I have used many different combos of feather just wanted some fresh ideas. What do you guys use?
I have been using barred orange/yellow, thats going to change soon, every leaf in the fall is orange and yellow! Probably be going in a blue/white combo of sorts!
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I got bored with traditional combinations. In this set every arrow has three different feather colors and every arrow is different from the rest in the set.
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Guy
I'm a fan of two pinks and one gray. They stand out like beacons in the woods.
Flo. yellow cap dip white cresting white cock feather and yellow hen feathers or all white feathers.
Flo yellow cap dip and all white seems best for me.
Flo yellow has worked the best for me as far as visability goes.I normally use all white,all Flo yellow,or a combo of them.Sometimes I mix them with natural turkey feathers as well.
Two orange and one white. I can actually see the arrow spinning.
John
Flo green and white with white cap raps! the raps make a big differance!! Jason
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This year I have gone to 3 white 5" shield feathers, black index nock, black and white crest, on a dark walnut stained wood shaft. No cap dip. They look very snazzy, but understated, and kind of old-fashioned.
They go well with my all-black Bear mag-handled takedown. That is, except for the green spring-arm Bear quiver which I don't want to paint.
I can easily see them fly in any conditions -- a white ball of feathers going toward the target. I use the nock under my thumb to index so I don't have to look at the arrow to get it on the string. That way I can keep all three feathers white.
I was just making up a batch this morning. This batch should turn out to be about 510 gr average with a 6 or 7 grain spread in the dozen. Out of my 50 lb bow they will be just right at a hair over 10 gr per pound. Snuffers up front.
Keep 'em sharp, guys! The season will be here before you know it.
Joe
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Two Yellow, and two yellow camo!
iam a big fan of 3 pink feathers that way ya cant lose em. and no one else wants them LOL!!!!!
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4 pink.
Lime green with a flo green nock. If I can't see them fly I should try another sport. :biglaugh:
Two chartruse and one orange w/flo green nock.
If you use white here in PA you just might get shot!
I'm getting 10 in. blaze orange dip with white nock, and 3 white 5 1/2 in. parabolic's.
Also got 10 in. blaze orange dip, orange nock, 3 5 1/2 in. orange barred sheildies.
I need a pair of sunglasses... :rolleyes:
Most of my hunters are fletched with all yellow and a yellow nock as I can see the yellow very well yet it has never spooked anything. I also fletch up a few with all chartreuse and a flo green nock. I carry one of these in my quiver and it is the arrow that goes on the string when I get in the stand. The char really holds it brightness in low light for me. If you want to brighten things up, just paint some white on the nock taper and use a flo green nock. Orange, red and blue fletch all go dark in low light.
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Great bear. :thumbsup:
Bear and Moose,something bright tend to lean towards a fluorescent blue or pink, they really stand out against black fur. Ducks Barred green as plain as possible. And my small game arrows get whatever I happen to have when they need refletching.
Always 3 yellow
3 Orange hi-back shield cut with flo. orange cap dip. for me anyway this combo shows up real well when shot and I can find them super easy when I miss!
White caps,two white one blue 5 inch shield cut and they show up great and are usually pretty easy to find.Bill
Always 3 5" white feathers on a white wrap with some form of splice in cock feather. I burn all my feathers with this modified shield cut just because i think they look cool. :)
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I love orange die on real turkey feathers. with a orange wrap and nock.
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2 yellow and a red or 2 whites and a gray
I prefer a bright yellow dip, 3 yellow feathers, and yellow nock.
My partner uses 3 hot pink feathers, and I have to admit that they are just as bright and easy to see. (BTW, he's such a great shot that I dare not tease him.)
I've ben using 2 floursessent yellow and one white. I also have dipped the shaft on white and yellow to match my feathers.
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Here are my dads and a friend of mines..
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Here's mine:
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I am going to the BRIGHT pink also for hunting because of visibility. I am experimenting with 4 4" fletching.
Another proud member of "Team Pink". 4x4" Vario Hunter...
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I also like flouro yellow for some of my arrows...
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Either way, I use a flouro yellow nock cause it seems to glow in low light.
JC, that pink is awesome!
My next set will be 3 wild turkey with flo. chartruse spliced into the tail ends. The profile will be banana with the tail end clipped off. They'll be on tonkin shafts with self knocks and silk thread wraps. (purple thread because it'll match my bow)
I'll say this about plastic nock colors though. The flo. pink nocks are virtually unlosable. My buddy used to carry what he called the unlosable arrow. It was a green game getter with a flo pink nock. I don't care how many times he "lost" it while 3D shooting, we always found it. I offered to lose it for him once and he said I couldn't. I shot it into the timber once down at deer camp. It hit a dead limb some 70 yards away and broke the limb off. I only walked 10 yards into the tree line before I saw it! I then shot it into our "broken arrow campsite" tree. It's prolly there still today.
all three are 5.5 high back flo yellow shield cut it's shooting a lantern at a deer.
I always use 3 orange shield cut or banana LW feathers and an orange nock on my arrows. White to me is an alarm color in the woods. Most everything from a woodpecker to a deer flashes white when it's alarmed. Just an observation. I had a dozen vapors that I made that all ready had white wraps on them. I flectched them with orange feathers. I got nailed by two does last season trying to take a shot and I swear they were focusing on my quiver of arrows..After that I cap dipped them orange with a paint pen (Dykem) that you mark steel plate with. BTW it works great for capping arrows. Lasts forever too and comes in all kinds of colors.
I have been using 3 white feathers for years down here in the south and nothing stands out better when the arrow passes through a deer. It never snows down here so that white on brown is perfect.
I like red feathers with black/brown cock and flo. red creastwrap. they practically glow!!!
the wraps are available from insta-dip.
desertfox, saw the Trad Rag wraps, my brother frequents the traditional firearms and other pages there. he goes by Mountainrifle.
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desertfox, saw the Trad Rag wraps, my brother frequents the traditional firearms and other pages there. he goes by Mountainrifle.
very cool. I just got over there. wasn't even sure what it was. but free wraps are good. :)
Two pink one white.
For my hunting arrows i've always liked a white cap, all white feathers and white nocks. In early morning or late evening they really show up well. For the arrows i practice with i like to experiment with different combinations, going to try splicing this winter for the first time too.
Ive used red for years on my hunting arrows. I can see them all the way to the animal and through. For 3d shooting; the brighter the better and still sometimes lose one. Ha! Ha!
chartreuse, pink or orange hen feathers w/ a white cock feather.
Three 5 1/2" floresent Lime, Bannana cut.
A HUGE part of the enjoyment of shooting is watching the arrow cut thru the air, on its way to the mark. Without this visual feedback,(which by the way,helps train you to shoot), the beauty of trad. archery is greatly diminished. This is another reason that I find, 300ft/sec. string rifles so unsatisfactory.- You can't root for an arrow you can't see! Large feathers also cure flight prob. - particularily helpful w/broadheads.
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Well, I looked at those hot pink fletchings and just couldn't put them on wood shafts!!!! :rolleyes: Guess I'll stick with these..........
2 pinks and a pink barred here... Haven't lost one yet!!!
Chartruese and Blue/White work best for me.
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wow im just learning how to fletch arrows. all tha arrows shown are really nice, i can tell some time and care went into making those.my hats off to all . :notworthy: i thought makin arrows was going to be easy :biglaugh: boy was i wrong. but i think im starting to get it
Those bright pink arrows are starting to grow on me. That doesnt make me a sissy does it. :biglaugh:
White for hunting (can see it better early or late light)
Orange for stumpin' ( ever use yellow fletch in a field of dandelions?!?!)
Count me in on Team Pink. I started using pink fletching this year for hunting and love em.
Please don't make me turn in my "man" card. :pray:
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