Rainy day arrows

[twospots]

Has anyone tried trimming down Spiral wrapped Flu Flu's and use them as regular hunting arrows? I would guess that the shorter the spirals are (trimmed closer to the arrow) the faster the arrow would go. Instead of getting my hunting fletches wet, I was thinking the spiral wrapped feathers are already pulled apart so its not going to matter...?

[Thare1774]

It's not so much the feathers separating when they are wet, its that they lay flat when they get wet

[wingnut]

go with a few arrows fletched with goose feathers.  They work great in the wet conditions.

Mike

[Jayb]

I have a goose fletched arrow always in my back quiver just In Case

[twospots]

Never tried it, dont get me wrong, but I would think if they are spiral wrapped the seperated vanes of the feather would still stick out (unless in a serious downpour) because of the physics of the bent quill part of the arrow.. Maybe I'm way off, just figured I'd ask.  Thanks.

[twospots]

Ah, that makes a lot of sense. Waterfowl... Hmmmm... Ok thanks a lot guys.

On a side note I knew a guy who tried to boil dip a goose to pluck the feathers. He couldnt figure out why the feathers were not getting very wet... Boiled that goose so long he cooked it in its feathers.

[Bud B.]

Contact magnus for goose feathers

[Terry Lightle]

What wingnut said