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Main Discussion Area => Bows => Topic started by: Ricardovanleeuwen on April 12, 2020, 11:36:58 am

Title: Nice find
Post by: Ricardovanleeuwen on April 12, 2020, 11:36:58 am
Since feathers are kind of scarce, im happy with all the road kills or Fox/ Hunter kills. This blues heron is a Nice find, i think Fishers killed It.
Title: Re: Nice find
Post by: stuckinthemud on April 12, 2020, 11:41:32 am
You may not be ok to have them . It is usually illegal to have feathers of protected species.
Title: Re: Nice find
Post by: Russ on April 12, 2020, 11:53:50 am
You may not be ok to have them . It is usually illegal to have feathers of protected species.

yup.
Title: Re: Nice find
Post by: Handforged on April 12, 2020, 11:54:57 am
You may not be ok to have them . It is usually illegal to have feathers of protected species.

Not sure he's in the US... they have different rules than we do.
Title: Re: Nice find
Post by: simson on April 12, 2020, 12:06:32 pm
Looks nice, but are useless for arrows (too weak).
Title: Re: Nice find
Post by: Jim Davis on April 12, 2020, 01:07:06 pm
Looks nice, but are useless for arrows (too weak).
Yep, just as weak as Spotted Owl  ;)
Title: Re: Nice find
Post by: willie on April 12, 2020, 01:13:33 pm
Looks nice, but are useless for arrows (too weak).

could the long and low profile commonly seen on Native American arrows been an adaptation for "weaker" feathers?
Title: Re: Nice find
Post by: Ricardovanleeuwen on April 12, 2020, 01:54:49 pm
If i could only dephend ons Goose feathers then i gotta ductape the rest, i even use pigeon feathers at the moment. As for the long and low profile, i used the off side (smaller side) of a Goose primary and used Them almost full lengt, that Arrow flyed pretty good
Title: Re: Nice find
Post by: Ricardovanleeuwen on April 12, 2020, 01:58:22 pm
By too weak, do you mean the "hairs" of the feathers? Because i cut the quil with my pruning shear but  the quill was really tough
Title: Re: Nice find
Post by: aznboi3644 on April 12, 2020, 03:11:49 pm
Those look just as weak as goose feathers and goose feathers is all I use.  They work great.
Title: Re: Nice find
Post by: simson on April 12, 2020, 11:07:07 pm
By too weak, do you mean the "hairs" of the feathers? Because i cut the quil with my pruning shear but  the quill was really tough
Yes, I mean the 'hairs' - the quill is tough.
There is a big difference between goose and heron feathers!
Title: Re: Nice find
Post by: Woodely on April 12, 2020, 11:58:31 pm
Found some crow  feathers once and made some fletching,  I'll tell ya they flew like the dickens and made a singing snarly sort of sound thru the air.   Flew straight though.