Nice find

[Ricardovanleeuwen]

Since feathers are kind of scarce, im happy with all the road kills or Fox/ Hunter kills. This blues heron is a Nice find, i think Fishers killed It.

[stuckinthemud]

You may not be ok to have them . It is usually illegal to have feathers of protected species.

[Deerhunter21]

You may not be ok to have them . It is usually illegal to have feathers of protected species.

yup.

[Handforged]

You may not be ok to have them . It is usually illegal to have feathers of protected species.

Not sure he's in the US... they have different rules than we do.

[simson]

Looks nice, but are useless for arrows (too weak).

[Jim Davis]

Looks nice, but are useless for arrows (too weak).

Yep, just as weak as Spotted Owl 

[willie]

Looks nice, but are useless for arrows (too weak).

could the long and low profile commonly seen on Native American arrows been an adaptation for "weaker" feathers?

[Ricardovanleeuwen]

If i could only dephend ons Goose feathers then i gotta ductape the rest, i even use pigeon feathers at the moment. As for the long and low profile, i used the off side (smaller side) of a Goose primary and used Them almost full lengt, that Arrow flyed pretty good

[Ricardovanleeuwen]

By too weak, do you mean the "hairs" of the feathers? Because i cut the quil with my pruning shear but  the quill was really tough

[aznboi3644]

Those look just as weak as goose feathers and goose feathers is all I use.  They work great.

[simson]

By too weak, do you mean the "hairs" of the feathers? Because i cut the quil with my pruning shear but  the quill was really tough

Yes, I mean the 'hairs' - the quill is tough.
There is a big difference between goose and heron feathers!

[Woodely]

Found some crow  feathers once and made some fletching,  I'll tell ya they flew like the dickens and made a singing snarly sort of sound thru the air.   Flew straight though.