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yazoo:
anyone know when exactly you cut the thistle heads to save for fletching darts?

leapingbare:
i used to hang out witha guy named Doug Mayers. and he is the blow gun man. I think he picked his in sept and oct.

billy:
Not really sure, but I think you want to cut them at the end of summer.  Right now might be a bit too late because the seed pods are usually opened and have dispersed the seeds.  But don't take my word for it since I've never cut them before....

recurve shooter:
no clue. use rabbit fur.  ;D

i used to make 7 foot blowguns from half inch electrical conduit and make 9 inch bamboo darts with paper comes on one end and a broadhead made from a flattened and sharpened nail on the other end. never hit anything but a few birds, but man was it fun.  ;D

Michael C.:
http://blowgun.lefora.com/2009/09/07/thistle-cone-dart-video/page1/

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