Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Arrows => Topic started by: PrimitiveTim on July 12, 2013, 12:26:28 am
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I have to admit! I am tempted all the time to pick up "illegal" feathers for fletching. In fact whenever I think of a bird, I think of how its feathers would look on an arrow. Saw this anhinga bird today and just wanted to pluck a couple tail feathers out. So what I'm wondering from y'all is what is your most desired fletching (for looks) that you will never legally be able to use?
Here's one of mine right here. Eastern two fletch those tail feathers!
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/1000107_10151624650234865_910672858_n.jpg)
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Ocellated turkey (although legal)
Flamingos
Bald eagle (not that pretty but cool)
Quetzal
King fisher
Penguin would be interesting and so would blue Jay if their feathers were big enough.
There are plenty of beautiful legal feather I'll never be able to use.
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Definitely Barn owl. If one comes up dead around my place some day, I think I'll have to use it lol.
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Great Horned Owl
Swift and silent.
(http://www.manitowoc.org/images/pages/N871//Great-Horned-Owl-Landing-8%5B1%5D.gif)
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I've found a few shed owl feathers and man it's tempting to pick them up.
Quetzal
:o Jungle spirits would haunt you forever if you used quetzal feathers!
Those ocellated turkey tail feathers are sweet looking! Next time I'm in the yucatan....
It seems like kingfisher and and blue jay feathers would be too small. I was thinking about using dove feathers. Is there a way to use such small feathers?
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Sonoran Raven (for the mojo ;D)
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Flicker feathers would be good too.
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For beauty and pure hunting mojo, there is only one choice for me. That would be primaries, secondaries, and tailfeathers from a turkey I had harvested with a bow I have built myself.
Some may think that is not exciting, but so far I have not been able to put that combination together. Sad, huh?
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There is no temptation for illegal feather harvesting for me, any color in the world can be ordered for less than the fine of getting caught with said feathers
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There is no temptation for illegal feather harvesting for me, any color in the world can be ordered for less than the fine of getting caught with said feathers
I would rather have chicken feathers brown from being left in the poo to long than get fakes >:D
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For beauty and pure hunting mojo, there is only one choice for me. That would be primaries, secondaries, and tailfeathers from a turkey I had harvested with a bow I have built myself.
Some may think that is not exciting, but so far I have not been able to put that combination together. Sad, huh?
That would be awesome! I definitely think Turkey feathers are sweet looking, no doubt. Harvesting and fully utilizing your harvest to help with the next harvest would be incredible.
There is no temptation for illegal feather harvesting for me, any color in the world can be ordered for less than the fine of getting caught with said feathers
I would rather have chicken feathers brown from being left in the poo to long than get fakes >:D
I'd rather use penguin feathers! LOL
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Yeah, PT, that's why I think there is big mojo in getting those turkey feathers on a set of my arrows.
As for the penguin feathers....would you use those arrows for bow ice fishing?
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Yeah, PT, that's why I think there is big mojo in getting those turkey feathers on a set of my arrows.
As for the penguin feathers....would you use those arrows for bow ice fishing?
I'd probably hunt seals with those suckers. Have walrus tusk arrowheads too. lol ....while I'm being a poacher I might as well go all out. lol >:D
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These fer sher!
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4dog! The crested caracara! I totally forgot about those! I've seen a few of those while out and about too. Those are certainly protected here in Florida.
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Yeah ,we get waves of them in my part of Texas,see em for awhile then ya dont,then ya do,protected as a raptor,but if they werent,boy howdy!
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If I could bag one of these I would be set for life! I don't think it is protected... :laugh:
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BIG BIRD!!!! BAHAHAHJAAHAHA!!! If you get some big bird feathers I will trade you anything for them!
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There are millions of American kids and adults that think Big Bird is a protected species and with good reason. ;)
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Owl feathers have bad mojo
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Tell you what PrimitiveTim... I will trade you some Big Bird feathers for a Grover quiver... Deal??
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like the looks of them tails im a 2 fletch man
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How about these? Argus pheasant, a legal cage bird:
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To cool ^^^^
See plenty of awesome legal feathers
Golden pheasant
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Tell you what PrimitiveTim... I will trade you some Big Bird feathers for a Grover quiver... Deal??
That's a deal man! Just the right wing though and half the tail feathers.
How about these? Argus pheasant, a legal cage bird:
OMG! The display took me like 5 minutes to even comprehend! That's incredible!
Googleing too me here: http://www.gbwf.org/ there are some beautiful birds out there!
Is this blowing anyone else's mind???
(http://www.gbwf.org/pheasants/images/malay08.jpg)
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For the shorter feathered birds I believe you could create some sort of flu flu
And for those of you to lazy to Google my earlier birds
Quetzal
Ocelleated turkey
Kingfisher
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Haha, I'm ashamed to say I already knew all those birds. Newindian, you're kind of freakin' me out with this quetzal stuff. That's like up there with selling your soul! :o
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Here i think is a really cool set of feathers not sure if they would be illegal but sure would be cool.
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Here i think is a really cool set of feathers not sure if they would be illegal but sure would be cool.
Odd color phase of a Eurasian Eagle Owl. She's in full "threat posture", puffed up like a tumbleweed. They run about 5 lbs and are bloody minded killers! And for an owl, pretty smart. The feathers would be legal in the United States, but you would want to carry some sort of documentation with you because their feathers tend to look almost identical to a great horned owl.
In Finland they are called Uhu's ...cuz that's the call they make uuuuUUHoooo!
I've (almost) worked with one, but she decided I was worthless and beneath her dignity.
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One of them guys lives nearby sometimes he will walk a few feet in front of me when I'm working in my shop
Road runner
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Road runner that should make some fast arrows >:D :laugh: :laugh:
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Smarty pants gangstaaaa! Buckeye 8)
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really nice looking feathers.........................Those sure are Purdy.
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I'd like to use simple, black buzzard feathers. They are everywhere down here.
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Road runner that should make some fast arrows >:D :laugh: :laugh:
Problem is the deer will jump the string when they hear "BEEP BEEP"!
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Road runner that should make some fast arrows >:D :laugh: :laugh:
Problem is the deer will jump the string when they hear "BEEP BEEP"!
I figured it would be a clean pass thru by the time the "BEEP BEEP" gets there !!