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Very interesting thread. I shot a friends bow where he recommended that the cock feather be turned in, he said the arrow just flew better. I'm going to try this on my set up, like others have said "whatever works".
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I intend to try shooting cock feathers in tonight. I've never shot an arrow this way before. Lets see what happens.
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Most of my bows work best with cock feather out. A few are beter with the cock feather in. I will also shoot cock feather in, when shooting off the shelf, if I want to use arrows with vanes instead of feathers.
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I was told last year to try cock feather in to see if that helped my arrow flight and it did help for some reason, I bare shaft tune my arrows before placing fletching on them, so it kinda funny how things work with archery. Now my mind set has changed to try everything to see what works best for each set up.
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Thanks guys, so maybe I am not crazy after all.
The biggest advantage I see is that I have 2 anchor reference points with cock feather in, middle finger in the side of the mouth and a hen feather to the tip of the nose. My groups have tighten up dramatically. I often times have 2-3 arrows out of 6 touch in a 5 inch circle at 17 yards. Too much snow here in NY to get my 20 yard shot in. Will be heading to a range this weekend to see what i get.
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Cock feather in works best for me. I use the feather on my nose as another anchor point.
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The only thing important is good arrow flight. I am shooting some 2016 with soft vanes and getting excellent flight,not supposed to happen.
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I generally shoot cf inn when shooting vertical, and if i cant the bow, i use cf out.. don't think it makes to much of a difference though, just a habit..
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With a correctly tunned arrow as a rule it wont make a differance but we are all different so some will get better clearnce with cock feather in. I my self shoot cock feather in with the back knuckle of thumb on ear lobe and hen feather (now at 11:00) on the tip of my nose.
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If these are wood arrows it would be a good idea to have the rift of the arrows pointed in the correct position. I shoot cock feather in.
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I was watching a video - Maters of the barebow one or two...can't remember.
Fred Ichler was talking about his setup...the pretty pink feathers and all (he is funny).
Anyway he was showing why he shoots CF in cause he feels his bow bend enough to go around the riser anyway so he has lots of clearance.
He only shoots 4" feathers too and so the height of the feathers are less too (less bulk).
ANYWAY...he says he can shoot vanes off the shelf the same way cause of the archers paradox. He said if he tries it cock feather out the quill hits his rest and cock feather in it has a natural clearance.
All of that being said if your not getting enough paradox to go by the riser without making contact then you will have to play with is and tune the feathers and the nocks so it does have the clearance.
Kinda cool that you could shoot vanes if it was pouring rain though...but mine fly good even if the feathers are drenched
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