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Turkey feathers or plastic fletching for recurve bow?
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<blockquote data-quote="Flintlock" data-source="post: 1920054" data-attributes="member: 6546"><p>Stay with feathers. Get the "Feather Dry" powder. Pour in a gallon zip loc bag, place feather end of one arrow in bag, gather bag around shaft and shake it for a few seconds. Do each arrow this way. This is what I use for my hunting arrows. I build all of my wood arrows with mostly turkey feathers from my turkey I get and my friends turkey wings. The feathers you buy that are colors have most of the water repellent qualities boiled from then when coloring.</p><p>I have been shooting and building traditional gear for 30 years and I don't see much issue with wet feathers unless you are shooting longer distances due to the small amount of weight the moisture adds to the arrow. You can also place zip lock bags on each shaft, over the feathers and zip it closed around the shaft while in the quiver and as you take from quiver and nock it, you can pull the bag off of the feathers and stick in pocket. I do this when I know I'm hunting in the rain a lot, like in CO. Where I do most of my hunting, in KS, during the deer season time I hunt I don't get any rain. It is either sleet, snow or just so dang cold the snow doesn't stick to the feathers.</p><p>Good luck. </p><p></p><p>Mike</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Flintlock, post: 1920054, member: 6546"] Stay with feathers. Get the "Feather Dry" powder. Pour in a gallon zip loc bag, place feather end of one arrow in bag, gather bag around shaft and shake it for a few seconds. Do each arrow this way. This is what I use for my hunting arrows. I build all of my wood arrows with mostly turkey feathers from my turkey I get and my friends turkey wings. The feathers you buy that are colors have most of the water repellent qualities boiled from then when coloring. I have been shooting and building traditional gear for 30 years and I don't see much issue with wet feathers unless you are shooting longer distances due to the small amount of weight the moisture adds to the arrow. You can also place zip lock bags on each shaft, over the feathers and zip it closed around the shaft while in the quiver and as you take from quiver and nock it, you can pull the bag off of the feathers and stick in pocket. I do this when I know I'm hunting in the rain a lot, like in CO. Where I do most of my hunting, in KS, during the deer season time I hunt I don't get any rain. It is either sleet, snow or just so dang cold the snow doesn't stick to the feathers. Good luck. Mike [/QUOTE]
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