4 fletch vs. 3 fletch

[Teacher_of_the_Arcane]

Hi All,

I've shot three feather and four feather, and both seem to work well for me.  There was a thread here on Tradgang not too long ago about two feather fletching, and those who responded said that set up also worked fine.  So, as I'm making arrows for this spring, I'm going to try a few and compare with the three fletch I had originally intended to make.

So many toys, so little time!!  

[Terry Green]

I really don't think it makes a hill of beans whether there's 3 or 4 feathers on your arrows....

What is MUCH more important is that you have enough feather to stabilize your arrow in the field,...NOT just your back yard.

[BlueBarred]

After reading the epic thread about high FOC and fletching, I made up some 4x2.5 (.5" tall)fletches for my 24% FOC arrows. They have been awesome to shoot, whether in rain, wind, or whatever. Plus they are extremely quiet. I will add that so far, most of my shooting has been with field points, but the one or two hundred shots I have done with some Grizzly 160's have shown no noticeable difference. Remember the requirement for smaller fletching to adequately stabilize your arrows is high FOC, which creates a longer 'steering arm' between the fletch and the balance point of the arrow. So far so good. But I'm still learning about all this.
Dave