vanes or feathers?
11-29-2004, 06:19 AM
#2
Typical Buck
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Mertztown, PA
Posts: 970
RE: vanes or feathers?
There's a ton of threads on this so search a little to get abroad perspective.
I shoot feathers. I think they fly better, look better, and make for a better balanced arrow. Others think their expense and susceptability to the elements are reasons to shoot vanes.
A search of the topic will help you decide better.
I shoot feathers. I think they fly better, look better, and make for a better balanced arrow. Others think their expense and susceptability to the elements are reasons to shoot vanes.
A search of the topic will help you decide better.
12-03-2004, 03:59 PM
#3
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: South Bend IN
Posts: 296
RE: vanes or feathers?
I agree with mrfritz. I have arrows with both and the feathers seem to shoot truer with broadheads, no matter how I tune the broadheads relative to the fletching. They both shoot true with field points. I also like the way they look a lot better.
12-03-2004, 05:21 PM
#5
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Fulton county IL USA
Posts: 4,271
RE: vanes or feathers?
I think the noise issues are over rated in vanes vs. feather comparisons most of the time. If weather isn't going to be a great issue than feathers are really hard to beat. They really do seem to just shoot better with b-heads.
12-04-2004, 03:02 PM
#10
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Feb 2003
Posts: 10,679
RE: vanes or feathers?
After being convinced to try feathers from some other members here I finally did and can say that I will never fletch another arrow for myself with vanes again. Feathers are much more forgiving, much lighter which gives you more FOC and a little bit faster arrow, stabilizes the shaft faster and controls the flight of the arrow much better than any vane will, and they last much longer for me than vanes do.
They are more expensive than vanes but I feel that the trade off between price and all of the other bennefits is well worth it.
You will here some people say that they are noisier than vanes and this is true but when you consider that the noise your bow made at the shot reached the deer's ears long before the feathers began making noise it becomes a non issue.
They are more expensive than vanes but I feel that the trade off between price and all of the other bennefits is well worth it.
You will here some people say that they are noisier than vanes and this is true but when you consider that the noise your bow made at the shot reached the deer's ears long before the feathers began making noise it becomes a non issue.