3 Inch Fletch Brand?

[Shammy]

Quick question for you guys. I'm looking to fletch all my arrows with 3inch feathers / 4 fletches per arrow. Can anyone recommend a good brand of feather for this setup??? Thanks and if you have picks of your set up that would be awesome!

 

[oldgoat]

I've never seen 3" fletches for sale I don't think, you can buy a lil chopper from 3rivers and chop your own, a little bit more costly upfront but cheaper down the line buying full length feathers, you can get 2-3 chopped feathers, use a rubber or wooden mallet to do the pounding

 

[wildwilderness]

Gateway Feathers has every size

 

[AroaniaPass]

I've used about every size feather, vane configuration you can think of (1956 is when I bought my 1st real bow & joined organized archery). Always with 125 gr. 3 blade fixed the last 45 years. Currently this year is 2 1/2" Razors, 3 fletch & 3" Parobolic, 3 fletch & 3 fletch blazers too. 6 each & all shoot the same (I sight in thru 60 yds but 40 is my personal max hunting). YES, I have used 4 fletch 3" & Blazers & see no differeance or advantage. I used 4" 4 fletch for several years. I use these out of compound 60#s now (used to be 70#s) & also 50# Longbow on occassion. I use the same set up for all my 3-D, Field & Target shooting too. If you have the proper spine & decent tune they will fly like bullets.

 

[Kentucky]

Gateway have quality issues, Trueflight are always good. Ozark is where it’s at for me… cheaper that trueflight, all the quality, and options for whatever you wanna do.. they have a 3” target maxx feather I’ll be trying next

 

[Ozarkansas]

I’ve been a fan of truefight when I’m shooting feathers (I generally use tradvanes for hunting though). Razr feathers also work well if you have a well-tuned setup

 

[North Idaho Stickbow]

Gateway Feathers has every size

Yeah, they can be inconsistent, but this is what I use. I do exactly what you’re talking about: 4 fletch 3” feathers.

 

[Cedarsavage]

I made a template from a notecard, and cut them from full length feathers. It's a pain but it works

 

[Kentucky]

I’ve been a fan of truefight when I’m shooting feathers (I generally use tradvanes for hunting though). Razr feathers also work well if you have a well-tuned setup

I’ve been using trad vanes for about 1.5 years.. going back to feathers… I like trad vanes, but still randomly having adhesion issues… I don’t need that in my life..and feathers look cooler…looking cool is just as important as arrow weight..

 

[24on48hunting]

I run a 5” on a 3-fletch or 4” on a 4-fletch, but I shoot a 2” cut Simmons broadhead and get better flight with those two setups. I feel that I get more consistency overall from the 4-fletch.
I tried some 3” feathers/4-fletch on a few arrows but didn’t like the results.

 

[GreenNDark Timber]

I use Gateway 3" shield cut. I haven't found the quality to be any different than Trueflight. I usually end up culling 3 or 4 feathers out of 50 of either brand.