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Author Topic: what color feather stands out the most?  (Read 946 times)

Offline hayslope

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Re: what color feather stands out the most?
« Reply #20 on: July 07, 2012, 07:18:00 AM »
For me - chartreuse/flo. yellow/hot pink/white

Then again, in very low light, flo. yellow/chartreuse seem the best.  Under most daytime conditions, nothing stands out like hot pink!  Not many duplicates of that color in the woods!

Under VERY low light conditions (ie: dark), nothing helps you find an arrow faster (even when covered in blood) than reflective wraps.  They add extra weight to the back end of the shaft, but sure are easy to find with a flashlight!
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Re: what color feather stands out the most?
« Reply #21 on: July 07, 2012, 07:19:00 AM »
I like white, seem to be able to find those the easiest:)
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Re: what color feather stands out the most?
« Reply #22 on: July 07, 2012, 08:39:00 AM »
My pink stand out more then my flo yellow
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Re: what color feather stands out the most?
« Reply #23 on: July 07, 2012, 09:17:00 AM »
I agree with what the other people say.  For my as far as My hunting arrows, I like a purple stained shaft, a khaki crown, with pink hen feathers and flo yellow cock feather and nock.  I find that during the fall, there is not pink flowers so helps stand out with the purple too.  I put a little strip of reflective tape below my nock (i get from box store).

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Re: what color feather stands out the most?
« Reply #24 on: July 07, 2012, 09:25:00 AM »
I like to film most of my hunts so I like them bright myself.  These are my new arrows for this season.  Real bright Yellow and green.  

   
   
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Offline Doug Young

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Re: what color feather stands out the most?
« Reply #25 on: July 07, 2012, 09:27:00 AM »
If you have one of those blue LED lights that are supposed to be good for bloodtrailing, they will make chartreuse fletching almost glow at night. I don't find them to be all that great for seeing blood (to my eyes), but they are helpful for finding arrows after dark. I have one of the inexpensive PAL lights in blue LED:  http://www.theledlight.com/palights.html

Offline Huntingnut

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Re: what color feather stands out the most?
« Reply #26 on: July 07, 2012, 09:37:00 AM »
White or yellow.

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Re: what color feather stands out the most?
« Reply #27 on: July 07, 2012, 09:54:00 AM »
"Chartreuse" or "Flouresent yellow" looks like they glow after the sun settles...It's good to know where you hit the animal and you can see just where the arrow entered...Put on a reflective cap wrap from a sponsor such as "Onestringer" and when you follow up on a hit at night with a light source I bet you find your animal a lot easier...You can get reflective wraps in various colors if you don't like white...Those combo's will help in any recovery of your game you are hunting....

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Re: what color feather stands out the most?
« Reply #28 on: July 07, 2012, 10:48:00 AM »
White wraps with flo chartreuse, flo lime green, flo orange, or flo hot pink.  The flo colors do seem to glow for about the last half hour of daylight.
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Re: what color feather stands out the most?
« Reply #29 on: July 07, 2012, 10:48:00 AM »
The eye is most sensitive to yellowish green at 550nm. The more reflective/intensity(bright) that color is even better. White reflects light the best at 80%. Black the worst at 5%.
You have seen the bright yellow green vests road crews and crossing guards use. There is a reason.
Night vision goggles almost use a yellow green technology.
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Offline Gen273

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Re: what color feather stands out the most?
« Reply #30 on: July 07, 2012, 10:58:00 AM »
Chartreuse or yellow, I also like white.
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Re: what color feather stands out the most?
« Reply #31 on: July 07, 2012, 11:06:00 AM »
I think my Fl. Orange and Fl. Pink feathers stand out more to me than some of the Chartreuse that Ive done in the past. I thought the Chartreuse blended in a little to much with the fall leaves on the ground compared to the Fl. Pink and Fl. Orange. BTW, I use Trueflight feathers and solid colored Onestringer wraps( same color as my feathers on each shaft...i.i the last 7" of my arrow is 1 solid color...Fl. Pink or Fl. Orange).It makes the arrows flight and exact impact spot pretty easy to see.
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Re: what color feather stands out the most?
« Reply #32 on: July 07, 2012, 11:28:00 AM »
I use Fl yellow/chartreuse pretty much exclusively.  I am experimenting with luminous paint between the nock and the feather (glows in the dark after only a few minutes in the sun).  I've also made some arrows with highly reflective tape you buy to put on trailers, signs, etc.
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Re: what color feather stands out the most?
« Reply #33 on: July 07, 2012, 11:36:00 AM »
I like real  turkey feather fletch w/ those white rabbit fur tracers at the nock.

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Re: what color feather stands out the most?
« Reply #34 on: July 07, 2012, 11:41:00 AM »
I've never liked the glow in the dark- jump out at you bright colors. I'm sure they work great, I just dont like the super brightness of them.
Always been a standard yellow guy myself!
Whoops, I just saw the question was what stands out the most...not what I personally like. I stand corrected.
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Re: what color feather stands out the most?
« Reply #35 on: July 07, 2012, 11:46:00 AM »
I usually shoot all white.

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Re: what color feather stands out the most?
« Reply #36 on: July 07, 2012, 11:50:00 AM »
Orange is the best I have found. White doesn't work well in the snow.

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Re: what color feather stands out the most?
« Reply #37 on: July 07, 2012, 01:38:00 PM »



 

 
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Re: what color feather stands out the most?
« Reply #38 on: July 07, 2012, 01:45:00 PM »
White works best for me
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Re: what color feather stands out the most?
« Reply #39 on: July 07, 2012, 01:47:00 PM »
Hey Joe, Do you wear sun glasses when you shoot those babies?   :biglaugh:
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