feathers or vanes
01-10-2006, 07:54 AM
#11
Join Date: Dec 2005
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RE: feathers or vanes
I agree they are much more forgiving I used to shoot them all the time.
KNow I shoot vanes because some times the feathers are not as durable & theydo make a whisling noise in flite.To a deer that is not alert it may not matter but to one that is I personally thought it might.as far as reacting to the string!
KNow I shoot vanes because some times the feathers are not as durable & theydo make a whisling noise in flite.To a deer that is not alert it may not matter but to one that is I personally thought it might.as far as reacting to the string!
01-10-2006, 10:50 AM
#13
Dominant Buck
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Ramsey , Indiana
Posts: 22,545
RE: feathers or vanes
ORIGINAL: Sniper151
I shoot finger style and prefer feathers because they correct arrow flight faster then vanes with less weight.
I shoot finger style and prefer feathers because they correct arrow flight faster then vanes with less weight.
01-10-2006, 04:50 PM
#14
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Posts: 9,175
RE: feathers or vanes
Vanes don't age very well, I can tell you that. Here are a couple of robinhoods I've had hanging on the wall for the past 15 years. Fletches on both were in pristine condition when I telescoped them.
Feathers are still in very good shape after all those years while the vanes are dried up and flaking away. I've got some MicroFite arrows from the 60's, and the feathers on them are still in fine shape after 40 years.
By the way, in case you were wondering, that one on the right IS a 23/64" cedar arrow buried in the back end of a 2216. I was trying to figure out if cedar shot any different from aluminum at 45 yards. They didn't seem to.
Feathers are still in very good shape after all those years while the vanes are dried up and flaking away. I've got some MicroFite arrows from the 60's, and the feathers on them are still in fine shape after 40 years.
By the way, in case you were wondering, that one on the right IS a 23/64" cedar arrow buried in the back end of a 2216. I was trying to figure out if cedar shot any different from aluminum at 45 yards. They didn't seem to.
01-11-2006, 04:10 AM
#15
Join Date: Feb 2003
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RE: feathers or vanes
By the way, in case you were wondering, that one on the right IS a 23/64" cedar arrow buried in the back end of a 2216. I was trying to figure out if cedar shot any different from aluminum at 45 yards. They didn't seem to.
01-12-2006, 08:27 AM
#16
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
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RE: feathers or vanes
This is kind of cool. Norn Mullaney preformed these test.
http://www.archeryexchange.com/information/info_pages/fvsv/Feathers%20vs.%20Vanes.shtml
http://www.archeryexchange.com/information/info_pages/fvsv/Feathers%20vs.%20Vanes.shtml
