What is Quietest feather cut

[Earthdog]

Jeff, I did that same test myself and I heard "every" arrow coming in.
I really think we need to take those types of test with a grain of salt,and I did those tests due to being given the chance to hunt some very high pressured deer with a well proven record for string jumping.
On that trip 3 of us bought meat home,but there were 2 animals clean missed due to string jumping.
Both those animals were missed by guys shooting very quite longbows but big heavy helical feathers on their arrows.
I was shooting my Dorado "not the quietest bow" but I was using straight fletched Rayzar feathers on my arrows.
Of course,it could of simply been luck on my side on the day,,,but we'll never really know huh.
When I started hunting I was told by an older hunter that if I could hear something at 5 yards,a deer would hear it at 20.
That's proven to be pretty much correct,and I can hear the arrow in flight.
I personaly belive string jumping is a reaction to both bow and arrow flight noise,so I try to keep them both down as much as I can.

Cheers.

[Northwest_Bowhunter]

So me with my 4" shields, just screwed?

[LookMomNoSights]

Get close ..... and hold low!
4 inch shields are almost as perfect as 5's!  Maybe a 3 blade does something to offset some fletch noise?

[Earthdog]

4" sheilds have worked well for a lot of people for a real long time,,,most of this stuff is just interesting theory,,,a bit like reloading,,no matter what I think is perfect,,there's always somebody else that can prove their ways better.
The internet an camp fires,,,worlds apart but both real good for this thing huh.

[eric-thor]

the slower the arrow the less noise it is likely to make but i shoot bannana cut its not as loud as some but mine r like 4.5 inch as low as my chopper will adjust. some a quieter than others depends on how well they fletch up . i can make a dozen and all the same and some will be louder than others. find the least noisiest and pull it out to hunt with. p.s i shoot fast.190fps.cause i like a flatter tradjectery.

[tradtusker]

Originally posted by Northwest_Bowhunter:
So me with my 4" shields, just screwed?

[katman]

Adcock fletch for me, then 4x4"x.5" nanners. but as you can tell from the replies YMMV.

[David Mitchell]

Guys, deer and other animals hear the sound of feathers swooping and swishing all the time.  Don't you hear it too when hunting?  Your shot is just another bird flying past.    

[Richie Nell]

And they quickly react if a bird flys close by them as well..just like an arrow.

[eric101]

Has anyone ever tried a 3 in shield cut?This to me is the quietest fetching i have ever used,it flies better then my 4 parabolic and 5's with no noise what so ever.

[Earthdog]

Eric,your 3" sheild is more or less a 1" longer Rayzar style.

I'd use them in a heart beat.

Something they point out on the site that makes the Rayzar is that they only cut one from each feather, and it's cut from the stiffest part of the feather,,I belive that has more to do with how quite they are rather than the actual shape.

[Longspur77]

What site sells rayzer cut. Will it stabilize abroadhead with a wide cut like a centaur or Simmons

[Terry Green]

Most of the animals reaction is from the bow, not the arrows.

Don't believe me,,....try just plucking your string with no arrow on it when some does are around and see what happens.

Yep...I've done it.

Want to really test this and see?  Go to TX and hunt over a feeder, and when the deer gather around, shoot an arrow over the feeder with NO feathers on it and see what happens.  You will find out its the bow.

I've had plenty of success killing animals for years with 5.5 inch shields 3 fletch, and 5 inch shields 4 fletch.  

Get your bow quiet and go hunting....and learn where the aim at the animals based on local tendencies, posture,weather, and body language.

[The Butcher]

When I started bowhunting, 38 years ago, I used a Bear Griz, and wood arrows, and had deer jump string.  Before my last shoulder surgery, I was shooting a Matthews Q2, and had deer jump string, with straight fletched vanes.  Now after the surgery, I'm gonna shoot parabolic, slight helical, and aim for lower third.  It's worked thus far.  I think bow noise, is far more important than fletch noise.  Arrow material being second.  Aluminum arrows make a metallic sound, carbons seem to make more noise than cedar.  Just my experience, which means little to anyone but me.  Good luck, but arrow noise, is the least of my worries. Just my 2 cts.

[Terry Green]

Originally posted by The Butcher:
Good luck, but arrow noise, is the least of my worries. Just my 2 cts.

Amen....along with a lot of other distracting 'static' that folks take as gospel as of late and fret over.  Get your equipment tuned, your shooting attuned, your heads sharp, and get inside the mind of the game your are chasing......and it will all work out.

[DesertDude]

Terry, -Sound- Advise...

[Cyclone2]

I totaly agree with DesertDude.