On a more serious note, why so many bright colours?

[KBC]

Yes, I'm Canadian so colour is spelled with a U! Anyways...

Why is there so many bright colours in archery? The bright pink vanes, the fluorescent orange strings, reflective wraps and the crazy green accents. You would think that archery hunters would want to be as discrete as possible.

What gives?

 

[bbentley392t]

For the same exact reason people decide to buy an obnoxious fire engine red car as opposed to boring white, it's an expression of personality...and their individuality. What may be considered obnoxious to one, could just as easily be boring to another...preferences are subjective. Nothing more & nothing less.

 

[Muley_Julie]

Vanes and arrow wraps make sense being in bright colors- so you can find your arrows! The rest.... I'm with ya. I prefer more muted and natural colors. I guess it's a personal style thing but I have wondered the same thing myself.

 

[Elkslayer67]

Bright vanes, nicks and wraps are to make it easier to spot where you hit an animal.

 

[Agross]

Vanes and arrow wraps make sense being in bright colors- so you can find your arrows! The rest.... I'm with ya. I prefer more muted and natural colors. I guess it's a personal style thing but I have wondered the same thing myself.

Totally agree, also to help see where you hit an animal.

 

[Fatcamp]

So you can decorate your Hoyt.

 

[Billy Goat]

Racing stripes.

 

[Hoot]

The only thing color on my bow is my D loop so I can see it in low light, and my sight housing ring.

I use bright pink vanes, only because that's the only color my eyes can pick up in flight..

Anything else is personal, in my opinion...

 

[carletes45]

The only thing color on my bow is my D loop so I can see it in low light, and my sight housing ring.

I use bright pink vanes, only because that's the only color my eyes can pick up in flight..

Anything else is personal, in my opinion...

totally agree

 

[5MilesBack]

I've found that animals get shot just as easily with bright strings and bright fletching as they do with more subdued colours. So ya, certain colours make it easier to find your arrows........and your bow when you set it down somewhere.

 

[Beendare]

So you can decorate your Hoyt.

Nice line waddell!

I had a case a couple years ago that has me questioning bright fletching. I was 16’ up a tree at a wallow and a bull came in uphill ( so effectively i wasnt that high) and that bull seemed to see the yellow fletch.

what do you think? Can they see those bright colours?


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[cured_ham]

I would lose my head if it was not attached to my shoulders. I need all the help I can get.

 

[Fatcamp]

Nice line waddell!

I had a case a couple years ago that has me questioning bright fletching. I was 16’ up a tree at a wallow and a bull came in uphill ( so effectively i wasnt that high) and that bull seemed to see the yellow fletch.

what do you think? Can they see those bright colours?


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If there is any movement it sure can't help.

 

[Rob5589]

I like to find my arrows, so I use something that stands out. For myself, that is white fletchings and white nocks. I used to use green and yellow, not great for finding errant arrows in the fall. The rest are just personal touches.

 

[Reburn]

Nice line waddell!

I had a case a couple years ago that has me questioning bright fletching. I was 16’ up a tree at a wallow and a bull came in uphill ( so effectively i wasnt that high) and that bull seemed to see the yellow fletch.

what do you think? Can they see those bright colours?


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Short answer. Yes probably. Long answer has a bunch of tech stuff how cervidae can see into the UV spectrum some so if you can hit a piece of clothing or item with a uv light and it glows. Then yes they can see it stand out. Does it matter. Probably not much. All color fletchings I have hit with UV or blacklight glow like a rave party.

From National deer assosiciation

The Hunter’s Guide to Deer Vision | National Deer Association

www.deerassociation.com

Deer are essentially red-green colorblind like some humans. Their color vision is limited to the short (blue) and middle (green) wavelength colors. ... Because deer do not have a UV filter, they see much better in the UV spectrum but lack the ability to see fine detail.

 

[Benincanada]

Yes, I'm Canadian so colour is spelled with a U! Anyways...



Agreed, this is the correct way to spell it.

I tend to use orange for fletching so that the arrows that *never* miss a target are easy to see in the grass. Thats about the only bright colours i use

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[Stillkickin]

The science of fletching color

tradtalk.com

This thread really gets into the subject.

 

[4rcgoat]

When in doubt......pimp it out!

 

[Billy Goat]

When in doubt......pimp it out!