Feather color

[Beaneye]

What color feathers give the best visibility of arrow flight when hunting. Setting up some new arrows for elk hunting , want to make sure I can see them in flight all the way to there target.

[Charlie Lamb]

White, yellow, chartreuse.

[McDave]

While the ones mentioned by Charlie are no doubt the most visible to us, they are all equally visible to game.  I prefer orange, which is very visible to me, and from what I understand, less visible to game.

[JARHEAD1371]

Any shade of yellow can be difficult to see if you are hunting near Aspen trees in the fall. I prefer pink. I have used white feathers on a pink wrap, but I think I'll try pink wrap with spliced white and pink feathers. It's very easy to see in almost any condition. Good luck on your elk hunt.

[Longtoke]

I think some of the most visible are white, flo pink, flo orange, blue, and chartreuse. For me chartreuse is the easiest to see and seems to almost glow in low light condition.

I like plain old yellow myself as it is a bit more subtle, but when it comes dusk I like a chartreuse or white fletched arrow.

[captain caveman]

I always feel exposed with white in my bow mounted quiver. Since whitetails use a white flag to communicate with each other I try to avoid using it.  My greatest challenge with traditional gear is drawing a bow undetected at extremely close range.  A moving white object in such close quarters seems like a bad idea.  Could change to a quiver that conceals arrows, but still have the movement to full draw.  Not sure the  same assumptions can be made for elk, which may not be as keyed into the color white.  I personally fletch 2 - 5" barred blaze orange feathers and one solid blaze orange with a reflective cap wrap.

[mec lineman]

I like pink,yellow. I have used white in the past and while I did take game with those arrows,more than a few pegged me up the tree. The best color I ever tried as far as invisible to deer were red barred.

[Tree Killer]

I prefer yellow myself, but I made these for a guy and think they'd look mighty sweet in a quiver.

 

[Shadowhnter]

I like florescent pink, florescent green, or white.

[The Whittler]

I carry bright yellow and white. I can see white in low light better then the yellow and see yellow in bright sunlight better then white.

I believe deer see colors better then people think and they sure can see you when you MOVE. Everyone has their own idea so shoot what like/works for you.

[Pine]

I find that these in low light look like a tracer round .

[Pat B]

White, white and white!

[D. Key]

Nothing I can think of is Pink in the woods and I really like shooting them in low light conditions.

[huskyarcher]

I'm firmly in the white camp! I can't see any colors even florescent as well as white, plus they just look sharp!

[M60gunner]

White works well but if your hunting where there are other hunters be carful. In low lite you may well be mistaken for a deers rear end. Some years ago tests where done involving what colors show up the best. This was done for safety tests. Yellow was seen as white at a distance and in low light. Hence the blaze Orange was picked and is still used today for safety reasons. But from a "what shows up best" we can use the results as well. I used flo Orange wraps and flo Orange feathers on my PA. arrows.
For target use I use whatever. But like Gateway flo yellow on flo yellow wraps. I know pink works real well but havenot brought myself to using pink yet. I am experimenting with lite blue. Blue is not a color in nature here in the desert.

[Michael Arnette]

I like yellow...white alerts animals too much imo and looks like a whitetail on crowded public lands which I hunt.
Pink is really good too but not as much in low light

[Danny Rowan]

chartruse for me.

[ahab78]

Great thread. What do you guys think is the best compromise on fletching color to get good visibikity for us with limited visibility to game? Pink and orange sound like good choices.

[TealCoin]

Being that I am color deficient, I'm more concerned that I remember to put all 3 feathers on when fletching.

[Terry Green]

Chartreuse under all lighting conditions....

I don't do white because there's too many whitetails that get shot at God knows any day of the year.... I don't take white Into the Woods that very reason