Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Arrows => Topic started by: yazoo on May 05, 2009, 06:20:25 pm
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can you get right wing and left wing feathers off the same wing?
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No, right off the right wing, left off the left wing. you can get 1st and secondary feathers off the same wing.
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Yazoo. Not to differ with Brother Dan, but yes you can. If you take a Right Wing Primary or Secondary, and split it, the bottom part of that feather is now a left wing and vise versa on the left wing. Although not as stiff or as big, they can be used as left wing. I would not use them for my hunting arrows, but definately use them on my roaming and target arrows to say my primaries for hunting and my best arrows
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Ambidextrous turkey , eh?
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I always strip both sides of the secondaries and keep them in seperate bags.
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I was thinking that one side of a secondary is right wing and the other side is left wing even though they came off the same wing ???
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I was thinking that one side of a secondary is right wing and the other side is left wing even though they came off the same wing ???
Mike that is exactly right, ahh I mean correct :) Primaries will be either left or right but on some of the secondaries you get both, simple eh ;) :D
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I usually use both sides if I can. Like Mike said, the opposite sides behave like opposite wings.
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I"m with everyone on the secondaries having both. I've never been able to get enough feather off of the trailing side of the primary and just use the fuller side. I kick myself for all of the secondaries and tail feathers that I pitched before I started fletching "primitive " style.
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