right, left, or straight fletching?

[gsimms]

I shoot a left handed bow and i wanted to know if i should shoot left helical fletching or if it doesnt matter. Can I get some help on this matter?

[WoJo]

I shoot a left handed bow and i wanted to know if i should shoot left helical fletching or if it doesnt matter. Can I get some help on this matter?

Straight Blazers here.

[bowhuntermac]

helical or a slight offset will stabilize your arrows, especially with broadheads at a longer range, as far as right or left, it does not matter if they are all the same.

[big_smith]

I shoot rt helical, used to shoot left helical when I shot fingers. Back then I was told that the archers paradox-(bending of the arrow) could cause fletching contact, and that was why I shot left helical as it put the fletching farther from the riser. With a release it probably does not matter as the arrow bends up and down instead of right to left. I now shoot rt helical because I believe a helical fletch stabilizes broadheads better, and rt because left unscrews my field tips in flight.

[SPUD]

It doesn't matter. Properly tuned bow and match grade arrows (so to say) and no problems...


but I still put a right on mine

[woody]

You will have a much easier time finding feathers if you get a right helical {right wing feathers} and have a greater variety to choose from. I am left handed and shoot right helical. Good luck. Woody

[rocky]

If you're shooting a compound, use right or left helical, as much as you can put on them. A spinning arrow stabilizes faster and better when shooting broadheads,or field points for that matter.

[rtread]

I use right helical and was told early on it increases stability. I like the way it spins in to the target, kind of like a Tony Romo pass.....

[GregO]

What kind of bow?
What rest are you using?
Fingers or release?
Feathers or vanes?

If you are shooting compound bow with release and shoot through/drop away rest, then it's a matter of what you decide to use. I shoot lefty/Compond/release/drop away, my arrows are vanes with either right offset or right helical.
Shooting fingers with a shoot "around" rest would be different.

[gsimms]

I shoot left handed with a release. My rest is a biscuit. i alway wondered how the biscuit would affect a helical fletching if any.

[GregO]

The biscuit is a shoot through rest, so left or right twist will not matter. I’d stick with the right helical or offset, it’s the most common. I have had my kids shooting biscuits with low profile 4 inch vanes and with blazers. Both have worked fine. A good sturdy vane will last longer. You will lose a few FPS using a biscuit, but it’s negligible. If you are going to hunt, tune the bow so that FPs hit with your broadheads, you should be fine after that. Actually, do a good job on tuning the bow, even if you are not going to hunt.

[Bill]

I was told right helical on a compound spins the arrow 'into' the tip or broad head and doesn't loosen it in flight. I never cared to do a study to prove or disprove it.

For broadheads, helical is the way to go, I shoot Blazers and it greatly stabilizes the arrow with the spinning.