Right or left wing feathers

[johandre]

Hi guys im a right handed shooter and want to know wat feathers do you recomend for my arrows left or right wing?

[katman]

Does not matter to me, however right wing spins clockwise and tightens your field points while left wing loosens on impact. I am switching over as I use up my left wings.

[kevsuperg]

I like RW, I'm right handed. As said it really doesn't matter.
 Left wing typically has more of a selection than RW.

[McDave]

If you think you might want to try a feather touching the nose anchor, left wing seems to work best for RH shooters, and vice versa.  That combination seems to provide the best clearance of hen feathers with the bow and cock feather at 9:00 (or 3:00 for LH with a RW feather).

[monterey]

Whatever matches your Fletcher.  If you have both, whatever is on sale.

[Possumjon]

I shoot both. My recurve I use rw because it tightens the point, possible aid in penetration. Longbow I use left wing to clear my fingers on my bow hand without cutting me

[Sam McMichael]

I have used both and can not tell any difference.

[Bowhunter4life]

All else being equal, if clearance and flight of the arrow are good the arrow will go where it is supposed to with either...  But, as was said earlier, RW spins clockwise and tightens field tips as well as your broadhead when contact is made...  Hard hits with a broadhead could slightly loosen your head and possibly create a weak "hinge" point and possibly a failure point...  This is why I shoot RW...

[M60gunner]

Many years ago left was what we could get. The birds had the right clipped. I bought left wing fletching jigs. As right wing became available and being right handed I bought right clamps for my jigs. Only difference I had was feather vane catching my hand using my LB. ( yes, I have always put a drop of glue on lead edge of feather). Went back to left wing but will use what is on sale.
As for the points coming loose, I use some string wax or plumbers tape on the threads. Usually have to use pliers to remove points.

[habujohn]

Just a note: Some single bevel broadheads are built to spin either clockwise or counter clockwise.  Need to match your fletch to the head.

[Kingstaken]

Wow the above answers were not as I expected.
I was taught left wing for RH shooters and right wing for LH shooters. Being a LH shooter it was always recommended to shoot RW feathers. Following the thread of the field tip would only possibly apply for non wood shooters and it's importance of keeping the field pt tight is nothing to having  the proper clearance off the shelf especially since I like larger 5 1/2" feathers.

[SERGIO VENNERI]

Use glue on points!?

[Yellow Dog]

I'm a right hand shooter and always use left wing. I like bows with a shelf cut low to the hand and I've always had problems with feather/quill cuts on my bow hand using right wing.

As was stated, a right wing can put the sharp edge of the quill into the finger for those that shoot longbows and have the arrow running on the finger.  with my Jo-Jan fletchers, I have them set for a fairly extreme helical.  At least as far as I can get them and still keep the quill flat to the shaft, a little bit of adjustment to both top and bottom guides.  With a Jo-Jan and using left wing for a right hand bow and a right wing for a left hand bow, will put a hen feather going straight down.  If feather clearance is an issue, it is with Hill style longbows and minimum nock heights, I fletch with the arrow nock only tacked on and then rotate the nock, after fletching, I rotate the shaft to get the nock and arrow grain matching as well as cocking that hen feather into the corner of the shelf.  With right wing for a right hand bow, no rotation is needed and the same for left wing for a left hand bow.  Other than that it makes no difference.  With four fletch, it makes no difference either.  I have gone to mostly four fletch and can tell no difference in shooting a mixed set, some left and some right. Neither do I get that occasional feather to finger contact.

[Cwilder]

It don't matter. I have arrows fletched both ways all fly and hit the same

Whichever you prefer! As long as your arrows are tuned well, either will fly great.

I am right handed and shoot right wing feathers.

Bisch

[Jeff G]

I shoot left wing because when I bought my jig the feather color I wanted was only available in left wing at the time   :D  

I never really considered anything else as it doesn't matter to flight. Now you may want to consider some of what others have said. I did have problems with points loosening in targets, but teflon tape seems to have sorted that one out.

[Bladepeek]

I've tried both and can see no difference. I'd read that right-wing spin would help tighten the points so I fletched some up and noticed absolutely no difference. I turn the nock to get best clearance on the shelf and turn them slightly differently for right or left, but that's the only difference.

As pointed out already, left wing usually has more varieties of color, shape and size than right wing, so most of mine are left wing.