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Offline Matty

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Re: Colour of feathers......???????
« Reply #20 on: May 06, 2007, 09:03:00 PM »
I third the study That Chartreuse, Flouressent Yellow / green is seen very well by the Human eye and not so well by ANIMALS either.... Look at the newer rescue/fire trucks... Cant miss those suckers.....
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Re: Colour of feathers......???????
« Reply #21 on: May 06, 2007, 09:05:00 PM »
Oh I have to DIS AGREE with pointysticks....
Sorry all but SMURFS are Blue....They Are in the woods.....    :smileystooges:
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Re: Colour of feathers......???????
« Reply #22 on: May 07, 2007, 09:37:00 PM »
All I use, pretty much exclusively for hunting and practice, is chartreuse.  Have used white, but never  during deer season, so I've abandoned white all together.

I like to see my arrow in flight, for positive response to the brain of the impact.

I hide my fletching with a fletch cover if I'm using a bow quiver.
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Re: Colour of feathers......???????
« Reply #23 on: May 10, 2007, 10:12:00 AM »
I use Orange, Yellow, Chartrouse, White, Blue, and Pink.  All of these work great for me while out stump shooting or at the 3-D range.  I have never had a problem hunting with any of these arrows either.
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Re: Colour of feathers......???????
« Reply #24 on: May 11, 2007, 02:36:00 PM »
I would use colors that are as unnatural as you can fine. Even the bright orange and yellows can hide during the fall when leaves are in those colors.   A judo up frontwill help keep you from loosing arrows while stumping.    Pat
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Re: Colour of feathers......???????
« Reply #25 on: May 12, 2007, 11:27:00 AM »
Yep Pat B, Judo's save a lot of arrows  :D    :D    :D
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Re: Colour of feathers......???????
« Reply #26 on: May 12, 2007, 04:50:00 PM »
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Re: Colour of feathers......???????
« Reply #27 on: May 14, 2007, 10:41:00 AM »
Top three colors for me are blue, blue or blue; except yellow for turkey.  Other than the occasional wildflower, there is very little blue in the woods.  Not a good idea during turkey season though; especially in heavily hunted areas.
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Re: Colour of feathers......???????
« Reply #28 on: May 15, 2007, 07:41:00 PM »
Oh great, next I suppose we will all have to wear baby blue or pink hunting clothes so everyone can see us. How smart is it that the compound archers all seem to be using camo arrows to hunt with? I wonder how hard they are to find after being shot at a deer?
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Re: Colour of feathers......???????
« Reply #29 on: May 25, 2007, 05:08:00 PM »
Terry makes a good point about hiding the bright fletching on your bowquiver...waving those things around is sure to attract attention in the woods, especially at close range.  But, I never could find a fletch cover that I liked since most fabrics make noise when fletch touches it, and they tend to grab bushes too.  Have settled on a bright #1 arrow and drabber backup arrows.
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