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Title: Bright arrows!
Post by: snag on March 13, 2013, 11:34:00 PM
Let's see your bright arrows. The ones you see the best. These are some I sent out today.
 (http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u31/snag23/Wilderness%20Custom%20Arrows/Chartreuse1002_zps9f826168.jpg)

These aren't bright...but I've been trying something different for me.
 (http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u31/snag23/Wilderness%20Custom%20Arrows/Red12_zps572c4377.jpg)
Title: Re: Bright arrows!
Post by: on March 14, 2013, 12:01:00 AM
No pics! And I always like to oogle your arrow creations.

Mine are nothing special. I use plain black carbon shafts ans 1 florescent yellow and 2 white feathers.

Bisch
Title: Re: Bright arrows!
Post by: snag on March 14, 2013, 09:36:00 AM
Sounds like they show up good Bisch.
Title: Re: Bright arrows!
Post by: Duker on March 14, 2013, 09:45:00 AM
WOW   :D  AWESOMEEEE looking arrows Snag  :thumbsup:
Title: Re: Bright arrows!
Post by: on March 14, 2013, 09:47:00 AM
As always, those are the bomb, snag!

Greta work!

Bisch
Title: Re: Bright arrows!
Post by: snag on March 14, 2013, 10:11:00 AM
Just wish it didn't take so long to splice them up...still, I can't stop doing it! Must be a sickness.

Wow! I just noticed your hog Bisch! Great animal.

David
Title: Re: Bright arrows!
Post by: abbatoys on March 14, 2013, 10:14:00 AM
nice arrows, show up great in any conditions..
Title: Re: Bright arrows!
Post by: Burnsie on March 14, 2013, 10:40:00 AM
I used to always go with a 7" white arrow wrap and three 5" all white shield cut feathers (everything white). They had good visibility,  but I have found my eye can pick up the chartrues stuff much better.  I have been using various combinations of chartrues yellow and hot pink for both the wraps and fletching. Those things really stand out.
I tried the all red look like Fred Asbell,  but I couldn't see those at all, especially on a cloudy day or low light.
Title: Re: Bright arrows!
Post by: bansheewins on March 14, 2013, 01:00:00 PM
Very nice.  I would be afraid to shoot them they look like too nice.
Title: Re: Bright arrows!
Post by: Fletcher on March 14, 2013, 01:19:00 PM
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v450/Fletcher610/Arrows/P7070445.jpg)
 (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v450/Fletcher610/Arrows/P6290438.jpg)

I have another set of the chartruese that are solid 4 fletch.  Chart fletch and nock on a white crown really shows up for me and the white makes the nock glow.  Don't need those electric nock thingies.
Title: Re: Bright arrows!
Post by: James Ligon on March 14, 2013, 01:57:00 PM
David sent you a pm
Title: Re: Bright arrows!
Post by: two4hooking on March 14, 2013, 02:32:00 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by Fletcher:
[QB]  (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v450/Fletcher610/Arrows/P7070445.jpg)

Nice crest!  'Nam service ribbon if I am not mistaken!?

Orange and flo pink, flo green count?
(http://i481.photobucket.com/albums/rr180/two4hooking/Gregform.jpg)

How about white?

(http://i481.photobucket.com/albums/rr180/two4hooking/002_zpsb75c51c8.jpg)
Title: Re: Bright arrows!
Post by: Fletcher on March 14, 2013, 02:54:00 PM
Good eye!  Pink and white work good, too, but I'm not ready for pink yet.  Orange is bright as long as the sun is shining but goes dark on me when the sun goes down.
Title: Re: Bright arrows!
Post by: LYONEL on March 14, 2013, 03:29:00 PM
I am about to make my first set of arrows for one of my daughters, these feathers are on there way to me I think these should be bright enough!
 (http://i1216.photobucket.com/albums/dd377/0419falcon/B8B4928D-CEEB-421C-BD89-180AFFD6B424-3886-000003E75160013C.jpg)
Title: Re: Bright arrows!
Post by: 1/4 away on March 14, 2013, 03:33:00 PM
I'm partial to orange....
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v76/quarteraway/IMG_6205.jpg)
Title: Re: Bright arrows!
Post by: pruiter on March 14, 2013, 03:40:00 PM
Need sun glasses scrolling this thread
Title: Re: Bright arrows!
Post by: TimDougan on March 14, 2013, 06:03:00 PM
Wow! that first bunch sure are bright. Wish i had some arrows like that. Come to think of it i do as they are my arrows! Awesome job David! TD.
Title: Re: Bright arrows!
Post by: Shawn Leonard on March 14, 2013, 08:46:00 PM
Snag read a study done by some university and it said that Sky or Baby Blue was one of the easiet colors for the human eye to see. I just did a set with a baby blue crown and 3 baby blue feathers and not brigth but can see them absolutely perfect in flight. Shawn
Title: Re: Bright arrows!
Post by: kwc on March 14, 2013, 08:55:00 PM
shawn just dont wave them around to much if you take them turkey hunting
Title: Re: Bright arrows!
Post by: Bldtrailer on March 14, 2013, 09:12:00 PM
(http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq136/bloodtrailer7/002-16.jpg)  (http://i441.photobucket.com/albums/qq136/bloodtrailer7/th_002-8.jpg) (http://s441.photobucket.com/albums/qq136/bloodtrailer7/?action=view¤t=002-8.jpg)
Title: Re: Bright arrows!
Post by: snag on March 14, 2013, 09:24:00 PM
hahaha! Hi Tim! Love how they turned. Good choice.
Hope you like them.

Shawn, I've heard that about blue. I am currently making some for myself. I will be dying the feathers soon. Would have never thought blue would be that visible...must be.
Title: Re: Bright arrows!
Post by: Grey Taylor on March 14, 2013, 10:02:00 PM
Bright?
You want bright?
I just finished these today. That's red iridescent paint on the crown and fluorescent orange nocks.

 (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v177/GreyTaylor/bright02_zpsd7dc0e30.jpg)

Guy
Title: Re: Bright arrows!
Post by: BDann on March 14, 2013, 10:06:00 PM
Good lookin' arrows guys!
Title: Re: Bright arrows!
Post by: Bowhunter4life on March 15, 2013, 12:39:00 AM
Mine kinda look like you dunked them into the flo orange or flo yellow paint...  :)

9" Onestringer wrap, 4 fletch with 4" Right wing flo orange or flo yellow shields and matching nock.  Functional as they show up well, and hidden nicely in my Arrowmaster...

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v493/Bowhunter4life/IMAG0235.jpg)
Title: Re: Bright arrows!
Post by: wooddamon1 on March 15, 2013, 12:52:00 AM
I'm kinda liking the baby blue cap on these old school arrows I spruced back up...

(http://i1121.photobucket.com/albums/l502/MrDwood/DSCN3271_zpsb68e4f4d.jpg)
Title: Re: Bright arrows!
Post by: Thumper Dunker on March 15, 2013, 02:53:00 AM
Couple of fuzzy pictures.
 (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v683/timkoi/022-10.jpg)
 (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v683/timkoi/018-10_zps62b1af58.jpg)
What they look like in the field.
 (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v683/timkoi/235_zps37660ff5.jpg)
Title: Re: Bright arrows!
Post by: Green on March 15, 2013, 06:47:00 AM
In the daytime I see Flo. Orange the best.

(http://i1138.photobucket.com/albums/n525/rgreen1958/247ece6c-5dc1-44ed-be8f-05f981987302.jpg)

In early morning or late evening it's either white or flo. green/yellow that my eyes pick up the best.

(http://i1138.photobucket.com/albums/n525/rgreen1958/0a6a4a71-d32d-4d0e-b1ce-a875a3c68072.jpg)

(http://i1138.photobucket.com/albums/n525/rgreen1958/IMG_3124.jpg)
Title: Re: Bright arrows!
Post by: Fletcher on March 15, 2013, 12:44:00 PM
I four-fletched some TF blue on a white crown for a friend.  They were very easy to see, follow and find.  Not much in the woods is blue.  They would darken some at dusk or dawn tho.  They were great for 3-D and made a good aiming point on the target.   :D
Title: Re: Bright arrows!
Post by: snag on March 15, 2013, 01:08:00 PM
Very nice arrows guys!
Title: Re: Bright arrows!
Post by: Andy Cooper on March 15, 2013, 01:27:00 PM
Does the blue pick up the UV spectrum of light and tend to glow a bit in dim light?
Title: Re: Bright arrows!
Post by: Ray Lyon on March 15, 2013, 03:18:00 PM
You guys make some pretty nice, bright arrows. However, I'm thinking you only need to make them bright when you're not sure where they're going?!   :p    :scared:




 :laughing:
Title: Re: Bright arrows!
Post by: Ray Lyon on March 15, 2013, 04:46:00 PM
p.s. A little bird just told me there's a creation on the way to my neck of the woods from Snag.  WooooHooooo!    :clapper:    :clapper:
Title: Re: Bright arrows!
Post by: Gdpolk on March 15, 2013, 05:41:00 PM
I got tired of looking for them on bad shots during small game hunts.  Now I'm a pink feathers guy for a bit to see how well they work for me.  I don't care for the way they look but they ought to be easy to spot and unique at the range.


(http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee146/gdpolk/Traditional%20Projects/Photo0216_zps07b8617e.jpg)
(http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee146/gdpolk/Traditional%20Projects/Photo0221_zps8783d3fd.jpg)
Title: Re: Bright arrows!
Post by: Keefer on March 15, 2013, 06:47:00 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by 1/4 away:
I'm partial to orange....
 (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v76/quarteraway/IMG_6205.jpg)
Fred,
      I thought those nocks looked familiar!
Title: Re: Bright arrows!
Post by: Canadabowyer on March 15, 2013, 07:09:00 PM
If you are red-green colorblind as I am, blue and yellow show up best. Also in our fall woods blue shows up real good in all the red and yellow bushes.  Bob
Title: Re: Bright arrows!
Post by: njloco on March 15, 2013, 07:19:00 PM
All I can say is, all of these arrows are disgustingly beautiful ! I would be afraid to shoot them.

Keep up the good work.
Title: Re: Bright arrows!
Post by: Bowtie on March 15, 2013, 10:34:00 PM
Friends and myself do a lot of stump shooting during the winter months in the northeast. I shoot yellow and blue fletching, one friend shoots all orange.  Both are easy to find, whether there is snow on the ground or not.  Another friend shoots pink fletching.  His are the easiest to see!
Title: Re: Bright arrows!
Post by: Terry Green on March 16, 2013, 01:18:00 PM
I've done my own study....and some of ya'll are playing make believe.     :biglaugh:    

 (http://www.tradgang.com/upload/terry/brightones2.jpg)

   (http://www.tradgang.com/upload/terry/limefletch.jpg)

   (http://www.tradgang.com/upload/terry/adcheetahflash4.jpg)
Title: Re: Bright arrows!
Post by: jonsimoneau on March 16, 2013, 02:02:00 PM
I've heard that blue is easiest for the human eye to pick up but have not found it to be true for me. I can see them fine in daylight but when the moment of truth normally arrives in low light I can't see them very well. For me white shows up the best and makes it easy to read blood sign. But I am convinced that whitetails can easily see a quiver full of white arrows.
Title: Re: Bright arrows!
Post by: Cyclic-Rivers on March 16, 2013, 06:16:00 PM
(http://i1135.photobucket.com/albums/m637/cjohntalk/Arrows/1349534119.jpg)

Just made these for my wife.

(http://i1135.photobucket.com/albums/m637/cjohntalk/Arrows/1363471955.jpg)
Title: Re: Bright arrows!
Post by: Cyclic-Rivers on March 16, 2013, 06:18:00 PM
Ive broken most of these!   :bigsmyl:  

(http://i1135.photobucket.com/albums/m637/cjohntalk/Arrows/1297024379.jpg)
Title: Re: Bright arrows!
Post by: blackpenny on March 16, 2013, 06:40:00 PM
Pic taken after sunset;
 (http://i475.photobucket.com/albums/rr116/angeldhunter/2012-09-22_18-51-12_527_zps5540515a.jpg)