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Do you Fletch your own?

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  1. ISiman/OH

    ISiman/OH Die Hard Bowhunter

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    Do you fletch your own arrows?....Do you have somebody else do it?.......Do you buy prefletched? Just wondering what all you guys do, i recently purchased a Grayling Fletching Jig and starting to fletch my own arrows.
     
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  3. Vabowman

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    usually let the shop do it, it's not a big deal.
     
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    I make my arrows from raw shaft to finished product. It's just one of the many things I enjoy about archery/bowhunting.
     
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    SevenMag Die Hard Bowhunter

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    as you saw at the GTG, I fletch my own, but what you witnessed was my very first attempt... they turned out well but i need to work on my technique a little more... I'm using a bitzenburger jig with blazers, i'm gonna try the fusions once i'm out of blazers...
     
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  6. Rob / PA

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    I've been fletching my, along with some others for years.
     
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    KodiakArcher Die Hard Bowhunter

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    I think I've probably fletched a large portion of the arrows in use on this island now, literally thousands in the 14 years I've been doing it here. I've used those Grayling jigs before and wasn't too fond of them.
     
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    I've been fletching my own for almost 20 years now.
     
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  9. GABowhunter

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    I just recently began fletching my own. I also plan to buy a saw after hunting season and do everything myself.
     
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    I just made my first attempt at it last week. I bought the new Blazer jig and did a dozen. I have to say it was very easy to do and actually kind of fun. The new Blazer jig puts the vanes at a perfect angle. I am excited about being part of the "do it myself " group!

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    bloodcrick Moderator/BHOD Prostaff

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    I like doing my own, it is just satasfying after doing a batch and sayin, i did that!!! I use the bitz for mine. I will try some of those shring fletch sometime that you dip in hot water,,,,the ones i won in the raffle at the G2G.
     
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  12. hunter6742

    hunter6742 Weekend Warrior

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    As of now I take my arrows to the shop but I plan on starting to fletch my own soon!!
     
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  13. Txjourneyman

    Txjourneyman Die Hard Bowhunter

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    I do my own and occasionally will do some for a friend.
     
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    Yet another thing on my list to learn.
     
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  15. mnbowhunter

    mnbowhunter Die Hard Bowhunter

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    I havent ever fletched arrows before, but i really want to learn how. save some money and plus just another activity to do while im bored.
     
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    Jim_IV Die Hard Bowhunter

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    Nope, I let my shop do it
     
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  17. ISiman/OH

    ISiman/OH Die Hard Bowhunter

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    Yea i have heard that its not the best, but i was just looking for something cheap to start out with. In the furture i plan on buying a blitz.
     
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    I fletch mine, my brothers and his sons, and my mom and dads. I actually enjoy doing it.
     
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    Yep, I do all mine and a bunch of other people's as well. I like it... and I don't get in any boxing matches when I tell someone I want pink. :D
     
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    Siman/OH Legendary Woodsman

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    You do know its against the law to shoot pink vanes in Ohio right? Im sure Scott told you that :D
     
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    I roll my own
     
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