RIGHT WING, LEFT WING, WHICH ONE

SOUTHPAWSHOOTER10 · November 06, 2010, 11:01:00 PM

HEY GUYS NEWBY HERE, DOES IT MATTER WHICH WAY THE TWIST ON THE FLETCHING GOES? I MEAN DO YOU USE LEFT WING IF YOUR LEFT HANDED ETC.

Stumpkiller · November 06, 2010, 11:06:00 PM

Usually, it is left wing for right handed. It's not much of an issue as long as you don't mix arrows in your quiver. That is, stick to one or the other. A while back left-wing fletch was hard to get and I set-up for RW. Works fine - even from a rug shelf.

JRY309 · November 06, 2010, 11:08:00 PM

When I was making wood arrows I would go LW for a right hand shooter and RW for a left hand shooter.That gave me the best feather clearence.But it doesn't really matter,I'm RH and I shoot both LW and RW.These days with tunable nocks I just rotate them for the best clearence.Either one will work fine,but use a left wing clamp for LW feathers and use a right wing clamp for RW feathers.

Pat B · November 06, 2010, 11:22:00 PM

I have a set of 6 hill cane arrows Art Butned made for me. I fletched three of them with left wing wild turkey feathers, and three with right wing wild turkey feathers. I shoot all six from my hunting bow and at 20 yards I see no difference in flight.

BOWMARKS · November 06, 2010, 11:39:00 PM

I have shot right and left handed bows the right wing feathers cut into my bow hand on both style so I stick to left wing!!

magnus · November 07, 2010, 12:01:00 AM

If your set up is tuned it doesn't matter. Just make sure that each arrow has the same wing feather. Don't mix right and left on the same shaft. If you use single bevel broad heads then match the feather to the bevel. Right bevel = right wing.
Left bevel= left wing. I shoot both right and left wing.

Keeping the Faith!
Magnus

Benny Nganabbarru · November 07, 2010, 12:56:00 AM

It doesn't matter a hoot (with normal broadheads), as long as the feathers on your arrow are all the same, and matched to your jig. And, I bet a lot of blokes in the USA were having plenty of success with left-wing feathers and Grizzly broadheads long before the Ashby studies revealed the optimum match-up.

David Yukon · November 07, 2010, 01:09:00 AM

Doesn't matter, I have both, shoot both and some time one after the other and don't see a difference!! Some time right wing fletch rub against my left hand(bow hand) when shooting but realy rarely!!

PEARL DRUMS · November 07, 2010, 08:26:00 AM

Matters not to me, but you can sometimes pick up RW's cheap, or on a good sale.

Night Wing · November 07, 2010, 10:42:00 AM

It just comes down to personal preference. I shoot right wing feathers because it's what I started out with 46 years ago.

AKCrazyhorse · November 07, 2010, 11:43:00 AM

Magnus has it (with everyone else that answered similarly).

Steelhead · November 07, 2010, 12:36:00 PM

Doesnt matter much

You may ahve to tighten your field points up more often with left wing since the arrows spins counter clockwise and can loosen your field tips up from time to time.

November 07, 2010, 12:51:00 PM

Some will say it does not matter, but at times it does. With standard straighter handled longbow grips, with some shooters, the arrow runs right on or barely missing the index finger. I shot right wing for years from my heavy right hand longbows. I had two bows that my finger was attacked frequently by the passing fletching. There are things that one can do with these to minimize it, but the easiest is just to go with left wing for right handed bows. For most recurves and hybrids it will make no difference which way the feather flies. With left wing on right hand longbows for wood arrows I fletch so that the feathers are an 1/8th turn rotated, so the bottom feather is not vertical as well.

Tajue17 · November 07, 2010, 01:01:00 PM

honestly the only difference I can think of is one is spinning "righty tighty" and the other is spinning "lefty Loosie" which works in favor or againstthe threads on screw-in points, did I even say that right?

I havent seen a difference in how they fly,, my shafts are bare shaft tuned so even if I only have 2 feathers they still fly great and I have shot shafts with only 1 feather and i was impressed with where it hit SO i think it comes down to "do the shafts match the bow"

SOUTHPAWSHOOTER10 · November 07, 2010, 06:45:00 PM

THANKS EVERYBODY, IT WAS KINDA LIKE I THOUGHT BUT JUST WASN'T SURE. HOPE YOU ALL HAVE OR HAVE HAD A GREAT SEASON. GOD BLESS.