Im wondering which vanes are best, i hunt whitetails, shoot a pse bow, 70 pound draw, with 29 inch draw and arrows. i started shooting 4 inch plastic vanes on cabelas carbon arrows, then went to the 2 inch blazer vanes, and i cant really remember if i gained or lost anything (its been over 2 years since the switch) Im getting ready to buy some new arrows, which is better? 4 inch, 2 inch blazer, 2 inch fusion, or go to a feather vane? the broadheads i use are muzzy 4 blade, 100 grain.
I am not to sure of the affect these different vanes have as i started with blazer's then turned to 4" duravanes and didn't notice a difference. I am now shooting a 4 degree right offset 4" duravane and still can not notice the slight difference in speed there is supposed to be. HERE Is a link to a sight that i used when deciding which fletching to use. Only points i remember clearly are that blazers are most common and most durable. Duravanes are an older style but by offseting or helical fletches they stabilize fixed broad heads better (same concept as rifling on a bullet). Feathers are most commonly used in traditional recurve set ups as they flex easier to aid in the rubbing against the riser and shelf not throwing the arrow. Read up and listen to what the other guys on here post. Most will want to know style of rest (drop away or shoot through) and if your Broadhead is mechanical or fixed (don't know a whole lot about muzzy so i have no idea what 4 blades are P.S. you might want to look into the quickspin quickfletch by NAP if you like the idea of a durable vane that will "rifle" your arrow. i believe there was a review of it just posted on the home page.
ok thanks for your help, for anyone else readig this, my muzzys are fixed blade and my rest is a drop away, tropky taker i believe.
Blazers have been awesome for me, I use to shoot the 5" the 4" then went to the blazers w/small wraps. seem to steer the broadheads just fine.
they say with Blazers to have them aligned with the blades on the broadhead, would that mean 4 fletches on the shaft to match the 4 blades? is there a fletching jig that will fletch 4 vanes?
There are jigs that will do 4 fletch and even 6 fletch but aligning fletchings to broadheads is a myth that, unfortunately, will not die. The number of fletchings should be determined by the desired level of forgiveness in the arrow setup. 4 fletches are more forgiving than 3, meaning that when there are outside inflences on the arrow's flight the 4 fletched arrow will be less influenced by the outside influences.
We have tried 3 and four fletch with Blazers...With Slick Tricks we noticed a little better accuracy...Not enough to freak out about imo.....I have luck with Blazers no matter how I shoot or align them...
I agree with Bruce, feathers are supposedly the best vane out the because they are light, and "grip the wind" better than synthetic vanes. I would have got them however they are more expensive and i am a broke college student as well as they are not as durable and I am kinda hard on my vanes.
