Fletching for Big 2 Blade Heads

[MG]

Thinking about shooting the Magnus I, 135gr two blade for elk this next year.  Probably tuned to Gold tips with significant FOC around 600 grains out of my BW at 56#. I would like to hear thoughts/experience for the best fletching pattern, size, number of feathers, etc. with this big 2 blade up front.  Thanks.

[JC]

I have yet to see anything the 4x90 4" low profile Hunter fletch on my arrows won't stabilize well. If you have the arrow tuned properly, the broadhead mounted perfectly true, you don't need humongous fletching to stabilize the arrow, at least imho.

[Rick McGowan]

As long as the heads are on straight and well tuned, you need very little feather. My buffalo arrows have BIG two blades and I can shoot them perfectly at 35 yards with no fletching at all. Having said that, I almost always use 5" four fletch. Do I need all that, no, but it dosn't hurt anything and if the feathers get wet and my fingers are cold, they can cope with a sloppy release and inside of 40 yards they will fly as fast or faster than smaller fletchings.

[Jerry Jeffer]

4 x 4" will do the job on any thing you have set up correctly.

[BobCo 1965]

As long as the heads are on straight and well tuned, you need very little feather. My buffalo arrows have BIG two blades and I can shoot them perfectly at 35 yards with no fletching at all.

Although I have never tried this, I have been told that the broadhead shot with no fletching is extremely dangerous and unstable. From what I was told the broadhead will try to spin from the front position to the rear position almost like a weather vane.

BTW, for my Grizzly's (all sizes) I use three 5" parabolic feathers.

[SlowBowinMO]

I'm a big fan of the big Magnus.  If your bow is tuned you won't need any more fletching than for any other head.

Three 5" feathers will be plenty.

[Oscar-eleven]

I'm shooting 135gr. Tigershark + a 40gr. bh adapter with 3 4" feathers. They fly like darts out of my bow.

[Rick McGowan]

BobCo, no it won't IF it is balanced right.

[Rico]

5.5" any head I have shot shoots straight.

[Monte]

Thanks everyone.  I think I will fletch up a bunch of different patterns and lengths and do some shooting to include seeing what works best with some cross winds and such.

[Mr.Magoo]

A short anecdote for you.  160 snuffers, carbon arrow, 4x4 "low profile" 'nanner fletch, head aligned "perfect" and they flew just fine.  Hit the plywood behind the target and then they flew like crap.  The amber hot melt glue had allowed the insert to shift just a touch out of alignment.  Screw the same head onto identical arrow fletched with 5.5 x 3 "med profile" banana fletch and it flew fine.

[BobCo 1965]

Originally posted by Rick McGowan:
BobCo, no it won't IF it is balanced right.

How do you balance it right?

[Tater 2]

3 / 5 inch feathers is all I use and I shoot big Magnus two blades and the Zephyr Sasquatch never had a problem with arrow flight.