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Author Topic: most visible fletching color?  (Read 2717 times)

Offline styksnstryngs

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Re: most visible fletching color?
« Reply #40 on: March 21, 2016, 03:16:00 PM »
It was down to pink and chartreuse.
My friend lost bright pink arrows in the fall foliage. 2 hours looking for them, 1 found by the shaft.

Offline mac the knife

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Re: most visible fletching color?
« Reply #41 on: March 21, 2016, 03:34:00 PM »
pink seems to stand out the best.

Offline LongbowArchitect

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Re: most visible fletching color?
« Reply #42 on: March 21, 2016, 04:03:00 PM »
4 fletch with 2 white and 2 fluorescent pink

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Re: most visible fletching color?
« Reply #43 on: March 21, 2016, 05:25:00 PM »
Personally I little bright orange but. Other for Glo yellow.
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Re: most visible fletching color?
« Reply #44 on: March 21, 2016, 05:54:00 PM »
Voted for white but think chartreuse is right with it!
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Offline Arrowcraft

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Re: most visible fletching color?
« Reply #45 on: March 21, 2016, 06:03:00 PM »
I believe that I am colored blind as most men seem to be . mostly hues of red and green of the same tone value. I used white cap dip and white 5" feathers for some time but at times felt a little uneasy walking into stand in the darkness of pre dawn thinking how much the white could be taken for a you got it a whitetail! So now yellow cap and feathers is what works for me. I can follow trajectory much better, find arrows and as far as i know there are no yellowtails
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Offline CoachBGriff

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Re: most visible fletching color?
« Reply #46 on: March 21, 2016, 08:28:00 PM »
Ron already pointed this out, but white is hard to find in the snow.

That said, my current arrows have two white feathers and one red.
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Offline screamin

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Re: most visible fletching color?
« Reply #47 on: March 21, 2016, 11:55:00 PM »
I voted yellow but see orange the best. I do use 1 yellow and 2 orange

Offline savagelh

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Re: most visible fletching color?
« Reply #48 on: March 22, 2016, 09:14:00 AM »
I like 2 flo pink and a white cock feather.

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Re: most visible fletching color?
« Reply #49 on: March 22, 2016, 02:47:00 PM »
We did a little test years ago and concluded that it was fluorescent chartreuse... but I use red and white or yellow and white for various other reasons.
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Re: most visible fletching color?
« Reply #50 on: March 22, 2016, 03:54:00 PM »
I chose and prefer chartreuse. Mainly because I do most of my hog hunting during last light and at night. I like pink but I can't see it in low light. Guess I'm weird! Anyone that knows me will probably agree!   :laughing:
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Offline LongbowArchitect

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Re: most visible fletching color?
« Reply #51 on: March 22, 2016, 04:26:00 PM »
My preferred color would be chartreuse but it blends in too much with scrub oak and quaking aspen leaves in Colorado. I found that fluorescent pink and white show up best for me.

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Re: most visible fletching color?
« Reply #52 on: March 22, 2016, 05:01:00 PM »
GO PINK!
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Offline Jabar

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Re: most visible fletching color?
« Reply #53 on: March 22, 2016, 05:13:00 PM »
Me thinks the poll has the right answer.

Offline huskyarcher

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Re: most visible fletching color?
« Reply #54 on: March 22, 2016, 08:58:00 PM »
I always seem to stick to all white. I have tested just about all of those colors at dusk and hands down white wins for me every time.
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Offline charles m

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Re: most visible fletching color?
« Reply #55 on: March 23, 2016, 08:36:00 AM »
Any color that has florescent pigment in it is going to show/glow more in low light than colors that don't as they 'glow in the dark' due to the intensity of the dye. White will go out 10 minutes before chartreuse or come in 10 minutes later.

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Re: most visible fletching color?
« Reply #56 on: March 23, 2016, 09:49:00 AM »
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Offline Black Hills

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Re: most visible fletching color?
« Reply #57 on: March 23, 2016, 10:57:00 AM »
4-Fletch - - all Hot Pink - - at least I voted for pink.  White nocks help some, but for me, the pink stands out better in the field regardless of foliage, snow, or light.

Even picked up some wraps that fade from hot pink to white and back to hot pink for additional visibility.  Plus, the fade to white on the wraps helps with blood identification on pass-throughs.

Reading some of the other comments though, I have to agree that sometimes, blue will jump out pretty well - assuming there is sufficient ambient light, and provided it isn't buried under grass and such.

Shooting the local trad league, several guys have commented about how that pink fletching stands out like nothing else.  Thank goodness I'm secure enough in my manhood to just smile at the few snide comments that get made.  My typical reply is that I've never lost an arrow in the field.

Offline 2Knives

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Re: most visible fletching color?
« Reply #58 on: March 23, 2016, 10:59:00 PM »
I've been shooting pink for over 20yrs...it just works for me.
Using reflective wraps with pink highlights...love it.
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Re: most visible fletching color?
« Reply #59 on: March 23, 2016, 11:59:00 PM »
White to see in flight. Pink when you miss your target.
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