BHunter32

Why do you like them, what brand do you use, and which would you use on carbon arrows?(Beman ICS Hunters). What colors do you like on your shafts as well. Trying to get my arrows going while waiting on my bow to come in. Thanks. BHunter32.

CBM SC

I tried several different vanes and ended up liking Bohning's the best a couple of years ago. I switched to feathers back then and really,really liked them & have been shooting them since. I started shooting my best groups ever with feathers,picked up 5 fps , found paper tuning easier(I think they stabilize an arrow faster),and feathers are forgiving with clearance problems .Feathers are not good if it rains , there are spray products that help with that,but personally I always have 1 arrow with vanes with me if I think it might rain.

CBM SC

Also I have heard people say that they think they need to re-fletch a lot with feathers ....after shooting a deer or when they get messed up passing through a target. All you have to do run them over some steam(tea pot or pressure cooker works) and they'll snap back into original shape. I shot three deer and a 40# raccoon(the corn bandit) with the same arrow/fletchings this season .

PA Hardwoods

I shoot shield cut feathers, with white eze crest wraps. I use 2 yellow feathers and one white feather. Yeah feathers do get banged up easier but they ad a wonderful amount of forgiveness when something is a little out of wack. When I stared out with carbon arrows I had vanes on them and was getting 54 foot lbs of Kenetic Energy then I switched over to feathers and lightened my arrows but increased the kenetic energy to 57 foot lbs. In my book feathers are deffinitly the way to go. But I do keep a few fletched with vanes for those bad weather days

BobCo19-65

I prefer vanes on my compound bow. I used to use Easton Diamond 4.75 inch vanes, but they discontinues making them that long. Since then, I have moves to AAE vanes, which I believe made them for Easton.

On my longbow, recurve, I use only feathers.

Colors, I feel are overrated. On my compound I use three black and one white, and on my recurve and longbow, I use two black and one white. I used to go for the brightest vanes, but don't really see the need in it anymore. On a black carbon arrow, I would probably make sure that I had at least one white.

BTW, when I used to shoot carbons, I used the 3.75 inch Easton Diamond Vanes. They worked good for me with fileld points.

logs

I shoot with feathers. 5" left wing. My current ones are a turkey feathers in sort of a brownish grey tone. Blood shows up well.

Since I shoot fingers,I like thier more forgiving characteristic. They seem to stabilize the arrow faster, but that may have to do as much with surface area and spin, I don't know for sure. If they just touch brush, they are less likely to deflect as much a stiff vane.
And I think they hold to the shaft better since thier base in contact with the fletchlack is porous where vanes are not. The bonding to the staff is very strong. Also like stated earlier they can be put back into shape with a little steam.
I only shot vanes for one season out of 40 plus seasons, just did not work for me.
Im going to try carbon arrows this year so I have no real insight into their preformance in that area.

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Arthur P

I'll shoot vanes on my compounds until they wear out, but I always refletch with feathers. Lighter weight, better FOC, better broadhead control and less need to worry about accidental fletching contact.

I like shield cut feathers better than parabolics. No other reason than they simply look better to my eye. My colors are generally orange and red, but I do use white with a gray barred. If I did a lot of shooting in snow, and I know it sounds odd, but I'd shoot hot pink and lime green. Those colors shine out real good under a few inches of snow and give a better chance of finding an arrow.

Der Jagd Meister

I shoot Carboneros 400s with 100 grain points. I recently bought some Eze eye wraps, that are American flags: red, white and blue. I was using vanes but shoot with a whisker biscuit, so I am switching to 3&quot; feathers from 4&quot; vanes. They will be red, white, and blue, one each, with the blue feather as the cock feather. They will have white uni nocks. One, I thought it would be unique, two, bet I can find them in the woods, and three, everyone will know it is my arrow in the 10 ring! <img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>

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ijimmy

Feathers . If you turn the arrow opposite of the way it is suposed to go and your feathers slam into your rest your shot will not be off by much but do that with vanes and say bye bye . Vanes are more forgiveing and help with the number one tuneing-accuracy problem fletching contact . I'll bet most archers have fletching contact evan with your fall away ,it might be slight but none the less , if you dont your lucky . If your nock rotates a littel you get contact . One more thing Mr. Cousins shoots feathers .

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stickerpt

I like feathers better but I will make sure that I have
a vane or two in the quiver in case of rain.