Arrow fetching

[Guest]

Hello, 

I'm a first year archer and bought my half-dozen arrows from a company in KY that touted their fetching.  However it was some kind of nylon and with probably fewer than 100 shots on each arrow the fetching is pretty much trashed.  It started getting wavy after I'd guess a dozen shots per arrow.

I'm going to be near a Gander mountain next week. Is it worth stopping there to look at fetching or better to keep on going?

At this point I'm planning to make a jig and hand fletch them. I'd rather have that skill than wait in a store.

Thanks 

[Smokin45]

4 minutes ago, BlessTheUSA said:

Hello, 

I'm a first year archer and bought my half-dozen arrows from a company in KY that touted their fetching.  However it was some kind of nylon and with probably fewer than 100 shots on each arrow the fetching is pretty much trashed.  It started getting wavy after I'd guess a dozen shots per arrow.

I'm going to be near a Gander mountain next week. Is it worth stopping there to look at fetching or better to keep on going?

At this point I'm planning to make a jig and hand fletch them. I'd rather have that skill than wait in a store.

Thanks 

When I was in competition I would do my own fletching.. quick and getting it done the right way. My preference. Hunting arrows also. It is not difficult to fletch knowing what to do after is the trick. Such as tunning the arrow to fly well especially for hunting. There are a lot of fletching rig's out there to choose from. Look into you time involved vs having them fleched. 

 

[Guest]

21 minutes ago, smokin45 said:

When I was in competition I would do my own fletching.. quick and getting it done the right way. My preference. Hunting arrows also. It is not difficult to fletch knowing what to do after is the trick. Such as tunning the arrow to fly well especially for hunting. There are a lot of fletching rig's out there to choose from. Look into you time involved vs having them fleched. 

 

Are you saying it would be more time intensive to fletch them myself?  Thought it would be the other way. 

 

Thanks 

[Smokin45]

9 minutes ago, BlessTheUSA said:

Are you saying it would be more time intensive to fletch them myself?  Thought it would be the other way. 

 

Thanks 

Not time intensive at all enjoyed doing my own. But again I had a lot of time to devote to archery. Sometimes it's just easier to have someone else do them.

[Wingshooter]

I build my own arrows. I enjoy getting them tunned and balanced just the way I want them. I use a Bitzenburger fletching jig, but there are many different models out there. I also use feathers just because that's what I like. My setup is a Gold Tip arrow shaft crested white with three white-barred feathers nocked with a lighted NockTurnal nock. 

Gander Mountain has a really good selection of arrow building supplies. They are not as cheap as ordering online, but I would stop to see what they have. 

Fletching your own is not hard, and it allows you to experiment with placement and amount of (or lack of) helical. I enjoy it.