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Chicken Feather Fletchings??
Jeremiah:
Hey sorry for just gettin back to everyone... I've been away from the computer for awhile - which was nice!!!
You can always count on the PA community to lend some great advice. Good explanation on the primary v. secondary JW, I'm gonna put your knowledge to use!
Jack those are some nice lookin fletchings and I'm itchin to give the chicken feathers a try. I'll post pictures along with the finished chicken bow Saw Filer!
Just so happens that Akransas has some great duck huntin, and I got some great friends that would give me wings no problem. I'll callin them after posting this!
lowell I'm gonna PM you and we can work out a trade and addresses.
Hey another question, I was readin the forums and came across someone who mentioned splittin cane to put in the fletchings, I was just gonna glue/wrap mine. Any words of wisdom how to split cane instead? I'll like to try both techniques....
Thanks yall
mullet:
Coowachobee, makes arrows that way. He splits the cane and inserts a short length of turkey tail feather. Then wraps sinew in front of the feather and behind it to hold the split together tight and hold the feather in place. This is a two fletch arrow using one feather.
Jeremiah:
Sounds interesting Mullet, thanks for the info.
Just an update on the chicken feathers... all the ones I found from our chickens just weren't big enough to do anything with. Luckily I got in a shipment of turkey feathers from one of yall so I've been workin on straightenin cane and cuttin nocks. Big thanks to the support of the PA community! I'm hopin to have atleast 3 arrows or so ready to shoot by openin deer season this weekend!
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