Ladies and Gents: For years I have been trading primaries and/or finished fletching for unwanted secondaries and tail feathers. I prefer the secondaries and tail feathers to have their quills intact.I trade 1 pound of #1 quality primaries for 2 pounds of secondary wing feathers with quills intact or pound for pound on tail feathers. If you don't mind using #2 primaries the amount you get for your secondaries and tails doubles. Now keep in mind the worth of these feathers decrease in half if you shear them from the wing or tail. I have developed a tutorial on this subject as I actually most prefer that the wings and tails be kept whole and separate the feathers from the wing or tail clump on my end. Using borax is the key to this. It keeps the bugs away and slows down or stops the decomposition of the wings and tails depending on how much of the flesh is removed. You can view this tutorial at
www.angelfire.com/alt2/featherman or simply visit my website and click on "How To".
I have traded with folks right here on Trad Gang such as Charlie Lamb, Doug Cambell, Eric Krewson, Little John(John Gowaty),Timo(Tim Ott),Tom Gholson,Onestringer (Scott Hesterly) and many others.
I also trade the grinding of your preferred primaries (LW or RW) for the opposite side and/or simply trade primaries for primaries. We do this by weight and not count as the size and quality of primaries widely differ.
If you are intertested in trading or just have questions, feel free to contact me anytime either by phone 660-646-0469 or my cell 660-247-2738 or you can e-mail me directly at
[email protected]. Thanks! David Mitchell-Custom Feathers
Topic: Trading Turkey Primaries for Secondaries and Tail Feathers (Read 485 times)
