Do you put yours in out or up?

Out for me.

when I shot 3 fletch it didn't matter how I nocked my arrow, I shoot 4x4 now.

Mike Palmer always recommended shooting cock feather in and I did notice a better tear when I was paper tuning. My naked eye cannot tell the difference though.

I prefer cock feather up.

In and out

With three fletch I prefer two down and one up.

Always in no matter 3 or 4 fletch, been doing that way for over 3 decades. I get the lowest possible nock point with best feather clearance this way.

Doesn't make any difference

I orient the cock feather in, towards the riser. The Black Widow manual recommends this orientation, and their reasoning makes sense to me. The arrow bends around the riser as it exits the bow. Shooting three fletching this orientation avoids one of the feathers from dragging across the shelf. I've noticed very little wear of the feathers over time shooting with this orientation as well as good paper tune tears.

In for me.

In.

I would recommend trying it both ways and making your own decision.  This has got to be one of the easiest things to test that there is, and YMMV, as they say.

In.

Shooting "in" makes sense. I tried shooting that way today and now it's how I'll shoot from now on. Thanks guys!

With feathers it didn't make a difference for me but I usually shot one out

Pretty much have been cock feather out; but have shot cock feather up and in;  See no problem with cock feather in.
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Quote from: trad_bowhunter1965 on May 12, 2025, 10:42:04 AMwhen I shot 3 fletch it didn't matter how I nocked my arrow, I shoot 4x4 now.

I forgot I like my arrows a little on the stiff side for me no contact on the riser.

I use 4 fletch. 

Feather in the corner of the shelf.. one feather up.. cock feather brushing shelf edge..but I can flip it and it'll shoot fine..as long as I'm on with everything else in the cycle..