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Offline PEARL DRUMS

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Homemade tracers?
« on: April 16, 2012, 02:30:09 pm »
Anybody have any tracer ideas? I need to liven up my boo turkey arrows a bit and would rather stay away from the store bought rabbit fur adhesive type. Thanks for any and all ideas. 
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Offline artcher1

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Re: Homemade tracers?
« Reply #1 on: April 16, 2012, 04:11:12 pm »
Nothing wrong with rabbit Peary! All use poor folk gots ;D!  Stick it using fletching tape.

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Re: Homemade tracers?
« Reply #2 on: April 16, 2012, 04:20:04 pm »
Then I gotta buy it Artsy! Im not into spending money so much. I considered a piece of bright, fat yarn tied behind the feathers all frazzled up?
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Offline Bevan R.

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Re: Homemade tracers?
« Reply #3 on: April 16, 2012, 04:22:17 pm »
Dip the last inch of your fletching in some bright kool-aid?
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Offline half eye

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Re: Homemade tracers?
« Reply #4 on: April 16, 2012, 07:09:13 pm »
couple of things to try.....one is to paint the INSIDE of your self knocks with a flat white (I have used liquid paper) when on the bow even the birds cant see it, just you when ya let 'er go.....second, I have some high visibility dyed deer tail, will give it to ya if ya want it...a few hairs tied in with your fletch butt-wrap and ya can see 'em pretty good.
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Re: Homemade tracers?
« Reply #5 on: April 16, 2012, 07:19:45 pm »
What do yu have to "liven" them up for?  So you can see them?  just wondering.  I like 1/2I's idea about the inside of the nock. I'll have to steal that one. dpg
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Re: Homemade tracers?
« Reply #6 on: April 16, 2012, 08:16:20 pm »
Rich that white inside the nock idea is a good one.
 
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Re: Homemade tracers?
« Reply #7 on: April 17, 2012, 12:45:00 am »
Pearlie the rabbit zonkers I use come from a fly tieing shop. $1.50 for plenty. Also marabou feathers work well but I have trouble working with them.    Down feathers tied at the back of the fletching will work too. The fluffier the better.   White wool yarn unwraveled should work too.
  I use flrtch tape to attach tracers but have used TBIII and Duco but have to use straight pins to stick it it the shaft..
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Re: Homemade tracers?
« Reply #8 on: April 17, 2012, 01:21:39 am »
I made some out of fox squirrel tail once. Didnt seem to help me much though. Think im just too color blind for anykthing to help me.
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Re: Homemade tracers?
« Reply #9 on: April 17, 2012, 08:23:59 pm »
My arrows dont fly fast enough ...real easy to see :'(  >:D
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Re: Homemade tracers?
« Reply #10 on: April 19, 2012, 01:39:28 am »
  I'm like soy but I have rapped white wool fuzzed up when I rapped the nock.
 I have use a white permit maker to color the nock. YOu can't beat white against the back ground of deer or leaves ofcorse.
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