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Postman:
Found a "crime scene' where a fox,bobcat or 'yote whacked a grouse the other day. Didn't find any wing feathers. Anybody ever fletch with ruffed grouse tail feathers? If so, did you strip one side or use them whole? Any style descriptions that they are best used for /pics would be appreciated.
John

Pat B:
John, I haven't used grouse tail specifically but with smaller feathers you can attach them to the shaft back side down and 3 around the shaft. It works very well as fletching.
  Here are a few pics. Unfortunately they don't show up well.     Pat

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Postman:
I think I see what's going on there....Are those whole feathers or stripped in half?  That's a beauty of a point, BTW!
Thanks Pat,
John

Pat B:
John, Whole feathers.   Actually that arrow with the point was made by James Parker. I couldn't find the pics of the arrow I made like that.      Pat

Hillbilly:
Here's a similar one with guinea feathers, the grouse tail feathers should work fine. This is a good style of fletching, they fly great.

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