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Title: Fletchings
Post by: BAM on September 22, 2010, 04:12:00 PM
Just wondering what color fletchings u guys would reccomend for visibility.  For when i lose an arrow in the grass i will be able to find it, i know pink is probably the most visible due to the fact that nothing in the woods is pink, but was hoping for a little more manly.  Thanks guys
Title: Re: Fletchings
Post by: lpcjon2 on September 22, 2010, 04:14:00 PM
PINK!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by: dragonheart on September 22, 2010, 04:17:00 PM
White cap dip and chartrouse/lime feathers, white or flo green nock.  They will glow!
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Post by: zinndl on September 22, 2010, 04:25:00 PM
I prefer all white.
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Post by: mahantango on September 22, 2010, 04:25:00 PM
Blue is another hi-vis color, especially with a white cap dip.
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Post by: Jeff Strubberg on September 22, 2010, 04:31:00 PM
You know, I've never found a color that helped me find arrows!  I've dipped them end to end in vermillion, put on white fletchings are still lost 'em in an inch of grass.
Title: Re: Fletchings
Post by: kill shot on September 22, 2010, 04:31:00 PM
I like white feathers. I prefer a white cock feather as it seems to be enough. I also cap dip white. A bright colored nock would help also.
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Post by: BA on September 22, 2010, 04:43:00 PM
All white is working well for me.
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Post by: kbetts on September 22, 2010, 04:53:00 PM
If shooting extreme FOC arrows, be prepared to dig.  Since I switched to 300 grains up front, the arrows dissappear when you miss.  I never used to shoot through hay bales until about a month ago.  A bright nock is vital.  For me its chart. more often than not.
Title: Re: Fletchings
Post by: BAM on September 22, 2010, 04:56:00 PM
I tell you what i love posting somethinng on here bc you guys respond very quick.  I should have mention i am shooting alaskan grizzly stiks and i am gonna try my best not to lose them because they are so much, they shoot awesome though.  Keep the suggestions coming!
Title: Re: Fletchings
Post by: greg fields on September 22, 2010, 05:00:00 PM
Flo yellow/green is my favorite.
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Post by: JRY309 on September 22, 2010, 05:05:00 PM
My favorite is chartruese feathers and flo-yellow wraps,nice and bright.
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Post by: Night Wing on September 22, 2010, 05:09:00 PM
All three of my fletches on my arrows are solid white. I can see these best when it's first getting light in the early morning or the fading light at the end of the day.
Title: Re: Fletchings
Post by: Zradix on September 22, 2010, 05:30:00 PM
Anybody buy into the UV sensitive deer eyes?

If so The white fletchings from trueflight and the like fluoresce like crazy

Just sayin....
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Post by: Ravenhood on September 22, 2010, 05:37:00 PM
White.
Title: Re: Fletchings
Post by: saltwatertom on September 22, 2010, 06:08:00 PM
HEY! It's not pink, it's HOT SALMON.

And I love it and recomend it. The easiest arrows to find I've ever not lost are my pink, er, um, .... I mean the salmon color fletched ones.    :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Fletchings
Post by: sunny hill archer on September 22, 2010, 06:18:00 PM
(http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w43/silvertip70/P1020001.jpg)


These work very well...
Title: Re: Fletchings
Post by: DannyBows on September 22, 2010, 06:49:00 PM
Chartreuse, they also show great in low light. You can also use reflective wraps, or at least 1/2" to 1" strip around the shaft next to the nock. If you can't find it, come back after dark and a flashlight will turn that arrow into a beacon.
Title: Re: Fletchings
Post by: dan d on September 22, 2010, 06:59:00 PM
I have good luck with 2 white and 1 black.
Dan
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Post by: Friend on September 22, 2010, 09:58:00 PM
There are many choices and mostly likely not one is perfect in every situation.  I am shade deficient. When it is dark outside, to others, it is pitch black to me. White, yellow and pink seem to work best for me. I routinely had to get the kids to find the chartruese and red fletched arrows.
Title: Re: Fletchings
Post by: Cal bow on September 22, 2010, 10:16:00 PM
I like bright light red (others may call them pink). I see them fly well and I can find them most of the time. The bright yellow nock also helps.
Title: Re: Fletchings
Post by: americanhunter7 on September 23, 2010, 05:06:00 AM
Chart. Hens and nock, Flo Orange wraps or cap dip, and Flo Orange Cock feather.
Title: Re: Fletchings
Post by: saumensch on September 23, 2010, 05:08:00 AM
The most visible i used is orange hen and white cock feathers. Couldnbt get myself to fletch in pink...perhaps i am not manly enough   :p
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Post by: smokin joe on September 23, 2010, 05:33:00 AM
I'm using yellow feathers with a white cap and nock this year. They show up fairly well.
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Post by: J. Cook on September 23, 2010, 09:00:00 AM
I like all Chartruese or lime...it is my understanding that green is the last color refelcted by a human eye in low light -- thus the reason all top pins on bow sights are green...you see it the best.  

The lime color from AMG feathers is ridiculously bright to me in low light conditions.  White is always a good choice as well.  

Pink shows up awesome in the strong daylight, but I lose it in really low light, as "reds" are the first to go in the vision spectrum as light fades -- at least that's my understanding.
Title: Re: Fletchings
Post by: Chris Surtees on September 23, 2010, 09:56:00 AM
(http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b175/CLSurt/P1010201.jpg)

(http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b175/CLSurt/P1010212.jpg)
Title: Re: Fletchings
Post by: Big Riser on September 23, 2010, 11:08:00 AM
2 PINK 1 WHITE
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Post by: bornagainbowhunter on September 23, 2010, 11:21:00 AM
I like pink.
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Post by: R. Combs on September 23, 2010, 04:38:00 PM
Chartreuse

(http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj20/bowbender18/2010_0906StillLife0004.jpg)

(http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj20/bowbender18/2010_0906StillLife0010.jpg)

Rick
Title: Re: Fletchings
Post by: Zbone on September 23, 2010, 08:21:00 PM
Experimented with colored feathers through the years and the highest visibility for my eyes are
chartreuse/florescent green with a florescent green nock, especially in low light.

Take, you favorite color and hot pink, white, and chartreuse fletching, and just at dark, shoot them  in your yard just out of your low light sight.  Notice which one look highest viz in flight, then walk over the direction of shooting and see which on your eyes picks up first in the grass. Chartreuse for me everytime.

Although only my number one arrow is fletched chartreuse, the others in the quiver are natural barred turkey with white nocks, because I've been busted by bright fletching the woods.

Say or think what you want, but from my experiences, all animals seem to pick up white or light bright colors with movement, where as you may get away with a little more movement with natural barred.
Title: Re: Fletchings
Post by: the longbowkid on September 23, 2010, 08:26:00 PM
flo green/ chartruce, glows in low light. I use a chartruce bannana  barred/solid with chartruce zebra wraps from onestringer. theyll get you lined out with your perfect wrap.
Title: Re: Fletchings
Post by: Outwest on September 23, 2010, 08:31:00 PM
Two orange and a white. White nock.
I can actually see them spin in the air.

John
Title: Re: Fletchings
Post by: droptine82 on September 23, 2010, 08:35:00 PM
PINK!!! 2 pink one white. And wrap them with reflective tape so you can find it in the dark.