Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Arrows => Topic started by: bow101 on January 22, 2013, 11:31:30 pm
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Where oh Where do you guys get'cher turkey feathers from. I talked to a local butcher shop and they said, they are ruined when they get through with them. I will contact more farms, but they are apprehensive in dealing with a Boywer looking for Freebies...... :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
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Spring is coming up so be sure to ask your turkey hunting buddies to save the wings for you. They should be nice size and barred unlike many farm turkeys too!
Goose feathers also work well and you can get a lifetime supply in one season if you have any friends who actively goose hunt.
As to where I get mine... 3 rivers. ;)
-Dan
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and when you get the wings don't get rid of the bones, there's a wing bone turkey call tutorial in the how too's
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I get mine from turkey hunters. If I'm off work I'll go hang out at the local check in station with some finished arrows and some side cutters ;D
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Same as Osage,I have all my buddies save the wings for me and tail fans if they don't want them,usually get 40 or 50 pairs a year. Most Turkey hunters don't want or use them so all you have to do is ask in most cases. :) Then I just clip the feathers off and put them in ammo box's fogged with bug spray for safe keeping. :)
Pappy
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put an ad on craigslist. i have had three responses from individuals who raise turkeys and received some nice feathers from them when they butcher or a coon gets one. i have given each person a nice nna style arrow to hang on their wall.
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Friends and family save them for me during turkey season. In the spring if you know of a pond or park where flocks of geese hang out you can get pick up a lot of goose feathers from thr ground while they are molting.
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+1 on the Craigslist post.
I actually have gotten some from road kill too....
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I get mine from family in the spring & fall
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+1 on the Craigslist post.
I actually have gotten some from road kill too....
Be carefull with the roadkill. A conservation officer told me it was illegal to take any part of a roadkill animal with out a permit. Seems a bit ridiculous you can't snag a few turkey feathers.
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Can't touch a road kill turkey in Ohio. Deer you can get legally with a special permit. No permit for turkey. What a waste!
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Can't touch a road kill turkey in Ohio. Deer you can get legally with a special permit. No permit for turkey. What a waste!
ain't nothing' illegal if ya don't get caught >:D
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Not worth it. They're stricter on turkey violations than deer here.
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Don't believe we have those rules in NC...
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Yes we do Kevin. If you hit it you can take it, or give it to teh next person that comes along, but if its left on the side of the road, it is illegal in NC to take it.
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Shhhhhh
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ok, so there is a meat cleaver in the trunk. Expedient feather retrieval system.
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If you can't get them anywhere else, there are always people selling them on ebay. Just look at all the listings to get the lowest prices.
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They just show up on the back porch each spring !!!
other things show up once in awhile too,deer antlers,muskrats ,deer hids,wood,even a few kids !!!!
I realy don't know why !
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I can explain how the kids show up, though really this conversation was supposed to be up to your parents...
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how about chicken feathers? Anyone used them? I am just now after about a 10 year break getting back into primitive archery. Years ago I just picked feather off of train killed turkeys in my backyard. Then saved feathers from bow killed turkeys. But now I raise chickens. I just butchered a few roosters. Saved many wing feathers. I'm going to try them anyway, but thought I'd ask. I've also been picking up wing feathers my ducks shed during a molt. Not a lot of them though.
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Turkey hunters, turkey farmers or you can get some nice ones from customfeather on the web. Even his seconds are firsts in my book.
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Turkey hunters, turkey farmers or you can get some nice ones from customfeather on the web. Even his seconds are firsts in my book.
I contact "local yocals" and they are so high on their horse that they do want to talk to bowyers looking for feathers; only interested in selling the meat. >:( >:( >:(
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I've used chicken feathers on youth arrows. Never tried em on anything else. Prefer to use feathers from "heirloom" varieties as they seem sturdier.
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Kinda funny TURKEY WINGS just show up on my poarch every spring.
I'm a gobbler hunter, use to be a guide and through the years have got a folowing. You could say. Plus I use'lly luck out and arrow one or 2 gobblers each spring.
I also do alot of fly fishing bass ponds and a couple lakes. I do a lot of geese pickups. I also have 2 parks I pick up. Geese molt in JUNE.