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Offline medicineman

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Re: fletching appears to be eaten
« Reply #20 on: January 19, 2012, 10:02:00 AM »
where do you buy food grade silicone spray?  thanks
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Re: fletching appears to be eaten
« Reply #21 on: January 19, 2012, 11:51:00 AM »
You obviously can't do this on fletched arrows, but if you get a batch of primaries from wild turkeys, lay them on paper towels and nuke them in the microwave for a few seconds. It will zap anything that WAS living amongst the quills!
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Offline Night Wing

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Re: fletching appears to be eaten
« Reply #22 on: January 19, 2012, 12:12:00 PM »
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Originally posted by magnus:

cedar bedding chips. Smells much better and as effective.
Ditto for me too on the cedar chips.
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Re: fletching appears to be eaten
« Reply #23 on: January 19, 2012, 12:18:00 PM »
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Originally posted by medicineman:
where do you buy food grade silicone spray?  thanks
True Value hardware or maybe Ace Hardware.
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Offline longbow guy

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Re: fletching appears to be eaten
« Reply #24 on: January 19, 2012, 05:19:00 PM »
Thanks to all of you that replied, never knew that those bugs could be such a problem . (I thought they only liked the taste of the wife's 2 dozen arrows. they never seen to bother the 5 dozen arrows I had!  THANKS AGAIN FOR THE HELP!!  :notworthy:
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Offline longbow guy

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Re: fletching appears to be eaten
« Reply #25 on: January 19, 2012, 05:19:00 PM »
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Offline b.glass

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Re: fletching appears to be eaten
« Reply #26 on: January 19, 2012, 05:27:00 PM »
Very good info.!
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Re: fletching appears to be eaten
« Reply #27 on: January 19, 2012, 07:23:00 PM »
Never had fletching eating bugs, but

 
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