Do animals see fluorescent fletchings?

[Mint]

I just use a fletch cover and have never had problem.

[mnbwhtr]

Mint x2

[trad_bowhunter1965]

I don't know but it makes for a good conversation.

I like flo chartreuse because in low light conditions, it holds its color the best.   If a turkey can see it or not, I do not know,  I think they are far more concerned where my eyeballs are focusing.   I know they can see my eyeballs when I am staring at them, but I am not sure if they have a color preference for feathers.

[Lady Frost]

Great thread, great info.  Thanks everyone

[Friend]

A repetitive, yet interesting, subject.

Whether there in fact remains some truth, from my own experience, I would be grasping at less than 0.1% of the formula for success.

I prefer to focus on my own deficiencies, the person behind the bow where likely over 90% of the contribution resides in achieving success.

[Sam McMichael]

I have read a lot of material that indicates that deer see into the UV range better than people, so I would think they are capable of seeing flo fletching. However, I think it is movement that gives us away more than a "bright birdie in the woods". In short, just because they have the capacity to see it does not mean that they necessarily take detailed notice of it. After all, a whole lot of guys have been very successful using these feathers.

[Terry Green]

Yeah Sam.....I've done alright with them....

These are all bloody .....special arrows I've kept.

 

[Terry Green]

Sam...what's funny is I commented on the feather length I prefer and a guy, here who never kills anything BTW, stated I might as well shoot parachutes.....well, there's a bunch of bloody parachutes in that rack, yet he tells no hunting tales.....

 

[Bvas]

Bright yellow and white for me, but hang my quiver on the backside of the tree. I had a doe spot my arrow on the bow this year. But I think she picked up on the broadhead shaking uncontrollably, not the fletchings.

Terry, did you have to borrow an arrow from someone? That one with red feathers really stands out amongst all that yellow!!

[FlintNSteel]

I have shot two bright yellow and a red with fluorescent green nocks for decades. My arrows generally  have a yellow or white dip as well.   Have not noticed that deer pick up on that and I hunt mature bucks.  Heck, during gun season I have to wear blaze orange and sitting out there like a giant pumpkin have deer come right up to me, as do other hunters.  Movement (or lack thereof) is the key.

[Friend]

Terry...Those big parachutes facilitate softening the big critter landings.

[Sam McMichael]

Terry, I like your yellow parachutes, especially the red highlights on them. I still say the real key is to sit still and make a good shot whatever the color of the fletch. Maybe the real key to your success is the salad hat. Either way the flo yellow color scheme is sure working for you.

[Terry Green]

Originally posted by Bvas:

Terry, did you have to borrow an arrow from someone? That one with red feathers really stands out amongst all that yellow!!

No...was fooling around with painting some arrows and used those feathers someone sent me long ago.

Wish I had the time to fool around with stuff like that again.

[Terry Green]

Yeah Sam,....lots of them are hog arrows that didn't get bloody feathers but were pass throughs.  Most that don't hunt hogs don't realize how often that happens cause the hogs have such short legs the arrow most time goes through and hits the dirt.  

You also end up with more broken arrows that way......but sometimes the bhead grabs something and pulls the arrow all the way through.