Sirchance

I have been using 4inch plastic vanes and was thinking of switching to feathers.Any opinions?

dkeener

Feathers!! They seem to fly a little truer (at least mine do).

buckstar

With my compound bow vanes were the obvious choice. They fly true, they're durable, and in hunting, wet weather doesn't affect them as much. I small game hunt with a recurve however, and with that I shoot feathers.... much more forgiving off the riser.

messenger516

no noticable difference other then preference

bigbuck7

I have heard that feathers are louder in flight. Is this true?

Archer18

Gentlemen there is quite a BIG difference when it comes to feathers or vanes, my uncle and i have experimented with both the conclusion was,

using feathers results in higher arrow velocities, greater stability, better guidance, higher accuracy and more forgiving flight. You get less fishtailing from the arrow, Feathers weigh less than plastic vanes, when feathers travel over your arrow rest they also produce less friction resulting in a smoother launch and faster speeds, depending on your set up you could get up to a 5 ft/sec gain.

everything has a downside, with feathers, you need to keep them dry, so if your hunting and it starts to rain, be sure to cover those babys up.