This will be for Beman ICS Bowhunter shafts. I was thinking about a 10" white cap with a white cock feather and chartreuse hens. I'm just looking for something that stands out from the background and really just looks pretty cool too.

I'm not much on the artistic stuff.

For standout in the desert or in the target I like the flo yellow wraps with flo yellow feathers. Also a flo yellow nock to match. Gateway Feathers, One Stringer wraps.

I meant flo green nocks. Another combo I like but no quite as easy to see in a black target.

V -

Use a color that's unnatural to the target environment.

Viper out.

I think your choice sounds excellent!

White,chartreuse,pink,orange,Yellow and bright lime typically stand out well in flight and when looking for your arrow.A few of listed those show up best

type 'arrows' in the search box, then click on 'keyword'

Pink and blue. ) It will stand out.

no color stands out on the forest floor like blue.(for me anyway) If these are for stumping or small game ....go blue.

But if used for turkey hunting ,steer clear.

I'm boring when it comes to fletching, either three shield cut natural gray barred turkey feathers or three shield cut white feathers. I never use a different color cock feather.

The natural feathers are much tough and hold up a lot longer than the white, but the natural are tougher to see in flight. For me, nothing shows up better in all-around conditions than white fletching with a white nock.

I do like plenty of color in the cap, cresting or wrap though.

Blue and white and purple and white look good.

For fall hunting, I like all 3 white with a white nock, no wraps. For winter/Snow I like all red fletching and a ruby red nock on a white wrap

I use some combination of white and chartreuse for my target arrows. Some all white, some all chartreuse, including crown; Some white crown, chartreuse feathers and vice versa. Also vary between white and chartreuse nocks.

I am thinking for fall hunting go with a white cap with white shield cut feathers and a white nock. But. And I know this is heresy in many traditional circles, having shotndeer with all manner of archery gear aside from traditional, meaning compounds and xbows. Illuminated nocks have been one of the greatest tools I have ever used in the woods. Easy to track the arrow to the animal and judge my shot placement. Finding my arrow easier in the duff and ground litter and examining the blood evidence. So I used green illuminated nocks as green is the easiest color for the eye to see in low light and the last to fade in darkness.

I guess what I'm saying is I am thinking of some really nice subdued combinations for hunting and the bright colors for the target range.

You'll get no criticism from me regarding lighted nocks, they are a great tool in my opinion. That said I admit I haven't used them...yet.

If you want subdued by nice looking, go with shield cut natural gray parred turkey feathers. They are more expensive but last so much longer that in the long run the cost difference is probably minimal. Natural camo and in my opinion the nicest looking feather, just tough to see in flight.

Power Blue everything, cap and all 3 feathers and the nock. Shawn

my favorites have always been yellow, orange, red, white.

You can also use feather tracers which are cheaper and also show up well on a hit.

2 Yellow and 1 barred yellow over reflective yellow wraps have been my preferred hunting fletching for years now. Easy to see and track in flight, but not white. I don't like white fletching for safety reasons and because a batch of white fletchings moving through the woods looks too much like a deer running for the hills to other deer. Yellow may not be better for that but it is safer.

I like blue and chartreuse together. Also pink and blue.

Or just go with what ever colors you have available. I made these up from stuff I had on hand.

Well, white looks cool to me. If you really want to see the arrow in flight, the most visible to me by a wide margin -and I have made LOTS of color combos- is all white...white cap, fletch and nock. Arrows look like tracers in flight.

I like flo-yellow for all three feathers. That color is the most visible to me by a wide margin.

Here are 2 arrow, one would be spotted much easier than the other in the woods.

My old eyes are getting a little dimmer each year. I love natural and dyed barred Real turkey feathers more than anything, but for hunting(now)I really can see chartreuse or baby pink(not hot pink!)better than anything else. White is good too, but I just never fell in love with all white fletches. I still love beautiful arrows in any colors! This last year I've been experimenting with Beman White Out shafts. I can see them well, and I'm hoping they will let me use some darker fletches in nicer looking combinations(ok, that's two competing ideas, but I'd hope there is a way to have both.) I'm finding white shafts are pretty pleasing!

3 4" pink parabolic feathers with pink wraps and a chartreuse nock. I also put a small strip of reflective wrap below the nock and again below the front of the feathers. Hard to lose them!

My favorite is partial hot pink dip with all pink feathers.

I use this combo when hunting spring bear, great for low light conditions. Chart dip with Chart/White feathers

Made these "Traditional" up last year. Copied my first set of arrows from 1969..All white shaft with White/Chart feathers. Back in '69 only had yellow.

I've often thought that a natural barred shield with the last inch or so in high-contrast would look good, and BigDog sure hasn't done anything to sway my thinking on that...

There's some reallly nice work showing up on this thread!

Lucky for me, I just happen to have a large supply of blue full- length... Viper's point about colors not found in nature is spot- on, and it turns out that blue and a bright pink are right up there in that department.. So George is probably right about pink & blue on the same shaft... if you don't mind how that looks.

Cone to think of it, I have a few hot pink wraps to play with...

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