How do you guys fletch your vanes? Straight or helical? I normally shoot left wing feathers.

Jeff

I shot from an elevated rest for years. I went over to shooting off the shelf because the guys I hunt with were diehard traditional shooters. I think I am going back to the rest.
I also shot vanes when I hunted Alaska but never really liked the ones I had. What vanes do you guys use?

QuoteOriginally posted by Steve O:
 

QuoteOriginally posted by Warden609:
Are you shooting blazer vanes on all your arrows?

No...


   


All those combos shoot 250g Abowyer Brown Bears, Wapitis, or big Snuffers the same.


 


The arrows I took to Alaska last year for my TallTines longbow had a mix of Blazers and NAP Quikspins. [/b]

I thought that would be good enough to show it does not matter which vane you choose. The Quikspins say you can fletch straight or right helical, I'd never pick straight fletch for anything. All others right or left it matters not. 3 or 4 fletch does not matter either.  Just spend some time setting things up to not hit anything.

Steve O, what bow is that with your arrows?

Dang this thread and deerhunter_w. Im picking up a rest today, i really like hunting on rainy mornings.

QuoteOriginally posted by Car54:
Steve O, what bow is that with your arrows?

TallTines Stickflinger--Charcoal Dymondwood riser, Myrtle limbs.

Thanks Steve O!

x2 Steve O

No problem gents.

These are kinda cool. Made by AAE and have fiber optic filaments molded right into the vane. Good low light visibility.

That is cool.

How do you guys like to orient the vanes with the rest? Cock vane in? With 4 fletch?

Steve, is that fletch  set at 75 x 105?. I was wondering if that was still being done any more or if most 4 fetch guys went the 90 degree route?

Todd--60x120--the old Roger Rothhaar way.

Do the quick spins come in left/right wing or can they be used for either?

QuoteOriginally posted by DaveT1963:
Do the quick spins come in left/right wing or can they be used for either?

Nope. The little fin is set up to spin them RH when fletched straight. You can fletch them straight and get a good RH spin or fletch them RH and get a TON of RH spin.

I have a "rainy day bow" that set up with an elevated rest, rubber cat whiskers, rubber Selway quiver hoot, etc...nothing that will absorb water.  I shoot 4-fletch 4" AAE "Fastfletch" vanes on the arrows and they shoot fantastic.

I did experiment with some different vanes and some of the cheaper & stiffer vanes didn't shoot well.  But quality vanes shoot fantastic off the rest.  

I love to hunt on the ground when it rains so I wanted something that will allow me to do that without worry of compromising my equipment or shots.

I am new to this so forgive me if this is a dumb question:  I thought the fletching, whether it be vanes or feathers was not supposed to contact the rest.  If that is true why couldn't you just use vanes off the shelf if it's not going to contact the rest anyway?

Thanks.

Lot of theory out there. In practice there is a LOT of contact and is why minimizing the contact with a rest works so well and tunes so much easier.