just curious if there was a good source for them?

I use Canada goose....not much difference in a snow goose I think as they have black primary feathers also right?????

Well dang I just assumed they were white

What about crow feathers? how do they work?

Snow goose is nearly the same color. They are tough to get even one good feather unless they are big ones.

Snow goose is dark grey/black.  There can be variations if the feather is from a juvenile.  I have a bunch if you want to try them.  Not as durable as standard fletching but waterproof and work fine for me.  I have no issue getting a full length feather.

I used Canada's on 1/2 dozen.  Not very durable.

I. use Canada's for my cock feather

I've ground up about 400 snow geese fletchings and they are much shorter than the Canadian goose primaries. Many make 4" fletchings and few made 5".  Durability wise I don't see a lot if difference but I would seek out Canadians if you have a choice.  Dino

Canada as Dino said.....more waterproof....not as tough as turkey but they do just fine. They are gray in color.

QuoteOriginally posted by Crested Finger:
What about crow feathers? how do they work?

Not well for me.  Short in height, short in length, non-existent oil line, fine (non robust) structure.

Flew fine, but after dozen or so shots looked like the fletchings had been repeatedly pulled through a heartburn suffering buzzard gizzard.  Backwards.

"Flew fine, but after dozen or so shots looked like the fletchings had been repeatedly pulled through a heartburn suffering buzzard gizzard"


Just made my day!

i have some Canada goose fletched arrows....mostly for more water resistance.  Fly great...not as durable as edges starting to fray a little but has not affected arrow flight in my opinion....will keep using until I am down to the quill. LOL

There is an old topic on this, and Rob made up some in another topic.

I'll blame that on an internet gremlin  

After a goose hunt a few years back where I collected about 100 left wings from the guys that were cleaning birds, we fletched a bunch of stump arrows with them.  They flew great, were quiet but were not as durable as turkey.

I'd use them exclusively if I had a source for them.

These were lessers and specs.

Mike