posted
on the east coast, june 'tis the bird moulting season, so gather up them goose feathers ...
strip 'em ...
grind 'em ...
chop or burn 'em ...
fletch 'em up ...
canada goose feathers make for great fletchings, and they're extremely water resistant.
-------------------- "Molon Labe" (Come and Get Them) ~ Instinctive Archer Magazine ~ TGMM Family of the Bow ~ NRA Life Member Posts: 8858 | From: NJ | Registered: Mar 2003
| IP: Logged |
posted
Man we got a ton of geese at the lakes in town here. I am going to get to work. Just got to watch out for all the poop. How can you tell if it is left or right wing again, something about the shiney side or what was it?
Posts: 744 | From: Nevada, Missouri | Registered: Sep 2008
| IP: Logged |
posted
I'll have to venture out and get some. Now that I think about all the wasted feathers laying around public beach areas, I should go grab them!
-------------------- Just one more step.....please!
St. Joe River Bows Oliverstacey Strings Swafford Knives Michigan Longbow Association Posts: 4189 | From: Michigan | Registered: May 2006
| IP: Logged |
posted
looking at the top of the feather, left wing on the left, right wing on the right ...
-------------------- "Molon Labe" (Come and Get Them) ~ Instinctive Archer Magazine ~ TGMM Family of the Bow ~ NRA Life Member Posts: 8858 | From: NJ | Registered: Mar 2003
| IP: Logged |
posted
Superb looking fletches.. Great job, thanks for sharing.
JDSIII
-------------------- "There is no excellence in Archery without great labor". Maurice Thompson 1879 Posts: 2753 | From: Villa Ridge, Missouri | Registered: Apr 2003
| IP: Logged |
posted
one more dumb question. Do you just use the top part of the feathers in the picture?
Posts: 744 | From: Nevada, Missouri | Registered: Sep 2008
| IP: Logged |
posted
Anyone tried seagull feathers? We got tons of those worthless white buzzards here, figured I may dislike them less if their feathers are big enough to use for fletching!
-------------------- Give me a bow a topo and two weeks, and I guarantee I kill two weeks! Posts: 743 | From: California by way of Georgia | Registered: May 2009
| IP: Logged |
mysticguido
***unregistered***
posted
quote:Originally posted by Mo. Huntin: one more dumb question. Do you just use the top part of the feathers in the picture?
You use the bottom part.. the wider feather.
IP: Logged |
posted
I should have looked at the other pictures again before I posted. Thank you I'm on it now.
Posts: 744 | From: Nevada, Missouri | Registered: Sep 2008
| IP: Logged |
posted
Several years ago I made up a nice set of tapered, footed POC arrows with goose and turkey feathers. One shot in the back yard told me all I needed to know about hunting with dark fletching -- I can't see it in flight.
I gave away those arrows along with a few hundred goose feathers.
Posts: 3746 | From: Northeast Illinois | Registered: Mar 2003
| IP: Logged |
posted
yep, dark gray feathers are pretty good natural camo - so natural, even the archer/hunter mostly can't see 'em in flight, or find 'em when then go astray.
i've not tried to dye goose feathers, dunno if it can be done and if it'd remove all the natural oils that make it so good in the first place. don't intend to bother, either. i like the idea of all natural fletching, particularly on woodies.
what can help heaps is a large, bright crown wrap and florescent nocks.
i'll still use be using canada goose feathers, none-the-less!
UPDATE - ah! the answer for me is fur tracers!
goose feathers are very water resistant. here's the results of a 5 minute running water feather test guess which feather is the turkey?
-------------------- "Molon Labe" (Come and Get Them) ~ Instinctive Archer Magazine ~ TGMM Family of the Bow ~ NRA Life Member Posts: 8858 | From: NJ | Registered: Mar 2003
| IP: Logged |
UBBFriend: Email this page to someone!
Printer-friendly view of this topic
![[Smile]](smile.gif)
![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
