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<blockquote data-quote="dirtball" data-source="post: 291611" data-attributes="member: 7344"><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 10px">I have tried about every fletching combination there is. What I have found for my set up, 65-70lb speed bow with a Shakey Hunter drop-a-way rest, is a lot depends on the broadhead you shoot. If you shoot a fixed blade broadhead you will be better of with a helical fletch. I shoot Thunderheads and Steel Force, so I use a helical fletch.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 10px"> The last test I did was with three arrows each fletched with four 4" Arizona Plasifletch Elite, four 2" Blazers, and four 4" feathers. At 40 yards the 2" and 4" vanes hit almost identical point of impact. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 10px"> The ones fletched with feathers hit 5" to 6" LOWER than the others. Feathers stabilize an arrow faster because they have a LOT more drag, and they hate rain.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 10px"> BUT because the 2" Blazers are MUCH stiffer that the Arizona's they were VERY LOUD going down range. I got behind a Styrofoam block and had a buddy shoot past me, about 10' to my left, into another Styrofoam block so I could listen the the different arrows going by, and the Blazers were so much louder that I decided then and there I would not hunt with them. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 10px"> Now if you shoot mechanical broadheads and can use a straight fletch this should not be a concern.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 10px"> But then why would any one shoot mechanical broadheads, it just adds to the number of things that can break, fall off, or otherwise go wrong.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 10px"> Just my 2 cents</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Dave</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dirtball, post: 291611, member: 7344"] [FONT="Comic Sans MS"][SIZE="2"]I have tried about every fletching combination there is. What I have found for my set up, 65-70lb speed bow with a Shakey Hunter drop-a-way rest, is a lot depends on the broadhead you shoot. If you shoot a fixed blade broadhead you will be better of with a helical fletch. I shoot Thunderheads and Steel Force, so I use a helical fletch. The last test I did was with three arrows each fletched with four 4" Arizona Plasifletch Elite, four 2" Blazers, and four 4" feathers. At 40 yards the 2" and 4" vanes hit almost identical point of impact. The ones fletched with feathers hit 5" to 6" LOWER than the others. Feathers stabilize an arrow faster because they have a LOT more drag, and they hate rain. BUT because the 2" Blazers are MUCH stiffer that the Arizona's they were VERY LOUD going down range. I got behind a Styrofoam block and had a buddy shoot past me, about 10' to my left, into another Styrofoam block so I could listen the the different arrows going by, and the Blazers were so much louder that I decided then and there I would not hunt with them. Now if you shoot mechanical broadheads and can use a straight fletch this should not be a concern. But then why would any one shoot mechanical broadheads, it just adds to the number of things that can break, fall off, or otherwise go wrong. Just my 2 cents Dave[/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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