quietest shape fletch

[Bob B.]

I agree with most, parabolic is quietest.  That said, I shoot shield because it works well and I want that look on my arrow.  The sound with a broad head is louder still, but I ahve yet to have an animal jump until the arrow is through it.    

Bob.

[LITTLEBIGMAN]

2 inch razors on the left and home made 2.25 A&A shape  on the right  these make ZERO noise  

[charles m]

I like real feather cuts, 5 to 5.5 inch cause I also like for my arrows to look like trad arrows, not like those high tech compound arrows look today.  Good arrow flight is paramount, and a quiet bow, and inside 20 yards is 99% of bowhunters shots, so I don't think you can blame a feather cut as an excuse.  How silly would it sound if you missed your animal and you came back to camp and said, "if I'd have only used a different feather".

I'm not saying you should use some of the buzz cuts, but so make sure you use enough to stabilize in a myriad of situations.  And, its better to use a little more that use a little less.  Again, you aren't going to shoot the difference in 20 yards.  Just something to think about.

[2treks]

LBM,
What is the "A&A" shape? I never heard of it before. Cool looking arrows. Can you pm me the "hows and whys" you went this route please?

Thanks,

CTT

[BenBow]

Years back I placed a recorder at the target and shot from 20 yards to see how loud my bow was. I was very surprised when all I heard from the bow was a barely audible thump but the arrow which was fletched with vanes made a roar that increased in volume as the arrow approached. The sound was shocking to me and I'm sure it would scare the heck out of any whitetail. It made me wonder if the deer were jumping the string or was it the arrow sound that scared them.

[stujay]

My experiments also show parabolics to be the quietest in 4 & 5" fletching. The 2" razors are also very quiet.

[JEFF B]

hey it don't matter the dear don't hear anything when they are dead  

[LONGSTYKES]

Low profile bananas, 4.5" long .5" heigh. Works for me.

[babs]

I like parabolic, I tried shield cut and they were noisy and a little slower

[Night Wing]

I've always shot 3, 5" feathers.

I've shot both shield and parabolic shaped feathers when I was starting out in bowhunting and the quietest for me was the parabolic shaped. For this reason, I've been shooting parabolic shaped feathers for the past 48 years.

[katman]

CTT, A&A (Ashby & Adcock) is basically a right triangle .5" high 2.5" long. Of course don't forget the turbulator. I usually shorten the numerous shield fletch I have to make them. Turbulator is a ring of 1/8" pinstripe one layer 1/4" in front of the fletch. Works well with high foc arrows. Hope that helps.

[katman]

[2treks]

Thank you Kat,and the others as well.

CTT

[old_goat2]

Don't know which is loudest, but one of these days my shield cut is going to be the last thing an elk, deer or turkey is going to hear, I hope this day is tomorrow and it's an elk that hears my fletch!

[TxAg]

I love the look of my shield cuts,  but the parabolics are definitely a bit quieter

[BrownA5]

Is there any difference in speed between shield vs. parabolic?