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I use 4-4.5" T-hawks chopped at full height...just angled the base up at the front tip...
-------------------- If some animals are good at hunting and others are suitable for hunting, then the Gods must clearly smile on hunting.~Aristotle
..there's more fun in hunting with the handicap of the bow than there is in hunting with the sureness of the gun.~ F.Bear Posts: 3910 | From: Shelby, Michigan | Registered: Oct 2008
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for the very most part, feather shape don't matter much. total fletch surface area do, along with the amount spin you add via feather offset or helical.
i like a lotta shaft rotation to get the arra to spin quick off the shelf and help me with a bad form release, and that takes some good fletch surface area and offset/helical.
if i hadda have just one fletch shape/size, it'd be a 5.25" high shield with maximum helical.
it pays to do some fletch testing with your choice of broadheads, and not just field points. that's where the rubber meets the road for trad bowhunter, i'd think.
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I use three 5" parabolics, 2 solid color hens and a barred cock feather on everything. Parabolics are always quiet in my experience.
Posts: 826 | From: Louisiana | Registered: Feb 2007
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Normal setup is 3-4in right helical parabolics, but this year I started shooting 4-3in Hi shield rw helical feathers and those things really shoot well, not that I had any problem before, but they do look cool and I don't have to worry about how my arrows are nocked now either! Plus they tend to hold up better when wet.
Posts: 843 | From: Cartersville, GA | Registered: Mar 2003
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I switched to 4-4" feathers in a 60x120 configuration about ten years ago. I especially like the fact that with this configuration I don't have to worry about nock alignment. It comes in real handy when I take our Scouts out to the range or 3D shoot since they also don't have to worry about nock alignment.
-------------------- One stick, one string and an arrow I'll fling! Posts: 387 | From: Camarillo, California | Registered: Mar 2003
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