Offset fletching?

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Pydpiper
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Offset fletching?

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Just watching Wild TV, there was a guy elk hunting and as he passed the camera I noticed all his fletching was offset, one vane an inch or so farther down the shaft than the others, what's up with that?
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I'd sure be intersted in learning about that type of fletching also. Wonder what the advantage is??
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Re: Offset fletching?

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Pydpiper wrote:Just watching Wild TV, there was a guy elk hunting and as he passed the camera I noticed all his fletching was offset, one vane an inch or so farther down the shaft than the others, what's up with that?
My best guess is that he is using the offset vane as a "kisser" of some sort.

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Post by Cossack »

It's not a kisser. The vanes are one ahead of the other down the shaft. I've seen it too. Looks like it has the stabilizing effect of 4 or 5 inch vanes but the drag of 2 inch vanes. Doesn't look like it would work for X bows but who knows? May just have to give it a try.
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