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Title: making turkey fletching
Post by: one more bow on May 08, 2013, 10:19:00 PM
Hi, My question is about left wing, right wing location. Or what i mean is this, shooting left wing fletching naturally comes from the turkeys left wing, (upper section of feather). now i got to thinking if i take the feathers from the right wing and use the bottom sections, that will become left wing? Anybody doing this, is it standard practice??? Or are the bottoms to soft? I'll probably try this a little latter on but maybe your input will same me the time.

Thanks, Steve
Title: Re: making turkey fletching
Post by: m midd on May 08, 2013, 10:21:00 PM
The feathers you want are the longer primary or flight feathers. They are only one sided, the ones you are thinking about are secondaries
Title: Re: making turkey fletching
Post by: m midd on May 08, 2013, 10:24:00 PM
(http://i756.photobucket.com/albums/xx210/mikemidd/CD3C3BBF-DEE0-4528-AF06-17F2BA4BB03C-5747-000008CD75CE0C63.jpg)

The one on the left is left wing and right is right wing
Title: Re: making turkey fletching
Post by: m midd on May 08, 2013, 10:25:00 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by m midd:
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The one on the top is left wing and bottom is right wing
Title: Re: making turkey fletching
Post by: one more bow on May 08, 2013, 10:32:00 PM
so you think the secondarys will be to soft?
Title: Re: making turkey fletching
Post by: m midd on May 08, 2013, 10:38:00 PM
They will be too soft.  I have tried it and they pretty much lay down in flight. They work pretty good for spiral wrapped flu flus thought.
Title: Re: making turkey fletching
Post by: one more bow on May 08, 2013, 10:48:00 PM
thanks!
Title: Re: making turkey fletching
Post by: m midd on May 09, 2013, 02:09:00 AM
You bet.
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