorance but i know nothing about them, thanks in advance for any help.
Since you have a right helical clamp, you are going to want to buy and use ONLY right wing feathers. The difference being which side of a turkey they come off of. Since feathers have a natural curve to them, they will make an arrow spin in different directions... if you were to fletch a left wing feather with a right helical (if it would stick) you'd have two forces trying to fight each other... I suspect your arrow would fly like a bottle rocket with no stick.
Honestly, length doesn't matter all that much unless you are using some haneous fixed blade head like a buck blaster or a gobbler gillotine. 4" will work fine...
or you could try out the 2" Razor feathers.
Feathers are expensive, and if you don't fletch them properly, they won't stay on worth a hoot. Even at that, they are not overwhelmingly tough. They do, however, stabilize an arrow faster and probably better than just about anything ever made by man. A bit on the noisy side, and you'll want use waterproofing too.
I didn't even realize fleathers came in 2", i think i will be giving them a try, thanks for the advice.