Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Arrows => Topic started by: PEARL DRUMS on April 16, 2012, 02:30:09 pm
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Anybody have any tracer ideas? I need to liven up my boo turkey arrows a bit and would rather stay away from the store bought rabbit fur adhesive type. Thanks for any and all ideas.
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Nothing wrong with rabbit Peary! All use poor folk gots ;D! Stick it using fletching tape.
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Then I gotta buy it Artsy! Im not into spending money so much. I considered a piece of bright, fat yarn tied behind the feathers all frazzled up?
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Dip the last inch of your fletching in some bright kool-aid?
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couple of things to try.....one is to paint the INSIDE of your self knocks with a flat white (I have used liquid paper) when on the bow even the birds cant see it, just you when ya let 'er go.....second, I have some high visibility dyed deer tail, will give it to ya if ya want it...a few hairs tied in with your fletch butt-wrap and ya can see 'em pretty good.
rich
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What do yu have to "liven" them up for? So you can see them? just wondering. I like 1/2I's idea about the inside of the nock. I'll have to steal that one. dpg
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Rich that white inside the nock idea is a good one.
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Pearlie the rabbit zonkers I use come from a fly tieing shop. $1.50 for plenty. Also marabou feathers work well but I have trouble working with them. Down feathers tied at the back of the fletching will work too. The fluffier the better. White wool yarn unwraveled should work too.
I use flrtch tape to attach tracers but have used TBIII and Duco but have to use straight pins to stick it it the shaft..
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I made some out of fox squirrel tail once. Didnt seem to help me much though. Think im just too color blind for anykthing to help me.
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My arrows dont fly fast enough ...real easy to see :'( >:D
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I'm like soy but I have rapped white wool fuzzed up when I rapped the nock.
I have use a white permit maker to color the nock. YOu can't beat white against the back ground of deer or leaves ofcorse.