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Big Game Hunting => Bow Hunting => Topic started by: bloodhound on July 01, 2012, 12:28:06 PM

Title: All fletched and ready to go!
Post by: bloodhound on July 01, 2012, 12:28:06 PM: just got done fletching and putting in my inserts and now there ready for action!!
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Post by: bloodhound on July 01, 2012, 12:30:33 PM: hmm should we bet on which one is gonna kill my bull this year! will it be arrow #1 or maybe #12 for the number of points on the bull, i guess we will just have to wait and see!
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Post by: MLBowhunting on July 01, 2012, 12:34:26 PM: Very nice. Not the waiting game :yike: hurry up sept
Title: All fletched and ready to go!
Post by: briancorneal on July 01, 2012, 12:35:20 PM: Sweet. Here's 5 of my first FMJ's
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Post by: bloodhound on July 01, 2012, 12:39:53 PM: yah i didt wanna spend that much, but i did upgrade from ics bow hunters, to the hunters. and by fletching them myself i saved a few bucks and got to keep the same colors that i had last year.
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Post by: bloodhound on July 01, 2012, 01:19:06 PM: just flung 1-6 in the ole 30 yard back yard range they went 6 for 6 in the playing card with practice tips :tup: ill give myself a ten min break and go shoot 7-12! hopefully they fly just as good.
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Post by: briancorneal on July 01, 2012, 05:48:18 PM: I'll shoot mine tomorrow at the Machias archery range. I hope they shoot good!
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Post by: bloodhound on July 01, 2012, 05:57:09 PM: i got no complaints on mine, except i put an arrow through one of my vanes and had to put a new one on. dang those tight groups!
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Post by: bankwalker on July 01, 2012, 06:38:23 PM: Quote from: bloodhound on July 01, 2012, 05:57:09 PM
i got no complaints on mine, except i put an arrow through one of my vanes and had to put a new one on. dang those tight groups!

That's the benefits of fletching your own arrows.
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Post by: bloodhound on July 01, 2012, 06:44:12 PM: yes it is! buying the fletching jig was well worth the money, and now i save money every time i buy arrows cause they are cheaper, and they shoot better, and i can fix them myself when ever i mess one up!
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Post by: firedog on July 01, 2012, 10:11:48 PM: Look great! Which Jig did you buy for doing the 2" vanes?
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Post by: windygorge on July 01, 2012, 10:36:17 PM: beautiful arrows bloodhound. my favorite
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Post by: bloodhound on July 01, 2012, 11:41:51 PM: i bought this one and it works great!

http://www.sportsmanswarehouse.com/sportsmans/Bohning-Blazer-Helix-Jig/productDetail/Fletching-Jigs-and-Tools/prod99990133962/cat100562 (http://www.sportsmanswarehouse.com/sportsmans/Bohning-Blazer-Helix-Jig/productDetail/Fletching-Jigs-and-Tools/prod99990133962/cat100562)
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Post by: Todd_ID on July 02, 2012, 08:47:17 AM: Looks good. Something to consider when you need to start fixing and repairing them is that blood is basically impossible to read on a black shaft. You might think about using a wrap under the vanes to get it to show up. What the arrow tells you is an important part of the recovery.
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Post by: bloodhound on July 02, 2012, 06:57:39 PM: thats what the white vane is for! :tup:
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Post by: AKBowman on July 03, 2012, 01:49:11 PM: I like the wraps too. For me its really tough finding an arrow in flight or in the ground without the white wraps.

On a suggestion I fletched three arrows orange b/c they are way easier to pick up than white if your shooting in a bright area (like alpine shale) The white wraps with white fletch show up awesome in the timber which is typically where I am hunting.
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Post by: D-Rock425 on July 03, 2012, 02:14:41 PM: Those look good.
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Post by: AKBowman on July 03, 2012, 02:28:00 PM: Thanks D-Rock. I forgot to order the orange fletch so I ended up stripping a few old target arrows and ended up with a little discoloration on them, I was a little dissapointed about that but not too concerned. I liked they ended up.
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Post by: Todd_ID on July 03, 2012, 05:16:51 PM: Quote from: bloodhound on July 02, 2012, 06:57:39 PM
thats what the white vane is for! :tup:
Yeah, what do I know? There's a 1 in 3 chance that your white vane gets any blood, and then there's a 1 in 10 chance that you get any info from it. Dang it! 26+ years of bowhunting down the drain! :chuckle:

I wasn't trying to be a kill-joy. Your arrows look better than anything I can build. I suck at fletching. I just wanted to try and help.
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Post by: BULLBLASTER on July 03, 2012, 06:35:14 PM: Quote from: Todd_ID on July 03, 2012, 05:16:51 PM
Quote from: bloodhound on July 02, 2012, 06:57:39 PM
thats what the white vane is for! :tup:
Yeah, what do I know? There's a 1 in 3 chance that your white vane gets any blood, and then there's a 1 in 10 chance that you get any info from it. Dang it! 26+ years of bowhunting down the drain! :chuckle:

I wasn't trying to be a kill-joy. Your arrows look better than anything I can build. I suck at fletching. I just wanted to try and help.

todd, who needs wraps when you can do what i do... hit the trigger and pull your bow down at the same time and watch the arrow hit!

i found that the best way. :chuckle:
Title: Re: All fletched and ready to go!
Post by: oldcamper on July 03, 2012, 06:49:14 PM: They do look good, I have never seen the wrap.

Where did you pick that up at?

Any tips for installing that wrap?
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Post by: BOWHUNTER45 on July 03, 2012, 07:08:47 PM: Fine job on those arrows men !! :tup: :tup: I may need to get off the horse and try that !
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Post by: hughjorgan on July 03, 2012, 07:15:01 PM: Quote from: oldcamper on July 03, 2012, 06:49:14 PM
They do look good, I have never seen the wrap.

Where did you pick that up at?

Any tips for installing that wrap?

Put the wraps on a mouse pad from your computer then roll your arrows onto the wrap....
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Post by: AKBowman on July 03, 2012, 07:26:06 PM: Quote from: oldcamper on July 03, 2012, 06:49:14 PM
They do look good, I have never seen the wrap.

Where did you pick that up at?

Any tips for installing that wrap?

Thanks. You can pick up the 6" wraps at pretty much every major archery shop or on most outdoor type archery websites on line. I used the mouse pad to apply the wraps as stated above. You place the wrap on the pad sticky side up then inch the arrow towards the wrap making sure the arrow shaft and wrap edge are even. Then just use down ward pressure and spin the arrow shaft so the wrap wraps around the shaft while maintaining downward pressure. This will keep any air bubbles from forming under the wrap and keeps them really even and nice. It's easier than you would think. I just used am Arizona Easy Fletcher to apply the fletching.
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Post by: firedog on July 03, 2012, 10:24:50 PM: Quote from: bloodhound on July 01, 2012, 11:41:51 PM
i bought this one and it works great!

http://www.sportsmanswarehouse.com/sportsmans/Bohning-Blazer-Helix-Jig/productDetail/Fletching-Jigs-and-Tools/prod99990133962/cat100562 (http://www.sportsmanswarehouse.com/sportsmans/Bohning-Blazer-Helix-Jig/productDetail/Fletching-Jigs-and-Tools/prod99990133962/cat100562)

Thanks

That is great to hear since I ordered that same jig last week. Should be sitting at home waiting for me.
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Post by: 3Under on July 04, 2012, 08:57:18 AM: Easton makes some heat shrink wraps that I've used on my carbons in the past. Easy to apply if you dip them in boiling water, but I still like the adhesive kind better.
Oh, and since we're having show and tell, here are some port orfords that I just finished fletching.
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Post by: bloodhound on July 04, 2012, 09:12:01 AM: those are pretty sweet looking. i like the design of those vanes!
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Post by: buckfvr on July 04, 2012, 09:14:01 AM: Dont like wraps, dont like white......brilliant white moving in the woods, to a deer or elk, is like flashing red lights in a rear view mirror to us. And then theres snow.......

Beautiful jobs on the arrows, just not for me in the woods. :twocents:
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Post by: dreamingbig on July 05, 2012, 08:19:08 AM: I use wraps with a white background and one white fletch. I cover them with a cheap camo fleece cover. It works well and gets rid of the white flag that buckfvr is referring too.