i did some testing yesterday out to 80 yds with feathers vs. blazers, both right helical and with field pts. out to 50 yds with feathers and blazers with broadheads. i 'super' tuned the bow to broadheads as i'll be hunting this weekend, which still produced perfect flight for field tips, but the rest was slightly adjusted from field tip tuned. i used 5 blazers and 6 feathered arrows for the 80 yd field tip test. the blazers won. the 5 arrows were in a 4.5 inch group. the feathers were 6 inches lower poi and in an 8 inch group. for the 50 yd test with broadheads there was no difference. 1 of the feathered arrows was fletched offset and this made no difference in poi compared to the right helical fletched feathers. the feathers were 4 inch. i would like to get some 3 inch and try those from long distances. however, in the looks department the spliced feathers took the competition hands down.

disclaimer, i shot the arrows back to back and happened to pull 3 feathers for the last three 80 yd shots, and this may have had something to do with the larger group. i should have alternated.