I think its on the Black Widow site.I will check out that video.
Provided your arrows are of proper spine and tuned to the bow, it does not make any difference.
This is a trad thread. I doubt any of us are shooting a Whisker Biscuit, although many of us do have whiskers and we do eat biscuits! Some of us probably have bits of biscuits stuck in our whiskers.Start with your rest. If you are shooting a whisker biscuit then you want the cock vane in the 12 o'clock position (avoid the stiffer bristles). With most dropaway rest you will want the cock vane at 6 o'clock position. These positions provide you the greatest clearance, which is the point of the cock vane. Otherwise the position is a personal preference, based on your shooting form. The other important is to have your cock vane aligned with the strongest part of the spine. Arrows like Victory Arrows mark the spine so you align the cock vane to the strongest part of the spine for easy reference. This is for a compound bow. Trad bows usually point to the left.
Then point it to the left as said.This is a trad thread. I doubt any of us are shooting a Whisker Biscuit, although many of us do have whiskers and we do eat biscuits! Some of us probably have bits of biscuits stuck in our whiskers.
I used to argue this point with my father also and I agree that a perfectly tuned arrow with a perfect release and perfect form it doesn't matter. But, what I have come to realize is that I'm not perfect.
You can see in the video you linked that the clearance between the fletchings and riser or shelf is extremely small. It doesn't take much of a mistake in you release or form for this clearance to go away.
I personally have a quirk in my release or my form that causes a knock high fairly often even with a properly tuned arrow. This summer I tuned arrows to a new bow and it was shooting bare shafts perfect. I fletched a couple arrows with a 12:00 cockfeather and they shot broadheads perfectly. I fletched four more arrows and forgot to rotate the cock feather to 12:00. I went out and shot these four arrows with broadheads and got a severe knock high and all grouped 6 in low at 20 yds. I rotated the cock feather to 12:00 and immediately got perfect at arrow flight again.
I'm not saying you're wrong that it shouldn't matter, I just think sometimes cock feather orientation can help 'fix' or hide individual flaws in a persons form.
Re-reading my previous post, it does seem a bit abrasive. My apologies for the phrasing that was not very polite.
I used to argue this point with my father also and I agree that a perfectly tuned arrow with a perfect release and perfect form it doesn't matter. But, what I have come to realize is that I'm not perfect.
You can see in the video you linked that the clearance between the fletchings and riser or shelf is extremely small. It doesn't take much of a mistake in you release or form for this clearance to go away.
I personally have a quirk in my release or my form that causes a knock high fairly often even with a properly tuned arrow. This summer I tuned arrows to a new bow and it was shooting bare shafts perfect. I fletched a couple arrows with a 12:00 cockfeather and they shot broadheads perfectly. I fletched four more arrows and forgot to rotate the cock feather to 12:00. I went out and shot these four arrows with broadheads and got a severe knock high and all grouped 6 in low at 20 yds. I rotated the cock feather to 12:00 and immediately got perfect at arrow flight again.
I'm not saying you're wrong that it shouldn't matter, I just think sometimes cock feather orientation can help 'fix' or hide individual flaws in a persons form.