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Where to get goose feathers for english arrows

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Azmdted:
They’re molting here in Maryland now.  Plenty of primary feathers on the ground. Due to migratory bird laws I can neither confirm nor deny if a few happened to find their way home with me.

Pat B:
A warning if you please.....It is illegal to collect most feathers you may find, song birds, shore birds, etc. Fortunately most of the good fletching feathers are legal; turkeys and geese to name a few. So, be aware what you pick up. Could cost you $1000 a feather.

Hawkdancer:
As Pat B said, be sure you are legal in gathering!  Not sure if the game/hunting laws in Sweden, but here in the US, in general, if you can hunt them, you can have the feathers.
Hawkdancer

TrevorM:

--- Quote from: Pat B on June 26, 2019, 07:15:50 pm ---A warning if you please.....It is illegal to collect most feathers you may find, song birds, shore birds, etc. Fortunately most of the good fletching feathers are legal; turkeys and geese to name a few. So, be aware what you pick up. Could cost you $1000 a feather.

--- End quote ---

Actually Goose feathers are illegal here too. Along with Blackbird and crow which there's a season for (at least here in AL). I dare say though that there's almost no chance you'd get in trouble for having them, but still it's good to be aware.

Here's the complete US list: https://www.fws.gov/birds/management/managed-species/migratory-bird-treaty-act-protected-species.php 

stuckinthemud:
In the UK the law is that if its farmed or hunted you can have it; if you can ABSOLUTELY prove with no possibility of any doubt that you found other species'  feathers you can have them but you would need to pay a pretty smart lawyer if you were prosecuted...

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