Blazer’s or 3″, 4″

  • dylan_w.
    La Crosse, WI
    Posts: 399
    December 3, 2007 at 3:28 pm #198785

    I’m thinking about switching over to blazer’s because people are saying there more volocity and straighter flying…I wanted to know what you guys think can you fill me in…

    Dylan

    robstenger
    Northern Twin Cities, MN
    Posts: 11374
    December 3, 2007 at 7:03 pm #17587

    I have yet to try the blazers. But the reason they give you greater velocity is they are smaller vanes, thus giving less surface area which creates less wind drag, giving you greater velocity.

    I have heard many good things about these, but not many negative. I think it may depend on the size of your broadhead you are using and the ability of the Blazers to “steer” your arrow.

    protourbaits
    stillwater, MN
    Posts: 2466
    December 3, 2007 at 7:30 pm #17590

    blazers are 2″ i believe. I used to shoot them but i did not like the fact that they didn’t stay glued on very easily I even had an archery shop do them also and came back w/ the same results I shoot 4″ fletchings now and iam really satisfied w/ them

    witte
    West Salem, WI
    Posts: 428
    December 3, 2007 at 8:32 pm #17596

    I tried some blazers this year and when I got them put on, I practiced for a while using 3 arrows w/ blazers and 3 w/ 4 inch helicle feathers. I would alternate shots and every shot I took with the blazers was a little more accurate than with the feathers…just an inch or 2 but that can make all the difference. I’ll stick with the blazers. I had one go right through a deer and the vanes stayed on.

    Dave

    protourbaits
    stillwater, MN
    Posts: 2466
    December 3, 2007 at 9:35 pm #17601

    Quote:

    3 w/ 4 inch helicle feathers. I would alternate shots and every shot I took with the blazers was a little more accurate than with the feathers
    Dave

    But that can also depend on how the feathers were maintained. If you had a pass through on the arrows w/ the feathers, OF COURSE the blazers would be more accurate because the feathers would be damaged and spread apart. Ive shot feathers before and will never go back to them

    dylan_w.
    La Crosse, WI
    Posts: 399
    December 4, 2007 at 12:13 am #17612

    wow thanks all of you on this great topic yeah i’ve been shooting all my life now and im 14 and just wanted to get some good archer’s to get info from…

    safeatsecond
    Rochester, MN
    Posts: 25
    December 4, 2007 at 2:11 am #17618

    I shoot the NAP quick spins and I like them as well. I have not tried the blazers but I feel the NAP vanes are accurate. I would also say that if you choose the NAP’s I recommend using a multy bulls’eyed target. The NAP vanes do not hold up very well when you start slapping arrows together in tight groups. Aside from that, I have zero complaints with them.

    muskyman
    Arkansaw, Wisconsin
    Posts: 945
    December 4, 2007 at 2:47 am #17621

    Dylan, I have been shooting Blazers for 3 years now and in that 3 years I have had to refletch 1 arrow since. With regular vanes I was tearing a vane almost everytime I was shooting. And I have not lost any accuracy.

    tom_gursky
    Michigan's Upper Peninsula(Iron Mountain)
    Posts: 4751
    December 4, 2007 at 4:19 am #17631

    Quote:

    I have yet to try the blazers. But the reason they give you greater velocity is they are smaller vanes, thus giving less surface area which creates less wind drag, giving you greater velocity.

    after
    I have heard many good things about these, but not many negative. I think it may depend on the size of your broadhead you are using and the ability of the Blazers to “steer” your arrow.

    Rob is “right on the money”. 2″ Blazers are able to “steer” most popular broadheads up to 100gr, due to their height, which makes up for the short length…I have tested many vane set ups(including Blazers) extensively in my bow shop and on the bows I sell and set up.
    If you shoot large diameter and or fixed blade heads 125gr and over I would go with the larger vanes or feathers…

    dylan_w.
    La Crosse, WI
    Posts: 399
    December 4, 2007 at 6:56 pm #17574

    Thank you guys with the info…again I’m really hoping i can get the blazer’s and shoot around a little bit before i go out late season….

    deerdragger
    Posts: 346
    December 4, 2007 at 10:15 pm #17095

    This is my second year shooting Blazers. Love ’em and I haven’t had to re-fletch any of them. That may be due in part to the AMAZING glue that I’ve been using. Fast-Fletch. Wow, does that stuff hold. Gotta work quick with it though as it sets up pretty fast (as the name implies, I guess). Shaft prep is key too. Get the pharmacy-grade rubbing alcohol and clean the shafts with that first and the glue will practically weld the fletchings to the shaft.

    My two cents.

    dylan_w.
    La Crosse, WI
    Posts: 399
    December 5, 2007 at 3:39 pm #17167

    Thanks deer dragger i hope i’ll like them as much as you do…

    dylan_w.
    La Crosse, WI
    Posts: 399
    December 10, 2007 at 6:28 pm #7577

    What arrpw rest do you guys prefer for the blazers????

    protourbaits
    stillwater, MN
    Posts: 2466
    December 10, 2007 at 7:32 pm #7583

    ive seen a lot of guys shoot biskets w/ blazers but i don’t like em. i would go w/ a shaky hunter IMO

    dylan_w.
    La Crosse, WI
    Posts: 399
    December 13, 2007 at 3:33 pm #7531

    Quote:

    shaky hunter IMO

    Does anyone know what the prices run for this?

    “give a man a deer he eats for a week, teach a man to deer hunt he eats for a life time”

    dylan_w.
    La Crosse, WI
    Posts: 399
    December 13, 2007 at 3:35 pm #7532

    What arrows should i shoot with the blazers?

    les_welch
    Posts: 1007
    December 13, 2007 at 4:16 pm #7539

    match your arrows to your bow and broadhead set-up, not your vanees.

    dylan_w.
    La Crosse, WI
    Posts: 399
    December 14, 2007 at 5:46 pm #7245

    Quote:

    match your arrows to your bow and broadhead set-up, not your vanees.


    will do….

    dylan_w.
    La Crosse, WI
    Posts: 399
    December 19, 2007 at 11:02 pm #17069

    just got the arrows alined and the blazers put on and im am speech less wow why’d i wait so long!!!!

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