if only turkeys would learn how to swim

[Rob DiStefano]

all fletched and ready to go a'huntin' ...



... then after a three minute downpour ...

[kbetts]

.....but we all know they'll still work.

[Guru]

Hey Rob, How about if you spliced the last inch and a half or so with a bright color? This way you wouldn't have to mess with a tracer.

It would add some needed visibility to the dark goose feathers, and even if it layed down some, the "meat" of the feather(goose) will still be standing tall and doing what it's supposed to do...

Just something I've been thinking about since the other goose thread started....

[JC]

Rob's sending me some to fletch up. If I can get the barbels to match up, i'll be trying to splice a few too.

kbetts, yep they still work, just not as well.

[VTer]

A natural turkey feather would be in just as good a shape as that goose feather. They're all I use anymore.

[Rob DiStefano]

wow, been thinking the same thing, curt!  but the quill bases seem different.  and while the goose part stays stiff and high, the turkey part will just lie down and go soggy ... unless the turkey part was of a different design, taller ... ?  some sperimentin' required.

[kbetts]

I just got a text to come over and clip 60 snow geese tomorrow afternoon.  Thats a lot of wings.  I need to check out how to splice feathers.  Never done it.
I guess I could start a give away thread and draw names for left and right wing.

[Rob DiStefano]

Originally posted by VTer:
A natural turkey feather would be in just as good a shape as that goose feather. They're all I use anymore.

not sure i follow you, greg.  you mean after the turk feather dries out?

OH, yes!  a NATURAL unprocessed turk feather.  but ya can't color it without destroying the natural oils ... ?

[MJB]

 

[kbetts]

Anybody heard of Royal Palm turkeys?  They are a domesticated breed I believe, but are mostly white.  I'll be stalkin' my buddies farm for feathers.

[Zbone]

Don't know if turkeys can swim but I know they can float. I blasted one out of a canoe over a lake one time and he hit the water with a splash and then continued to float...8^)

[Kenneth]

quote:Originally posted by MJB:
     :confused:

[Jason R. Wesbrock]

Originally posted by Kenneth:
 

quote:Originally posted by MJB:
       :confused:  

That's the biggest musky bait I've ever seen!   :eek:

[Hud]

Because dye does something to a natural turkey feather, I use waterproofing for jackets. I will test them by submerging in bucket of water. When it wears off, do it again. The quill needs to be sprayed at the same time. Avoid oil and sprays with odors, unless your are just after turkey.

[Wannabe1]

Now that's funny right there!  

[MYSTIKBOW]

Here fishy fishy fishy

[FerretWYO]

I like the splicing idea and I think that I am going to try it.

[twitchstick]

Is it legal to shoot a turkey from the boat in your state?  

[Rob DiStefano]

Originally posted by MJB:
   
 

now that's amazing ... and funny!    

[wollelybugger]

Thats the new inflatable decoy for your swimming turkeys.