I shoot both. My longbows and recurves are feathers only and my compound will shoot both. I like to process my own feathers from turkeys I've shot. Adds a little something to an arrow when it's fletched up with a bird you shot yourself.
Where I hunt in Western Oregon it is awfully nice to have vanes when it's raining. Silicone spray or no if you hunt all day in the rain the feathers will lay down. Might be different in a treestand, but on the ground going through wet brush they lay down.
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