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Which is your feather preference and why?

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

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?

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.

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.

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.