left wing/right wing, does it make a difference
12-28-2007, 05:39 PM
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Fork Horn
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left wing/right wing, does it make a difference
I just got into traditional archery and want to start making my own arrows. they will be cedar shafts, but my ? is should i use right wing or left wing feathers. I am a right handed shooter, will be doing a little 3-D shooting this summer and if things work out try bowhunting with a recurve in the 2008 season.
12-28-2007, 09:26 PM
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Boone & Crockett
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RE: left wing/right wing, does it make a difference
Moved to the traditional forum for the experts.
It's my understanding a right handed traditional shooter should shoot right wing feathers. Is this right trad guys?
It's my understanding a right handed traditional shooter should shoot right wing feathers. Is this right trad guys?
12-28-2007, 09:35 PM
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Nontypical Buck
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RE: left wing/right wing, does it make a difference
Ive shot both with no real differance but like you said alot of people(me) go with right for right and left for left,but if your shootin longbow off the knuckles(spl) it makes a differance.
12-28-2007, 10:33 PM
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RE: left wing/right wing, does it make a difference
Also in case you do not know if you are fletching your own arrows you most use a left handed clamp on your jig with leftwingfeathers,and a right handed clamp must be used with right wing feathers.
12-29-2007, 08:06 AM
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Giant Nontypical
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RE: left wing/right wing, does it make a difference
When shooting off a rest or off the shelf, right wing or left wing doesn't matter.
When shooting a bow with no rest or no shelf, where the arrow is sitting on the hand, a right handed shooter would use left wing and a left handed shooter would use right wing. This is to angle the leading end of the feather off the knuckle to keep from getting feather cuts on the hand. If that leading end comes loose and is sticking up when you shoot... Well, let's just say pain doesn't contribute to good accuracy.
When shooting a bow with no rest or no shelf, where the arrow is sitting on the hand, a right handed shooter would use left wing and a left handed shooter would use right wing. This is to angle the leading end of the feather off the knuckle to keep from getting feather cuts on the hand. If that leading end comes loose and is sticking up when you shoot... Well, let's just say pain doesn't contribute to good accuracy.
12-29-2007, 10:18 PM
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Nontypical Buck
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RE: left wing/right wing, does it make a difference
i always cut the sharp end of feathers off with finger nail Clippers before fletching my arrows(i dont shoot off my knuckle...so i dont know much about it) but it would probably help if i did....and didnt have the correct wing feather....you can probably use a finger nail file to soften the sharp end up.
12-30-2007, 01:29 PM
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Fork Horn
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RE: left wing/right wing, does it make a difference
ORIGINAL: jboynjazz
I just got into traditional archery and want to start making my own arrows. they will be cedar shafts, but my ? is should i use right wing or left wing feathers. I am a right handed shooter, will be doing a little 3-D shooting this summer and if things work out try bowhunting with a recurve in the 2008 season.
I just got into traditional archery and want to start making my own arrows. they will be cedar shafts, but my ? is should i use right wing or left wing feathers. I am a right handed shooter, will be doing a little 3-D shooting this summer and if things work out try bowhunting with a recurve in the 2008 season.
here's what I'd do... fletch three left, and three right out of a half-dozen... align the nocks, and see what produces the best flight.. then fletch the rest that way...
12-31-2007, 08:10 AM
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RE: left wing/right wing, does it make a difference
Besides mattering when shooting of the knuckles, it also matters if you are shooting a single bevel broadhead. You don't want the two working against each other.