fur fletch

[mhay]

#2446

I have an old ”ARCHERS DIGEST” from the early ’80’s that has pictures in it showing arrows fletched with strips of fur which are wrapped around the shaft, not in line as feathers .

Is this something that is still available ? Does anyone have experience with the fur ?

It seems to me that with a good percentage of FOC the fur would be ample drag on the rear of the arrow , similar to the short feathers many are using and yet be more quiet than feathers .

What do you know or think ?

[mhay]

#9514

After making the above post I went to the 3 rivers catalog . OOOOPS! I don’t recall seeing the fur strips in the catalog .

At any rate , I still think it may work , if the fur is from something other than a rabbit . A critter with a little longer hair and a mite stiffer too.

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[Doc Nock]

#12265

And if they don’t work out, you can remove them from your arrows and tie them on a hook for a dynamite fly fishing Zonker!:roll:

[Leo Carrisalez]

#18804

After reading this thread I cant help but open up my fly tying drawers and pull out some cross-cut rabbit strips. I’m gonna fletch an arrow or two with the fur. I might need help posting pics but Ill get it done. Im excited to seehear the outcome. Thanks for the Idea. These crosscut strips are already cut just right to fit a fletching clamp.

Ill get back to you guys

[mhay]

#19078

Great ! I am as anxious to find out as you .

Doc will fry up some fish and we can picnic in different places together .

Thanks , ST

[Doc Nock]

#19558

mhay wrote: Great !

Doc will fry up some fish and we can picnic in different places together .

Thanks , ST

“picnic in different places together???

Is that like “brothers of a different mother?”

I grill my fish over charcoal with wine, garlic and butter! Not fried? That work? :roll::D

[mhay]

#19593

I grill my fish over charcoal with wine, garlic and butter! Not fried? That work?

sounds even better,,,,that’ll work,,,,I’ll get that girl in the kitchen to make some of her ‘TO KILL FOR’ coleslaw an’ I’ll go dig some new ‘taters an’FRY ’em up crisp n brown.

[Doc Nock]

#19605

I’m not much up on all this technology at my age, but I can truthfully say this has to be the very first “e-meal” I’ve ever participated in! Done considerable email,never an e-meal! :lol::D:roll:

[mhay]

#19656

Technlogical Advancement For Old Men 101

[Doc Nock]

#19660

mhay wrote: Technological Advancement For Old Men 101

YEah, maybe, but all the devil you did SO FAR with your ‘e-meal’ is to make me so hungry, I can barely wait for LUNCH!

[mhay]

#19693

On the topic of fur fletch , I was thinking about the squirrels tail . After it is skinned out and tail bone pulled it leaves a nice tube of hide with the hair on it . There’s more hair on the top side than the bottom so with two squirrel tails we simply , and carefully cut away the top side , in the length we want and attach the two sections to the shaft . May take three sections ,,,,I ain’t sure .

There is no fat on the tail skin and it should dry quickly allowing gluing or epoxy to a shaft .

Of course this is all speculation on my part .

Now if I can only dispatch some squirrels 😉

It’s after 12 pm Dock ,,,ya better go eat .

[Doc Nock]

#19706

My arrows fly “squirrely” enough without fletching w/ squirrel tail…hey, Rooster Tails can’t be all wrong. Might work!

As for lunch… cooked off chicken halves and they’re on the grill. Making chicken noodle soup from the stock broth!

I’m gone!

[Leo Carrisalez]

#19873

well its done, they fly ok and no noise. I don’t think they would be wise to use if they get wet. Im still trying to learn how to resize these pics.

[Doc Nock]

#20150

South,

I use MS office Picture Manager and it’s not hard to resize by clicking on the Edit icon… resize is an option along with Crop…just remember to save 🙂 Don’t ask!

[mhay]

#20170

That’s good news SouthTexas. Did it effect your FOC one way or the other ?

[Leo Carrisalez]

#21839

i really didnt pay attention to the FOC on my arrow. I got the idea from this arrow. It Flies like a flu flu minus the noise. It does look cool. Im gonna try again this evening to post. ill be better off emailing the pics. nothing fancy but fun to play around with different materials.

[mhay]

#21847

Do you mean they slow down rapidly like flu flu ?

Did you spiral wrap when attaching , or some other method ?

I am anxious to get some fur and do this myself . First thing I’ll do is weigh on my powder scale to compare weight of a strip for spiral and also 3 strips to attach in the ‘3 FLETCH’ fashion , and check weight against the 5.5 inch shield cuts I presently have mounted .

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