Right wing or left wing

stringstretcher · September 03, 2010, 06:28:00 AM

Just courious as to which wing feather you shoot.

JRY309 · September 03, 2010, 07:04:00 AM

I shoot both with no problem,I'm RH.I shoot both but mainly LW.

huntin_sparty · September 03, 2010, 08:32:00 AM

Right wing here. I think the first time I ordered feathers I erroneously thought I'm right handed so I need right wingers!

Night Wing · September 03, 2010, 09:24:00 AM

Right wing feathers for me too. When I got into trad archery over 40 years ago, the small archery shop where I spent lots of my time, all it had in stock were right wing feathers.

Jeremy · September 03, 2010, 09:57:00 AM

RW here. Seems most guys want LW feathers so I generally get a good deal on the unwanted RW primaries!

Eugene Slagle · September 03, 2010, 10:07:00 AM

I shoot RW because that is what I started out with many moons ago & figure why change.

KEG · September 03, 2010, 11:16:00 AM

I shoot right-handed. When I started shooting a bow I was told two things by old time archers; 1) if you shoot right-handed you need to shoot left wing fletching 2) it does not matter if you shoot left or right fletching. I chose left wing because if I needed left wing I had the correct one or if it didn't matter I was still OK. Now that I have been shooting for about twenty years and have shot both left and right wing fletching I feel it doesn't matter.

September 03, 2010, 11:26:00 AM

Left wing on my right hand bows and right wing on my left hand bows. I like to feel the arrow slide on my finger when I draw and I still have a scar from years of shooting right on right. Some bows it did not matter, a couple I had it did. The ones that it did were also my best shooters.

Friends call me Pac · September 03, 2010, 12:06:00 PM

I shoot right wing and I'm right handed. Shoots fine and being right wing maybe that helps keep my screw in heads tight.

Looking at the poll results it's a good thing we are split fairly close down the middle. Otherwsise feather manufactuers would charge more for one side or the other. :D

Johnny UMAA · September 03, 2010, 01:19:00 PM

QuoteOriginally posted by stringstretcher:
Just courious as to which wing feather you shoot.

I'm right-handed but have always fletched with 5" left-wing parabolics.

Johnny UMAA · September 03, 2010, 01:20:00 PM

QuoteOriginally posted by Friends call me Pac:
I shoot right wing and I'm right handed. Shoots fine and being right wing maybe that helps keep my screw in heads tight.

Looking at the poll results it's a good thing we are split fairly close down the middle. Otherwsise feather manufactuers would charge more for one side or the other. :D

I hadn't thought of that but you're probably right!

Mack_S · September 03, 2010, 01:41:00 PM

I just switched to Left Wing...

I actually read the care and instruction booklet that came with my new bow and it recomended LW for right handed shooters. I've also heard that righty's should shoot LW as when the arrow is shot, it spins the fletching away for better clearence from the shelf. Don't have any idea if that's true or not...or if the switch will help my accruacy either. But it cant hurt so why not.

-Mack

1bjd · September 03, 2010, 01:50:00 PM

I shoot what I have and now I have lots of right wing! I really have found no difference?

Benny Nganabbarru · September 03, 2010, 03:10:00 PM

It really depends on your political views.

Seriously, though, for some reason, in Australia, right wing feathers were and are the most commonly available.

WRV · September 03, 2010, 03:46:00 PM

I shoot both but 80% of my arrows are RW. Can't see any difference one way or another....Randy

SEMO_HUNTER · September 03, 2010, 03:50:00 PM

I am right handed and I have some left wing arrows fletched, but I much rather prefer right wing. Main reason why is that the left wings feathers for me are so much more of a pain in the *** to fletch. Many have said that no matter if you shoot a left handed or right handed bow, the orientation of the helical makes little difference because the arrow doesn't start to spin until after it clears the riser anyway. I believe that to be true, so I would rather stick with what is comfortable for me to fletch and that way I will be more inclined to do a much nicer job on my arrow building.

stringstretcher · September 03, 2010, 04:55:00 PM

Keep the poll going, this is some good insight.

stringstretcher · September 04, 2010, 03:59:00 AM

ttt

Grey Taylor · September 04, 2010, 04:17:00 AM

Semo_Hunter said it all for me.
While I realize that some individuals do get better clearance on their hands with a particular wing, for most archers it doesn't matter. A lot of people seem to forget that the arrow can't begin to rotate until it leaves the string, and high speed photography has shown that it really doesn't begin to spin until it's past the riser.
I use right wing because it's easier for me to work with on the fletching jig. I can easily see and work with the entire base while the feather is in the clamp.

Guy

stickbowmaniac · September 04, 2010, 07:23:00 AM

I shoot right wing because it's the only clamp i have for my fletching jig that i used for my wheely at one time.