Are the Turkey secondaries usable?

[monterey]

Recovered both the primary and secondary feathers from my grandsons Turkey but am wondering if the secondaries are going to be suitable for fletching.  Anybody have any experience with these?

[Orion]

They're usable, but not as stiff as primaries.  Some folks use them for flu flus.

[Cyclic-Rivers]

Plenty useable. You'll likely break or lose the arrow before the feather wears out.

[AR RidgeRunner]

Perfectly usable if big enough. I've cut fletching out of both primary and secondary from a couple Turkeys and they worked great.

[monterey]

Good news, thanks!

[J. Cook]

Usable...but soft and very noisy in my experience.

[RGKulas]

Very usable especially if you cut 3 or 4 inch flights. 5 inch works too but they are a bit less robust than primaries.

[monterey]

Thanks, Ron, I make a lot of arrows for kids so they will be used there.  Also appreciate the topic on dyeing.

These are from my grandsons Turkey that he got this spring and I want to make a set up for him before he heads back to school.

[reddogge]

My secondaries whistled in flight badly.

[old_goat2]

I only use them for fluflus and they are damn hard to spot once you shoot them versus brightly colored feathers and i wouldn't mix them on the same arrow.

[monterey]

The mixing I can see would be a problem.  Hoping to get a half dozen out of these but it will be tight if Even possible!