RE: Feathers vs. vanes
i use feathers as well these guys have great points.through it all the only negitive is getting them wet. but even a wet arrows fly well out to 20 yards or so ,which were i shot most of my deer anyway. also if its raining that hard to make your feathers that wet you better make a clean kill shot or good luck finding him or her!!!
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RE: Feathers vs. vanes
I will always have feathers rain or shine!
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RE: Feathers vs. vanes
Feathers shoot great but as stated above they matt together when they get wet. From my experiments feathers are louder going through the air than plastis vanes the vanes made by simms vibration lad make the least amount of noise that I have shot. Do deer jump the string or the arrow buzzing towards them?
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RE: Feathers vs. vanes
I don't think so. It's called jumping the string because they react to the sound of the bow. If they can see you, they also react to the movement. I think it's likely that an arrow in flight sounds like another fly buzzing their ears. If they hear it at all.
I keep hearing people say vanes are quieter than feathers and I simply don't believe it. Maybe someone who has a decibel meter could test the hypothesis for us. Put the meter 20 yards downrange, where a deer is likely to be,and shoot towards it. I really wouldn't expect to see more than one point either way between feathers and vanes. |
RE: Feathers vs. vanes
maybe you could find some goose feathers. there may be a place in england to order them from.
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RE: Feathers vs. vanes
ORIGINAL: gibblet maybe you could find some goose feathers. there may be a place in england to order them from. Arthur, I agree with you to a point regarding feathers and noise. Feathers just seem to "whistle" for lack of a better word. I don't know if feathers are actually louder if read by a decible meter, but I do know this, I can hear them and can't hear vanes. But I also know it makes no damn difference to the deer at all. They do indeed jump the string, not the arrow. |
RE: Feathers vs. vanes
you may try this place:
Raven Arrows. Birch and fir. Tapered or parallel shafts. Greybar turkey & grey goose feathers. 993 Grays Creek RD., dept tb, Indian Valley. Idaho, 83632. (208) 256-4341. |
RE: Feathers vs. vanes
ORIGINAL: Rightybuckmaster I been shooting GoldTip 57/75 Ted Nugent series shafts thatI bought off ebay for while. NowI am in the process in looking to buy more shafts, but this is the problem should i switch back over to vanes or spend the extra money for the feathers.I have did pricing, for either way, but it is a challenge to find the right feathers i need, the vanes come up cheaper. Any advice. Righty |
RE: Feathers vs. vanes
Feathers just seem to "whistle" for lack of a better word. Really, how noisy a feather is relates very much to how it's cut (size, profile, configuration), how much helical you put on them and how well the bow is tuned. Low profile parabolic is the quietest cut. Shield cuts are somewhat louder, butI use them because I like the look.5 1/2" magnum high profile banana feathers are pretty darn loud. But Lordy! do they stabilize an arrow fast! Of course, 6" uncut feathers are the loudest. When you're shooting fluflu's though, who cares?;) A lot of people, especially traditional shooters, go way overboard when wrapping helical. I used to do it myself, until one day I bought some arrows already fletched up with much less helical and shot them side by side with my hard helical arrows. They weredefinitely quieterand shot a lot flatter at longer yardages than my arrows. And they did practically as good a job with my broadheads. So, I quit making noisy, slow,parachute fletchesand started using quite a bit less helical. Finally, if the arrow is coming off the bow sideways, hell yes those feathers are going to scream! But they will straighten that arrow out a lot quicker than vanes will. |
RE: Feathers vs. vanes
ORIGINAL: IL-Cornfed There simply is no reason and no advantage to shooting feater with all the modern vanes available today. I wouldn't mess with feathers unless you actually enjoy refletching your arrows all the time. I am getting the same flight as I used to from 4" feathers and I am using the Bohning Blazers. They are the best vanes I've found thus far. Good luck and good shootin' I would just tell everyone thinking about them to try them. They are not really that expensive, and they do last. JMAC |
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