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Just courious as to which wing feather you shoot.
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TGMM Family Of The Bow Posts: 2677 | From: virginia | Registered: Jan 2005
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Right wing here. I think the first time I ordered feathers I erroneously thought I'm right handed so I need right wingers!
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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.
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RW here. Seems most guys want LW feathers so I generally get a good deal on the unwanted RW primaries!
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I shoot RW because that is what I started out with many moons ago & figure why change.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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quote:Originally 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.
I hadn't thought of that but you're probably right!
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.
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