If you could, would You?
01-24-2004, 07:38 PM
#1
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jun 2003
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If you could, would You?
If your bow setup will allow it, would you shoot a helical style fletching or what? What I am asking is Helical better if your bow will handle it?
If so, what effect does helical have on bow setup such as speed, ect?
If so, what effect does helical have on bow setup such as speed, ect?
01-24-2004, 07:55 PM
#2
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: MO.
Posts: 2,066
RE: If you could, would You?
cottonfarmer go to http://wwwtrueflightfeathers.com/
their web site is very helpful and can answer a lot of
your questions! I have gone back to feathers and will
stay with them,good luck!!
their web site is very helpful and can answer a lot of
your questions! I have gone back to feathers and will
stay with them,good luck!!
01-24-2004, 08:34 PM
#3
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Posts: 9,175
RE: If you could, would You?
I always use helical fletch and I make my decisions on arrow shafts, bows and accessories to make it easy to use helical. You couldn't pay me enough money to hunt with a bow setup that could only handle straight fletch.[X(]
01-24-2004, 08:49 PM
#4
Typical Buck
Join Date: Nov 2003
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RE: If you could, would You?
ORIGINAL: coyote170
cottonfarmer go to http://www.trueflightfeathers.com/
their web site is very helpful and can answer a lot of
your questions! I have gone back to feathers and will
stay with them,good luck!!
cottonfarmer go to http://www.trueflightfeathers.com/
their web site is very helpful and can answer a lot of
your questions! I have gone back to feathers and will
stay with them,good luck!!
01-24-2004, 10:18 PM
#6
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Posts: 9,175
RE: If you could, would You?
You couldn't pay me enough to use a whisker bisquit either.
I know, I know... That's blasphemy around this site. They're already jockeying for position to be the first to throw gasoline and road flares at the disbeliever.
I know, I know... That's blasphemy around this site. They're already jockeying for position to be the first to throw gasoline and road flares at the disbeliever.
01-24-2004, 10:57 PM
#7
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RE: If you could, would You?
ORIGINAL: Arthur P
You couldn't pay me enough to use a whisker bisquit either.
You couldn't pay me enough to use a whisker bisquit either.
Just wondering........because I started using one this year and I thought it performed flawlessly. No nonsense, solid and accurate. Just my experience.
01-25-2004, 06:22 AM
#8
Dominant Buck
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RE: If you could, would You?
You couldn't pay me enough to use a whisker bisquit either.
I know, I know... That's blasphemy around this site. They're already jockeying for position to be the first to throw gasoline and road flares at the disbeliever.
I know, I know... That's blasphemy around this site. They're already jockeying for position to be the first to throw gasoline and road flares at the disbeliever.
Atlasman: For decades the best archers in the world have and continue to try and eliminate fletching contact, arrow interference etc etc etc. Why look today, the market is floaded with drop aways from all manufacturers that are a result of that quest for perfect arrow flight. EVERYONE knows that the truest arrow has no contact on anything.
So what does whisker bisquit do, grabs evey feather just as the arrow is leaving the bow. It slows it down, induces outside forces on the arrow etc etc etc. This results not only in interference but also more noise, lost speed etc etc etc. NOPE, I'm with Arthur. The day you see the BEST of the BEST and the folks lined up on a pro range shooting a whisker bisquit I may rethink it. But right now it goes against ANYTHING I've ever tried to do to improve arrow flight and accuracy.
01-25-2004, 06:51 AM
#9
Giant Nontypical
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RE: If you could, would You?
Yeah, what davidmil said. Also, the WB is best used with straight fletch to minimize the effect of it's 100% contact, and I won't use straight fletch on a hunting arrow.
What's so great about the WB? The arrow can't fall off the rest. Not enough positive for me to put up with the negatives. There are plenty of other options for keeping the arrow secure on a minimal contact rest. For many, many years, we've had little doodads that keep the arrow from falling off the rest. Like this one:
There are many others if you just look for them. GKF has quite a few on their site. Besides, you can do the same thing with a rubberband.
What's so great about the WB? The arrow can't fall off the rest. Not enough positive for me to put up with the negatives. There are plenty of other options for keeping the arrow secure on a minimal contact rest. For many, many years, we've had little doodads that keep the arrow from falling off the rest. Like this one:
There are many others if you just look for them. GKF has quite a few on their site. Besides, you can do the same thing with a rubberband.
01-25-2004, 07:30 AM
#10
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Yorkville, IL
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RE: If you could, would You?
I agree with both Arthur and David, I would rather have a perfectly tuned bow and such!! To me it is the concept of having the whiskers touching my vanes, either learn not to tip your bow and all, but it on a hanger when hunting, or don't shoot at all, you should not need a WB for one reason (to keep the arrow from falling off!!), when is the last time you saw a 3-D pro shoot a WB???