Chartreuse. Feathers.

[Dan bree]

Any body get busted by deer useing chartreuse feathers ?  I was wereing. A s a t.  Head to toe. Wind was in my face  as the buck was heading to me  he stopped gave me a couple of head bobs  turned around  and went his way . I was on the ground and he stopped at 20yrds.  And it was a evening post looking down. My  feathers  were glowing like a light bulb !  O well. Busted again.

[centaur]

Dan,
Maybe it was the feathers, but I use charteuse some, including crowns, and I have never knowingly been busted because of that. Sometimes, they just know.

[Pete McMiller]

Did you have a face mask or any other type of face paint on?  A bright face will get you busted big time.  I use hot pink fletching and haven't been busted by a deer because of it.  Turkeys are something else again and I use natural turkey fletching when hunting them.  I also hunt in a ghillie suit for deer and turkeys.

[Dan bree]

Maybe it was my beard ? It went from dark brown to white. LOL. ,

[ChuckC]

I use them and they always glow,  I have had a lot of deer right up close (on ground) the last several years and I Don't think they gave me away, UNLESS I was waving them around moving the bow.

I thought all about that issue, but so far, no such issue for me.  I can sure see that arrow hit in the waning light !
CHuckC

[Pete McMiller]

Dan,

My beard is white also - not much camo left in it    :rolleyes:   I always wear some type of face mask plus camo cream around my nose, cheeks, etc. that the mask doesn't cover.

[DaveT1963]

I used them - flo yellow anyways, and yes I do believe in low light they are easier for deer to pick up any little movement.  I have since went back to regular yellow feathers and I've yet to be busted moving my bow slowly.

[Zbone]

I only use Chartreuse on my number one arrow, the one on the string, the rest are natural barred...

Learned my lesson years ago (before Chartreuse feathers were available) that movement with a quiver full of white feathers will cause attention....

[hickstick]

do you use a bow quiver?  if so, do you have a fletch cover?  

flo. yellow:
 

fletch cover made from the sleeve of an old trebark camo shirt.

 

[Tradcat]

Honest to God... I feel like they cost me a shot at the biggest buck of my life last year in Missouri. It was close to evening and a giant buck approached me from the west. I was as still as a flag pole when he stopped facing the tree at about 18 yards off my right side. He did the head bob thing up and down and then just bounded off. I thought.... No way he smelled me (wind was out of the north) and no way he saw me move because I didn't move a muscle. It was extremely windy that day and I noticed that the wind had blown my fletching cover off my quiver hanging beside me on, you guessed it, the west side of the tree. The setting sun was shinning on it like a beacon ! Sucks to be me !

[McDave]

I've been told by eye doctors that my form of color blindness makes me see the world in much the same colors as a deer.  I see yellows, which I guess includes chartreuse, about the best of all colors, so I always include yellow feathers on the arrows I plan to stump shoot with.  Blues I see pretty well too, but blues are a darker color and don't stand out as well for me as yellows.  Reds, greens, and browns all sort of merge together.

[DaveT1963]

I shoot yellow because I watched a video of Barry Wensel and he used them - Wish I had a better reasons but that's it  

[Ric O'Shay]

Chartreuse about 90% of the time. Last time out I had 11 turkeys and two does all within 8 to 10 yards. Not one knew I was there.

In early morning or late evening they are (to me) the most visible of all fletching. I detest shooting at an animal and not being able to see the arrow.

[SELFBOW19953]

I ALWAYS use fluorescent yellow fletch.  I have never felt I was picked off because of them.  Years ago, I was leaning against a 24" utility pole in a power line ROW about 100 yards from a decent buck, he was looking into the sun.  My quiver was laying on the ground.  I felt like he was looking me right in the eyes, staring at me like I was waving my arms.  Sometimes, they just know!!!

[joe skipp]

I hunt with a backquiver and my arrows have a partial crown dip of flo pink and I use either all hot pink or chartruese feathers. I'm a ground hunter and have never seen a deer spook yet from my bright colors.

My belief is if a deer is that close to seeing my feathers...he should be running away with my arrow in his vitals or I'm standing over him.

[Bldtrailer]

you could try this (you only see the back of the feathers in flight, deer the front)

[Yellow Dog]

If you're using a bow mount quiver a fletching cover is a must have item. This one hangs down to silently hide the hot pink. Picked this one up from Rod Jenkins.

 

[mec lineman]

Don't know about flo. chartreuse, I use hot pink these days with no problems. I can confirm one thing though, two seasons I used reflective white wraps and 3 white feathers. I got busted constantly, I think it was when the sun hit them more than anything. I now use hot pink wraps and a 3/4" band of reflective at nock.

[DennyK]

And the ultravoilet light (pink light) an hour after dawn and an hour before sunset will make certain colors glow all the more.

[Fletcher]

I've shot chartreuse for several years and have never felt like I was noticed because of them.  A couple years ago I started using a fletch cover on my bow quiver as I was hunting on the ground more often and didn't want to chance it.