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Author Topic: Brighter fletching for better practice???  (Read 949 times)

Offline Whip

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Re: Brighter fletching for better practice???
« Reply #40 on: April 10, 2014, 08:08:00 PM »
Kirk,  I am convinced that turkeys absolutely can pick up bright colors,  even if only the one on your bow.  When I first started trying to hunt turkeys without a blind I used bright fletch and kept getting busted everytime they got close.  I use flo. orange for all my hunting except turkeys.   For those,  it's natural barred or natural colors only.  It does seem to have helped.

I know that Joebuck is so concerned about turkeys sight that he colors his steel broadheads with a black magic maker.  They have excellent vision!  

That being said,  I have had turkeys walk right by me during deer gun season while wear blaze orange and they never even looked my way.  Go figure.
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Offline Jack Hoyt 75

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Re: Brighter fletching for better practice???
« Reply #41 on: April 10, 2014, 08:25:00 PM »
White crest dip or reflective arrow wraps with white, yellow or chartreuse feathers and yellow or chartreuse nock is what I prefer for practice or hunting.  I like to see the arrow and spot where I hit on target. Also good if you don't have perfect vision like me.
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Offline Prairie Drifter

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Re: Brighter fletching for better practice???
« Reply #42 on: April 11, 2014, 09:11:00 AM »
Yes, birds see color. Why do you think the males are so brightly colored?
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Re: Brighter fletching for better practice???
« Reply #43 on: April 11, 2014, 04:08:00 PM »
Fluorescent yellow for me...I'm colorblind and they stand out compared to other colors. I defiantly think it helps to train your brain during practice as well as determining a hit on a animal...especially in low light.
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Re: Brighter fletching for better practice???
« Reply #44 on: April 11, 2014, 04:56:00 PM »
The bright colors show me how far I am from where I was aiming.   :banghead:
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