Poll: your feather preference?

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Which is your feather preference and why?

Gateway
0
No votes
TrueFlight
1
25%
Natural turkey feathers
2
50%
Other (please specify maker and supplier!)
1
25%
 
Total votes: 4

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Captainkirk
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Poll: your feather preference?

#1 Post by Captainkirk »

Which is your feather preference and why?
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Jamesh76
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Re: Poll: your feather preference?

#2 Post by Jamesh76 »

for me, its probably goose. cheap, easy to find and pretty much waterproof just as you pick them up :)

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Re: Poll: your feather preference?

#3 Post by Captainkirk »

Jamesh76 wrote:for me, its probably goose. cheap, easy to find and pretty much waterproof just as you pick them up :)
Can you find enough to keep you in fletching?
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Re: Poll: your feather preference?

#4 Post by Jamesh76 »

as much as I fish, I do pretty good. Last year I picked up over 60 in 1 day at a small county lake. Plus, I have friends who hunt them and can get the whole wing from time to time. Last time I got a bunch of wings, they were all young snow geese. I got about 7- 10 decent full length feathers per wing. They had over 50 birds. That was several years ago, and I gave the majority of them away.

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Re: Poll: your feather preference?

#5 Post by Crazynate »

I buy mostly truflight but do process my own when I get them in the spring. I have no real preference to be honest. As long as there are 3 feathers on the back my arrows fly fine.
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Re: Poll: your feather preference?

#6 Post by Carpdaddy »

Turkey. Hunting buddies give me their wings, look and perform well. I have some goose I haven't tried yet, good to know they work well.

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