shooting vanes?

[Don Batten]

What kind of rest to you guys and gals use for shooting vanes? Got a tradtech titan i'm playing with. thinking about a plunger button and some sort of flipper arm. Also, I'm a fletch tape guy with my feathers. What glue for vanes on carbons and while I'm at it, I'm thinking of trying the blazer 2" vanes.I got some old marco 5" vanes as well.  Any advice from those with experince  is appreciated. thanks Don

[PA-Spot]

Good luck with vanes out of trad bow. Might work with an rasied rest??

[maxwell]

Vanes will work fine although I would be careful with high profile vanes which I think the blazers are.  Paul Schafer used vanes and shot off a rubber rest. They will work very well with a plunger and a flipper rest.

[Lancelot]

IMO it does not work well to shoot vanes off the shelf.  One needs some kind of elevated rest (e.g., flipper rest).

"my advice is worth exactly what you paid for it"
Lancelot

[ron w]

I have shot soft plastic vanes off the shelf. I just put the cock feather in. Got that tip from a video, Fred Eichler said it would work....and he was right!

[pitbull]

I shot them years ago using a flipper rest and it worked fine with 4" vanes. I saw that Joe Skipp has a couple RH flipper rests listed in the sponsor classifieds. The blazers might be a little too stiff to use.

[ron w]

I have shot soft plastic vanes off the shelf. I just put the cock feather in. Got that tip from a video, Fred Eichler said it would work....and he was right!

[kbetts]

I use a NAP flipper rest on my Reflex Nomad.  Shoots darts.  I bought the bow specifically to bowfish and be able to use vanes.  I haven't been dissappointed.  Still like feathers better, but vanes work very well.

[kevgsp]

I am shooting a titan with vanes...love it. Shorty plunger, t300 flipper, AAE plastiflech vanes 5". I am using AAE fast set gel.  The best orientation is cock feather at 10 o clock. I have checked for clearance with lipstick on the flipper arm and there is no contact at all.  You could also use a bear weatherest or a springy rest if you dont want to use a plunger. I have these too but just dont want to mess with it anymore cause it is shooting so well for me.  If the spine is right you dont need a flipper to shoot vanes.  I really like vanes...6.99 for a 100 count is nice too.

[Steve O]

Don,

Your buddy Joebuck knows a LOT about vanes.

Use wraps and super glue.  3.125 or 4" Quikspins work great as well as Blazers.  I just use a Bear Weatherest or Hoyt Super Hunter, but my handles are wood with no holes in them.  Flipper should work great.

I like to 4 fletch them 60x120 too.

[Don Batten]

Many thanks to all. DB

[Arrowhead80]

Get ya a drop away Don.lol.Arizona archery fletching glue with a lightly roughed up carbon shaft and they won't come off.It dries as soon as it makes contact with the shaft-even faster than fletching tape.

[woodchucker]

I've shot vanes for YEARS!!! Back in the 1980's it was HARD to find store bought arrows fletched with feathers...

All of us boys shot recurves and aluminium arrows fletched with plastic vanes. The key to good arrow flight was a rubber Bear "weather-rest"... It worked like a charm!!!

Now days, all of the compound shooters use differant style rests and shoot "cock vane down". It is almost IMPOSSIBLE to find store bought arrows that are fletched "conventionaly" (cock vane out) BUT, This is a GOOD thing for us!!!!!

Go to the store,and buy a 1/2 dozen aluminium or carbon arrows that are fletched "cock down" and correctly spined for your bow. Nock the arrow so that the cock vane is up and in line with your string. Shoot them a few times and you will be GREATLY supprized!!!!! You may need to raise your nock point alittle (1/4") and play with the brace hieght to "fine tune" things,but I'm sure you'll be VERY pleased with the arrow flight.