Here in pa there are so many leaves that are yellow, orange and red on the ground it makes it very hard to find my arrow. im going to have to go with something totally different next year. i dont know what to get but it will be something that stands out against those leaves. :knothead:
Try a lighted nock,They Shine!!!
Haven't seen any leaves this color yet!
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rob that's probably what i will be going with. i would try blue but am afraid of getting shot on public land from looking similar to turkey head.
Pink or blue stand out the best, at least around here. :scared:
I wish I could find a flo blue feather or wrap. Would like to make an ugly flo pink, chartruese, flo blue combo.
I use a chartruese and blue combo. They work great.
all white
anyone have any blue fetching pics? i would like that best, but just afraid of getting shot for a turkey head.
No blue for me! Reflects uv like a black light to deer and elk.
Pink is a great solution. Your SO might rib you a bit though. ;)
no, she actually told me to get pink. should just listen to her as usual.. :bigsmyl:
I like yellow because I see it in flight the best. I add a wrap of reflective tape from the auto dept. at Wallyworld. It costs a couple bucks for 10' and that will do lots of arrows. If you lose track of one just wait until dark (or even dusk) and hit the area with a flashlight. I've even found arrows buried in grass this way. They look like this:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v612/30coupe/Archery%20Stuff/2011huntingrig.jpg)
They are even brighter in full dark, but they just look white in full daylight.
great idea 30.
2 blue barred & 1 black with black wrap
2 flo yellow & 1 black/grey camo with 1/2 flo yellow/black wrap
2 flo pink and black
I use yellow reflective wraps and have waited till dark myself to find arrows. I like the pink tho.
Pink is best, unfotunately i have several hundred red and blue feathers to use up :(
I like the Florescent green myself. i can really see it in flight better with the white wraps too.
BUT..... look at that reflection on my quiver in this photo. I had one of my hog hunting shafts in there i forgot about. i put a couple inches of that reflective tape on my shafts to help find them at night. I never thought about what happens when the sunlight catches that tape just right. :eek:
Needless to say.... i've removed all that tape from my shafts.
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QuoteOriginally posted by Rob W.:
Haven't seen any leaves this color yet!
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I always wanted to add the fluffy feathers to the ends of my arrows. 2 questions: where do you get them and how do you apply them?
They call them fur tracers. You can make them with a rabbit hide or just order them at three rivers archery. They come with instructions. Just an adhesive backing that you peel off.
Heres some blue
(http://i1242.photobucket.com/albums/gg532/bodietrickfer/P9150009.jpg)
(http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a281/sf1oak/P9080003.jpg)
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Joe skipp, what brand are those feathers/ they are like a lime green?
and thanks for the advice and pics guys!!!
I use reflective white wraps with two white feathers and a pink cock feather. This combination is easy to see and doesn't spook game that can see color near as much as all pink in my experience.
I've found pink to be the easiest to see in any conditions - snow, fallen leaves, spring-green leaves. White is lost in snow, flo-green can be difficult to find in autumn aspen or cottonwood leaves and early spring green-up. Red & orange can be tough in colored leaves. Blue is good too, but can be more difficult to see in low light or with a flashlight than pink.
Fred E. knows ,
I lost a few arrows in the woods, the yellow, red and orange. So I bought a 1000 piece shield low profile
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I'll shoot any color feathers as long as the Flo. Pink.
Tom
All feathers I use are AMG and those are Flo Lime.
The bright pink shows up better than any other color I've ever used for shooting in the woods. Give it a try.
I have used this pattern for years and never had a deer spook from the blue or jump the string and they are easily found when shot.
(http://i801.photobucket.com/albums/yy291/biggamefish/IMG_20121019_191055.jpg)
I love the reflective tape idea, but still all white fletches for me
I've found (no pun intended) that blue is a color my eye picks up in the woods very well. Problem is I also like barred feathers. They are difficult to find in the correct wing to match my single-bevel broadheads and blue to boot.
I currently use white with a flo. lime green cock feather and a 1/4" wide strip of reflective tape just ahead of the nock. This strip has saved me a lot of arrows. But I decided awhile ago that I was going to switch to a flo. pink cock feather once I got rid of all my green ones. Why? Because the flo. lime green does get kinda lost in the early season.
Hard to see blue feathers when you are shooting, just saying.
White works great but I always fear the deer are going to see it. I made a few pink ones this year. They work really well. Just gotta get past using "girly" arrows!
Love my 3 pink feathers with white reflective wrap
I can pick blue out in the woods much better than any other color; and the way I shoot it's important! In flight, nothing beats white for visibility but I'd never carry a quiver full of white feathers in the woods around here; too dangerous.
I love yellow barred feathers, in fact I shot my last deer with them on a cedar shaft behind a Bear Razorhead. Never did find the arrow. I've lost so many stumping and hunting in the fall woods (not to mention 3D) that I've switched to flo. pink. Pretty hard to lose.
After giving my friend Raineman such grief over his flo pink feathers I'd have to eat humble pie to switch.
I tried about every color and the pink wins hands down for me. I lose chartruese shooting at squirrels and in yellow leaves. The "girly" comments don't bother me a bit.
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now i just need to find some
Flo orange longer than normal raps and flo gree,yellow or flo orangr fletchings .
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v683/timkoi/054-2.jpg)
White on white wrap... can't beat it!
Jason