A few arrow manufacturers, and I applaud this, are fletching shafts with an offset. Simply put, an offset fletch showcases a slight turn in the fletch from the front of the fletch to the back. This fletch orientation is a favorite of many, and for good reason. An offset fletch right or left creates arrow spin. This rotation better stabilizes the arrow and keeps it on a true flight path as it travels downrange.
The arrow will be less effected by the wind and will steer shafts tipped with a sure-to-cut fixed-blade broadhead. While there are different degrees of helical, this fletch position is ideal for those looking for maximum arrow accuracy. Much like a bullet coming out of a gun, rotation acts like a gyroscope to quickly and efficiently stabilize the arrow and create maximum spin. Personally, this is my go-to-fletch for all my bowhunting adventures, whether shooting a fixed or mechanical head.
A helical fletch can be set as a right or left helical, and as previously mentioned, the degree can be toyed with. This type of fletch will drop your fps rating a little more than the offset. When deciding on a fletch orientation, remember that a straight fletch will hardly spin, an offset will spin a bit more and a helical will get a shaft rotating rapidly. My advice is to get a quality fletching jig like those available from Bohning and Bitzenburger and start experimenting.
Building your own arrows is fun, rewarding and allows you to find the exact fletch orientation that is right for you. Options, when it comes to fletching type, are endless. The key is choosing a vane that offers solid stiffness. The on profile is a high-profile vane will help stabilize your broadhead-tipped arrow quickly, but will cost you, due to their surface area and general build, a few fps.
As far as vane length, options, again, are many. They are a stiff, high-profile fletch I can depend on. This fletch build promises hushed flight and excellent cable and rest clearance. The fletch measures 2. The material is ultra-stiff, which aids in broadhead stabilization and boost fletch life. Another viable option, of course, are feathers — like the ones from Trueflight. Every level of bowhunter would benefit from building their own arrows. Building your own arrows is not all that complicated and will allow you to build a superior product to what you get from a box store.
Plus, by building your own, you will get straighter, more accurate and consistent arrows. So, what are you waiting for? There are so many options for arrows on the market. They vary in straightness, weight tolerance, stiffness, diameter, materials and price.
There are seemingly endless combinations beyond that for point weight, vanes, nocks and arrow length. When it comes to arrow "straightness" you can check out an article I wrote last year comparing. Before I get too much farther, I should note that you need an arrow that has just the right amount of stiffness or spine for your setup. Arrows come in common static spine categories: , , , , and The length of your arrow, the point weight, vanes, draw weight and draw length will impact how stiff or flexible your arrow will react when shot.
Once you have an arrow set up with a broadhead and vanes and are shooting it from your bow, it will react dynamically. This means that the dynamic spine is a critical component of picking an accurate hunting arrow and understanding how to manipulate the spine of an arrow to get the best flight for you is even more so. The following table will indicate the actions you can take to impact the spine to work for you. Afterward, I can go to the arrow configuration section and input the arrow I would like to research as well as the components: insert weight, outsert weight if you use one , point weight, vanes weight, nock, collar and wrap.
I can also input the length of the arrow I am thinking about shooting. One of the first things I check is the visual representation of how well the spine I selected fits my setup. The green portion of the graph would indicate that the spine is perfect. To the left the green into the yellow and red portion of the graph would indicate your spine or stiffness is too weak. Ideally, you would like your arrow to be right in the middle to even a little stiff for a fixed blade broadhead.
If your arrow of choice is too stiff or too weak, you can use the table above to manipulate the spine to work for you. If you cannot, you can also consider using a stiffer or weaker spined arrow. Overall, the Archers Advantage program can help you immensely. Along with selecting the arrow, you can see things like estimated front-of-center, finished arrow weight and speed. A couple more thoughts on selecting arrow shafts: Arrow companies offer different options in terms of straightness and weight tolerance per dozen.
Three vane, four vane, high profile or low profile shield cut, left helical or right helical? There are so many options, but here are a few principles you should keep in mind:. The first step I take is to quickly square the end of the arrow I am going to use as the guide end to make my first cut. I do that with a G5 arrow squaring device. First cut? Typically, the straightest part of the arrow shaft is the center portion of the arrow so I like to cut from both ends to get the straightest part of the arrow.
It would seem to reason that the shorter the arrow, the better your chances of getting a really straight arrow. If you have a long draw length, buying straighter arrows is probably worth it. If you shoot shorter arrows, you can probably buy cheaper arrows and cut them from both ends to get a dozen arrows that are still really straight. After I have made my first cut, I then square the ends that were cut with my G5 arrow squaring device and then I cut each arrow from the other end.
Read times. Pre-fletched arrows can very from dozen to dozen. They will hit high and low even though they are the same type of arrow. Get a good Fletcher and you will build the same arrow out of the same jig, you will never regret it. I'm fletching some hunting arrows right now.
Ive had alot of pre fletched arrow fletching fall off in mid flight so that is why i went to doing it myself. I didnt want chance having a fletch fall off mid flight while shooting at an animal. I have a bitzenburger jig and it seems to work really well. I also use super glue gel made by loctite and that stuff it bulletproof, never had a fletch fall off.
I don't think there are really any cons. You can get what colors you want, add wraps and if you blow a fletching off you can just redo it yourself instead of taking it to a shop.
There are several inexpensive jigs out there that work well. Look at the arizona e-z fletch. That thing slams through arrows. I dont build my own, I found it was more expensive to build them especially since I dont shoot high end arrows. A box of fletchings, glue, jig save alot of time running back and forth to the shop having them fixed. Fletch your own!
THat way you know they are done with care and not just mass produced. Bitzenburg jig LOL If you are going to get an arrow saw make sure you get a good one. They will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience. I thought everyone fletched their own?
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