fur arrow tracers

[fujimo]

do you folk buy your "fur arrow tracers" or do you build your own- and if so, how!!
i would like to make my own and start using them.
thanks
wayne

[Roy from Pa]

I would shoot a bunny, then skin it, then treat the hide, then cut it into 1/8" wide strips and glue it on. So easy a cave man could doit..  

[MoeM]

My current and first set is equipped with bought tracers- but I`ve heard those zonker strips used for flyfishing are even better.

[Pat B]

I have used zonker strips. They work great and are already stripped into 1/4" or so strips and comes in different colors. Being already stripped you don't get an itchy nose from the floating bunny fur...and they are about $1.50 per package.
 I prefer the white because it is visible in all light conditions.  use fletch tape to install them.

[fujimo]

thanks guys, thats great
hummpgh... shows what you know ol'man, they are actually 1/4" wide  

[fujimo]

how much do they detract for the performance of the arrow- or is it negligible ?
wanting to do something for when i am shooting at grouse- easier to find my broadhead equipped arrows.
its not that i am missing the grouse or anything, jus wanting to find my arrows, just sayin...   :D    :D

[Roy from Pa]

1/4 wide? That there is a big wabbit..  

[Pat B]

Rabbit fur is thin and soft enough that they lay down when shot and "puff" out when they hit. I haven't noticed any performance loss.

[fujimo]

 thanks fellas!

[Roy from Pa]

You bet wabbit furboy..  

[LittleBen]

I've used dyed down feathers too. They seemed to work well. Like the ones you'd see for fly tieing.