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Offline Josh

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Buzzard primaries...
« on: April 14, 2009, 10:25:14 am »
yay or nay?   ???  Lol I saw a buzzard feasting on the side of the road this morning and was just wondering if anyone has ever used their primaries as fletchings.   
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Re: Buzzard primaries...
« Reply #1 on: April 14, 2009, 11:05:04 am »
Great traditional fletching material, judging from all the old arrows that were fletched with them. Also VERY VERY illegal. All raptors are protected, and you can't legally posses their feathers.
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« Reply #2 on: April 14, 2009, 11:19:16 am »
wow didn't know that.  Even if they molt you can't pick up the feathers and use them that way?
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« Reply #3 on: April 14, 2009, 11:24:33 am »
Nope. Federal offense.
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« Reply #4 on: April 14, 2009, 12:58:18 pm »
Leave em alone off bird or a road kill like Hillbilly said. Federal offense and ifn they find ya with some ya will wish the IRS er organized crime is after ya ! :o ;D.......bob

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Re: Buzzard primaries...
« Reply #5 on: April 14, 2009, 01:06:11 pm »
me i'm always picking up road kill , got a nice forest buzard and owl the other day ..... but then again this is africa .... no feds around here ... ::)
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Re: Buzzard primaries...
« Reply #6 on: April 14, 2009, 01:12:02 pm »
If I want to simulate buzzard feathers on my NA style arrows, I use domestic goose primaries.  Not a perfect match but very close...and perfectly legal.  ;D
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« Reply #7 on: April 14, 2009, 01:18:03 pm »
If I want to simulate buzzard feathers on my NA style arrows, I use domestic goose primaries.  Not a perfect match but very close...and perfectly legal.  ;D

that's a good idea. 
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Re: Buzzard primaries...
« Reply #8 on: April 14, 2009, 01:27:43 pm »
i very rarely speak out against mans laws, but this one that i have to protest for sure. i can seeing not being allowed to kill the birds, they are very important in the ecosystem and reproduce slower than your average birds, but who is the government to arrest you for possessing one of gods creations especially on your own property.  its blatent abuse of power. thats like telling me i am not allowed pick up a dead stick.....its just retarded.  they can cut down the redwoods and strip mine but i cannot pick up a hawk's feather.....incredible

ok sorry for the outburst, but this is one subject that really makes me sit back and say  who the f$%^&* do these people think they are
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Re: Buzzard primaries...
« Reply #9 on: April 14, 2009, 01:30:10 pm »
I recently found a dead buzzard aside the road. sneaky I pulled the feathers out, went home, and fletched a war arrow with it. The fletching looked good, until I loosed my first shot. then my second, and third... and the fletching was totally ruined. It's beautyfull, but way to weak.

I wouldn't advice it for bound-on fletches, maybe just glued on, but you'd better be carefull and use low fletches to keep them as strong as possible.

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Re: Buzzard primaries...
« Reply #10 on: April 14, 2009, 01:43:00 pm »
i very rarely speak out against mans laws, but this one that i have to protest for sure. i can seeing not being allowed to kill the birds, they are very important in the ecosystem and reproduce slower than your average birds, but who is the government to arrest you for possessing one of gods creations especially on your own property.  its blatent abuse of power. thats like telling me i am not allowed pick up a dead stick.....its just retarded.  they can cut down the redwoods and strip mine but i cannot pick up a hawk's feather.....incredible

ok sorry for the outburst, but this is one subject that really makes me sit back and say  who the f$%^&* do these people think they are


well said.

I kinda see why they have to outlaw the possession of the feathers though.  Anybody can kill them and then later claim they just "found" the feathers.  
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« Reply #11 on: April 14, 2009, 02:34:09 pm »
Illegal. Ignorance is no excuse from the officer's standpoint. Make sure that you know exactly what you are using to fletch with or it could be costly and even revoke your privellege to fish and hunt for life, worst case scenario.
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Re: Buzzard primaries...
« Reply #12 on: April 14, 2009, 02:57:49 pm »
Ryan, didn't say I agreed with it, just saying how it is. Turkey vulture primaries are actually stiffer than turkey or goose primaries, and bigger, too. I found one a while back and looked it over good. They look like they would work really well if they were legal, but they're not, so I 'm not going to take any chances.
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« Reply #13 on: April 14, 2009, 03:30:40 pm »
Leave em alone off bird or a road kill like Hillbilly said. Federal offense and ifn they find ya with some ya will wish the IRS er organized crime is after ya ! :o ;D.......bob

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Re: Buzzard primaries...
« Reply #14 on: April 14, 2009, 05:31:47 pm »
i very rarely speak out against mans laws, but this one that i have to protest for sure. i can seeing not being allowed to kill the birds, they are very important in the ecosystem and reproduce slower than your average birds, but who is the government to arrest you for possessing one of gods creations especially on your own property.  its blatent abuse of power. thats like telling me i am not allowed pick up a dead stick.....its just retarded.  they can cut down the redwoods and strip mine but i cannot pick up a hawk's feather.....incredible

ok sorry for the outburst, but this is one subject that really makes me sit back and say  who the f$%^&* do these people think they are


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