Feather color

[Terry Green]

I'm also more concerned about seeing the arrow impact the animal with a very high contrast Fletching color versus trying to find the arrow after the fact ....that's a bonus and actually worrying about finding their remains means,you are worried that you may miss which is not in my thought process.

Because if you hit the animal your feathers should be bloodied they won't be the color you think they'll be... hello?

So I must ask you if you're shooting a pink or a blue or whatever color feather so that you can find it after you shoot are you betting that you are going to miss? Is that your justification for a reward finding your missed Arrow?

[indianalongbowshooter]

White, Fl. Pink and Sky Blue show up great for me..Chartreuse also.As Terry said more concerned about seeing arrow enter the animal.

[bunyan]

And don't forget, if you are shooting a white animal, white fletch wont show up well to see where you hit. Of course most of us aren't chasing dall sheep on a regular basis! But if you hunt in snow then white fletching will be harder to find unless its stained red from a pass through. It would blend in well when hunting in the snow though!

[bucknut]

White is my favorite with Fl. Yellow next. I'm partially color blind so this is just what sticks out best to me. Can't say how others see it.

[Shadowhnter]

I listed my three most all time used colors earlier. Florescent pink, Florescent green (chartreuse) and white. I liked white for target practice in the past, but find the two florescent colors posted above still better. I really do agree that florescent green (chartreuse) does make it easier for my eye and mind to catch. However florescent pink is also easy for me to track the flight. Honestly though, florescent green (chartreuse)  has proved the best for seeing the arrows flight in the prehriphrial vision no matter the condition.

[tracker12]

Nothing shows up really well in low light wether it is first light or dusk. I went to lighted nicks last year and will never hunt again without them.  It's just to important for me to see where the hit is.  I use flo yellow and green with flo yellow wraps  when on the 3D range.  Helps find them in the grass:)

[Tradcat]

I personally like and use chartreuse BUT, I'd probably shoot pink as my second choice

[Bill from NJ]

I used to use all white feathers, but stalking in the New Jersey Woods I am concerned about other hunters mistaking me for a whitetails butt.

I have been using Yellow for past few years.

[Sam McMichael]

I think chartreuse and blaze orange are very easy to see. I have read that deer don't see orange well and red appears brown to them. Yet, people with normal vision seem to see them well. I have never used pink, but I shoot with a lot of guys who do, and their arrows show up quite well. I once read a magazine article with numerous pictures of animals taken with pink fletched arrows. These fletches showed up as  prominent pink dots, even from a distance. For all the reasons stated, white is not a choice for my hunting arrows, but for targets, they are high on my list. Actually, most of my hunting arrows through the years have been subdued colors.

[YosemiteSam]

I don't know about the best.  But I have a bright yellow cock feather with dark royal blue hens.  The one lone bright cock feather makes it easy to see the rotational spin of the arrow -- giving me something moving to see very clearly.  This was unintended but fortunate.  I have to be looking right at the blue & very close to see it so it hides well -- especially in the shade.  The yellow matches the wildflowers that bloom in the Spring during the Turkey season.  Another unintended but fortunate event.  I don't know what's best.  But I know I like what I've got.

[actionjackson22]

I know it's not really traditional but I used lighted nocks last season and they were pretty cool. You for sure know if you hit or not with them.

[Gooserbat]

White, pink, light blue

[monterey]

I like pink.  Shows up very well for me.  Not concerned about finding the arrow though. Just want to see where it goes.
   

The exception is turkey hunting.  Probably went too colorful with these.
   

[Hoosierarcher88]

Monterey are those a standard banana cut or are they a custom cut/burn? The peak of the curve seems farther back than the banana's ive seen and fletched before which peaked in the dead center

[Terry Green]

Ah...they are parananners!!!

Nice

[Bldtrailer]

[bowslinger]

Red dyed wild turkey (red barred) cock vane, natural barred hens, with white nock for deer.  Darker green dyed wild turkey feather with natural hens with green nock for turkeys.

[monterey]

Originally posted by Hoosierarcher88:
Monterey are those a standard banana cut or are they a custom cut/burn? The peak of the curve seems farther back than the banana's ive seen and fletched before which peaked in the dead center

Those are burned on a young burner.  Wasn't going for any special shape.  Just looked right at the time.  

[stevem]

Orange and white for me.  When looking for a arrow on the ground, the orange shows up very well.

[Pat B]

I also use natural turkey feathers a lot and I usually add a white rabbit fur tracer behind the fletching on them.