Crow feather fletchings?

[Dakota Kid]

Anyone had success with them. I'm worried they're not heavy enough. In the first week of July, I can grab a few hundred wings if I want. Didn't know if it was worth the effort.

[son of massey]

I have used what I thought was crow and they worked. From what I recall they were a good deal less stiff than, say, goose feathers and so could get folded down pretty easily so they need a little more care to stay pretty, so they are certainly not in my top set of choices. But if it is a look you are going for, or if you are that feather rich, give it a try and see what you think.
SOM

[RBLusthaus]

Where can you grab hundreds of wings?  I would be interested to trade for a couple three dozen or so, depending.   Not as durable as others,  but if cut low and long, they mKe a nice fletch, imo.  Russ. 

[Parnell]

Anyone had success with them. I'm worried they're not heavy enough. In the first week of July, I can grab a few hundred wings if I want. Didn't know if it was worth the effort.

Are you a killer of crows?  Mmmm, I think that might be a sin.

[Pat B]

I've heard of a murder of crows...that is what a group of them is called. 
 You can do a tangential fletch using smaller feathers. works well.




 the one on the right is done that way...

[Dakota Kid]

My state has a annual crow hunting competition. I was state champ partnered with my father in 1995. I have since retired from killing crows. It turns out that is one of my totem animals and I have no business killing them. I also quit killing for sport around the same time. All of the crows killed in the one day event are bulldozed into a big hole at the end of the day. I try to find as many people as I can that want wings, tails or whole birds before they bury them. I don't participate in the event anymore and it's quite a sad waste of an extremely intelligent creature. The intelligence makes the hunting challenging, but I only kill for food, fur and leather at this point. I still enjoy calling them in but I prefer to watch them fly away after.

I'll post on the trade board after the event if I end up with an excess, which is likely. 

[aaron]

Dakota Kid,
I really admire your attitude!

[Dakota Kid]

Thank you. I usually hear the opposite .

[RBLusthaus]

Dakota Kid,
I really admire your attitude!

X2

[RLimerick]

I have used crow wing feathers before with good success.  Not as good as turkey or goose but makes an interesting fletch.

[bow101]

At least crows are good for something , last year there were a couple in the hood so I opened the patio door and kept shooting off the cap gun    after 3-4 days of that they finally got the hint and left it was hilarious. 

[Dakota Kid]

I really recommend watching the PBS Nature episode A Murder of Crows. I think it's free to stream on the website(PBS). They have the ability to pass on descriptions of potential threats to their offspring using a basic "language". A professor of ornithology created a fairly elaborate experiment to determine this. They are just beginning to study this. The "language" differs from region to region and even from family group to family group. A murder of crows are typically all related.

The also tested higher than any primate(human's excluded) in puzzle solving. They were able to solve a puzzle to obtain a "tool" that allowed them to reach a different "tool" that was needed to reach the food. So far only larger brained birds are the only animals that have the ability to see more than two moves ahead.

The whole show was full of amazing examples of how clever they are.     

[JackCrafty]

Crow primaries are usually large enough to work.  You can fletch 3 arrows with a pair of wings.  We can't use crows here (TX) but not all states protect crows in the same way.

[bow101]

Crow primaries are usually large enough to work.  You can fletch 3 arrows with a pair of wings.  We can't use crows here (TX) but not all states protect crows in the same way.

Why does Texas protest Crows, heck in BC years ago they would give you .50 cents for every wing from a crow. Just like wolves they slaughtered them by the thousands years ago.

[Aaron H]

Sarah Mclachlan had a commercial about wolves, that's why they stopped.