Favorite fletching for vanes......
 

What brand and size for hunting? The past few years I have been using 4" , but seriously am considering 5" again, just for the added steering.

Also, what brand/type? Seems like Bohning is always ending up in my stable, never did get comfortable with Arizona Elite.

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In the past, I got away using 4" vanes--with a slight right offset--on bemans with great results.

With my new bow and CE terminator selects shooting muzzys, I had to go to 5" vanes with a hard right helical to make them group tightly. The bow is tuned very well, but I needed this set-up for the best performance.

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I have tried a lot of differnt vanes and none are perfect. The closest I have come is the new Arizona speedflight vanes. These suckers are tough, low profile, and steer arrows great. The only problem is the are exspensive, about what feathers will cost you. The standard Bohning vane is now my 2nd choice. They are tough, and cheap. Not quite as low profile as the speedflight vanes but they work great with most rests. I have used duravanes and the Arizona plastifletch and both worked great, but after a time they do get " wrinkeld" and they will tear easy. On a price to quality ratio I think it' s hard to be the standard bohning vanes. I like 4" for most everything. I shoot shorter arrows and 100 grn heads most of the time. If I feel the need for a 5" fletch I go with feathers. Less wieght and even more control.

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5-shot, how are those vanes for broadheads? AAE, recommends them for target, 3-d.

I use the regular AAE Elite Vanes for broadheads and have had good success. I used to use the Easton Diamond vanes until they stopped making the 4.5 inch size. The only difference that I can see between the two are the glueing surface had a small lip on the Eastons that made them a little easier to glue on the shaft.

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I currently use a Flex Fletch 4" vane. I have used the AAE, Duravanes, Marco-Mullen, Bi-Delta & bohning. I have found nothing to hold up as well as the flex fletch vanes, but they are a little more expensive. The Marco-Mullen vanes are also good and alot cheaper.

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I' ve used marco' s and bohning vanes in the past. I use duravanes unless somebody asks for something different. they glue up easy and seem to last as well as the others

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Bobco, the speedflite vanes work great for broadheads. I picked up my first pack becuase of there recomendation to use them for Whisker Bisquit style rests. They surely work well for this. They only come in the 4" size, which is what I use and my broadhead groups are great. So good infact it is very costly to try and shoot groups and closer than 40 yards, and even at that I will manage to slice a vane off now and then. These are by far the best vanes I have found for use in the WB style rests.

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I use both 4 inch vanes marco and 5 inch feathers for 3D and hunting. I fine feathers to be the best all around, but must have something for those rain or snow days..

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Thanks 5-shot. I was unaware of these vanes. I' ll have to give them a try next time I buy vanes. Right now, though I still have a lot of elites laying around.

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I use 4 inch flex fletch vanes. They have held up the best for me. Pass throughs on the target doesn' t even wrinkle them. Expensive but well worth it.

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Yup..you can' t beat flex-fletch. The Marco' s are my second choice.

I' ve been using AAE this past year (and used to use them years ago too), and also using Duravanes (becaue of cost) and while they are both super easy to fletch neither brand is anywhere near " durable" . Compared to the AAE' the Duravanes are a bit better, but that' s like saying horse poopy smells a bit better than cow poopy.[X(]

I' ve shot Bohning vanes too, and while fairly durable, I' ve always found them difficult to fletch, at least on carbons.

FlexFletch are worth the extra bucks.

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Currently duravanes, because they are lighter than the bohning vanes they replaced. 11 grains per arrow difference.
But I have noticed that the wrinkling does not easily " fix" with a steaming iron as the bohnings would.

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Jeff heres a trick to get the bohning vaves to stick to carbon. clean the shat as normal, then apply a generous bead of glue to on vane. stick the vane on the arrow and rotate it one full turn to coat the shaft with the glue. Pull the vane off and let the glue on the shaft dry I take this time to clean off my fletch. When the shaft is dry your ready to fletch. I put a moderate bead of glue on the vane and lightly press it to the shaft. wait 15 min and rotate. The glue I have been using is bond-tite and it holds up very well if you apply them this way. I guess the glue bonds to it' s self bettter than just straight to the carbon shaft. Once everything dries it makes a solid strong bond. I then use super glue on the tip and back to hold the ends down on pass throughs in the targets.