Been experimenting with 3" fletch and broadheads

[koger]

A buddy of mine had gotten a 3" shield chopper and some full length feathers, cut some nice looking ones and fletched them up. Was shooting great with his hunting shafts, same weight tip as his BH so I asked if he had tried them with BH's, nope.Since I had seen similar post about this and no follow up, I had to know. I went into my shop, got some Ace standards with screw in inserts installed, same total weight as our field tips. We waited for a lull in the wind shot them at 20 to 30 yards, no problem, whisper quiet and tight group. Then when the wind picked up, we shot them again, taking turns. WOW! Still shot great, less drift than some arrows w/4" and 5" parabolics. We shot one group on a deer target at around 40yds +/- a couple of yards, about a 6" group! He is home right now as I write this chopping us some more 3" to use. Granted we are not shooting a heavy head up front, 150gr.for BH and threaded insert, but this set up has worked great for us on turkeys and deer both. Well, just thought I would share, in case any of you guys wanted to try this, or had thought about it, my curiosity had been piqued on here. Sam.

[iacornfed]

Let me try this again. I posted a reply here and it went to another posting! I use 4" fletching with 125 grain broadheads and it works for me.

[koger]

Yep, never had any problems with 4", but have heard it said that 3" wouldnt stabilize a BH, these did fine even in a 10mph crosswind.

[Earthdog]

I've shot 2" Razor feathers with 125g broadheads,,,but always driff back to 4".
Just not enough faith to use the 2" all the time.

[koger]

I think your relase and follow through in your form is as important as the "magic " bow, or over tinkering with arrows,weights,etc. This is not to discount that you can fine tune your setup continually to find what works, but often we are the weak link in the chain when it comes to accuracy. We were both having an exceptional day, I had worked all day and was unwinding. What impressed me the most was that shooting the same setup with 4" parabolics, we got more kick because of the surface area of the feather affected by the wind when shooting throught the cross wind. The arrows would invariably kick just a little before midway to the target then stabilize. The 3' feathers never kicked one time, just a bullet, nock was all you saw.

[jdemoya]

Koger, how many 3" feathers are you using: 3 or 4?
I have shot 2.5" x4 with field points with no problems. I will give it a go with BH's in a couple of weeks when I get back home.

God bless,

José

[Manitoba Stickflinger]

I've been trying 4 fletch 2" Razors....with broadheads they fly great, and quiet!

[Ragnarok Forge]

I shot arrows with 3 inch feathers and broadheads last year and they flew great.  Your release and form are far more important with smaller feathers. If you have good form you will not see any difference in flight.  If you pluck you will notice the difference immediately with the smaller fletching.

[screamin]

I use 3" parabolics with a 100gr insert and a 150gr broadhead. If I'm having a good day with my release they fly perfect and are very accurate. having a bad day, they kick like anything else.

[flatlander37]

Gonna have to give this a try and see how it works.  Heck, nothing's in season as of yet, so why not!

[koger]

Jdemoya, we were using 3 fletch but I am sure 4 would be even more stable and quicker to recover in case of bad release.

[poison arrow]

I use 2 1/4" 3" and 4" It was windy as all heck here yesterday and I could not notice any difference in the arrow flight. I do not fully understand the uses for all the different fletch sizes. I do know that I like the way my arrows fly with shorter fletch. I usually always use a 125grn BH

[Muleyslayer]

I put a thread on here (skinnys&razers), most guys said they fly  good  but 4 fletch and heavier weight tips are better, I'm ordering some soon and try'em.

[motorhead7963]

When I got started in trad bows I was fletching with 5" feathers,I noticed when the wind was blowing when I shot that they were kicking, so I dropped down to 4" and haven"t looked back yet. I can see myself trying out 3" feathers and vanes.