I thought most available fletching was cheap chicken. With turkey being available for a premium. I read someone say they got duck fletching. I haven't seen those.

 

As far as types of feathers they are way different from company to company. My favorite store bought feather is tru flight, they really are a nice durable feather and they are cut and shaped very nicely compared to gate way. But, I currently shoot the gate way razor feathers simply because they have a slightly smaller profile cut and they are more of a shield cut. But the gateway feathers are not as nicely shaped and they are a beefier feather that is not as durable as the tru flight.

If you do get some feathers here is another trick you need to use with them.

Feathers are not exactly the same like a vane because they trim them and shape the quill and the length will slightly vary. So you can not get a good looking fletching job if you line up the end of the feather to a mark on the blitz clamp, the front of the feathers will be totally uneven and look stupid.

So, make two marks with a sharpie and then when you put a feather in the clamp you center the feather between the two marks and then when the arrow is done it will look really good. Kind of a average thing.

 

Just went back to feathers again on my new arrow setup trying to increase my FOC, as I’m a believer in Nockturnals. South Shore Archery built these with Trueflight 3” right wing 2 degree helical. Just something about feathers for me, I like the looks and nostalgia of them. I do like to hunt in the rain though, coated these with the Bohning powder as I’ve always done. It’s been five years with Blazers so next time I head home from hunting in the rain I’ll stop at the archery range and compare wet/dry @ 40 yds.

 

Do any of you feather users put them on with fletching tape instead of glue?

 

No. Fletching glue sticks like mad to feathers. I have to scrape the base off when replacing. I've never had one lift off the shaft because of glue.

 

Made my own duck since I duck hunt and can shoot up to 6 a day. Can’t sell them but get a good batch of mallard each year.

they run mor like low profile shield been years since I did though. Not even sure I have the tool any more

used to mail in squirrel tails to meps for lures as well.