How to make Wild Turkey Fletchings - Easy DIY
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- čas přidán 13. 10. 2020
- This week we're learning how to make natural barred wild turkey fletchings from turkey wing feathers. We'll learn two methods, the first of which uses a simple file and sand paper. After that I'll show how I use a table top belt sander to speed up the process.
Fletchings from wild turkeys are superior to those from domestic birds in a number of ways. They look great on traditional archery wood arrows, they stand up to wet weather better, and they're just more durable in the long run.
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I was driving my jeep through some trails in the ouchita National Forest. Came across a turkey that a mountain lion got to, got quite a few of em!
WAY more simple than I thought it would be.
Love your videos, man.
I think I've learned more about archery in general from you than anyone else.
Awesome video very easy to follow for those that have no idea how cut wild turkey feathers.
Glad it was helpful!
Had a guy show me how to strip feathers off quills. Start at tip then pull feathers on side you want and pull straight away and down from quill. Give it a try it saved me a ton of work
Clay you share the best!
another great video thank you!
I’ve been making for decades. But you still learn something different or new.😁🇺🇸
Awesome video! Thanks Clay
Ace video, I've been thinking of making my own fletchings and this looks much easier than I would have tried. Thanks :)
Nice! Guess I need to find me some Turkey feathers now. 👍🏻
Awesome! Thank you sir this is legit doing these today
Glad you like them!
Thanks Clay
Youre the man. Thanks for the tips brother !
Like one guy said way more simple than I thought.
I’ll be making my own this coming year.
Thanks for the video, Clay! How do you shape the fletchings?
Great video, nice explanation.
As always, great video. Thanks man.
Thank you
Thanks for the informations 💪✌
Can almost get 3 if you go with 3 1/2 inch. If you bare shaft tune, 3 1/2 is enough. You can also buy whole dyed feathers. Only have to trim to size, shape, and glue. May experiment with the whole feather. My garage probably has some wings laying around if I look hard enough. Thanks for sharing.
Hej Clay!
Thanks for the video. I have a question. Does the left or right ving feather determine which way you gonna put them on the arrow if you want to fix them helical. I mean that the feaders are naturally pre-turnt. If so, do your arrows spin at different directions or do you just force them to the direction you prefer.
I hope you understand my question and sorry for the English.
Thanks! Greetings from Sweden
Your videos are always awesome. I have a few right-wing turkey feathers, but both sides of the quill are the same size or with. I see that you throw one side of way because there's nothing on that side, but if the feather is symmetrical, and therefore both sides being identical, would they both be considered right-wing after splitting the quill?
Love watching your videos sir.. can you plz make a video on horn bow making
First thing I noticed as an arborist, is the sugoi hanging up behind you 😎😉
Great saws!
@@clayhayeshunter I have 5 brother ...ha ha #probowsociety
Can I heat bend reflex limb tips on a 68" red oak board bow or should I steam bend them. Which will be better. I will be rawhide backing it
a question about osage bows instead of feathers. I have some short (50") old weathered osage chunks that I have begun spitting for short staves. I am hoping to make these into limbs to be joined together at the handle. this is kindof like making a bow from old fence posts. this should work. right? thanks for any info. I can't find anything on making a bow from two seperate limbs like osage. I was looking at roughing out the limbs and then joining the limbs at the handle before attemping any sort of limb shaping or tillering etc. thanks, Jerry
Love your videos. Quick question, can you use both sides of the feather to get left and right wing fletches, or do you just use the bottom half to tie flies?
Will u be hunting this season
Do you put them on a feather burner after this step to shape them or do you just use them in that shape?
That's fly Tying.
If you are in a survival situation and find a feather rather than from a body, you can still make a straight flying arrow with just one. i believe its called a fufu.
Basically you wrap it on the shaft similar to tying a hackle on a fly. Leave a decent gap between wraps and wrap so they lean back or 90deg. With fine line, gut, etc, you can simply lash them with pine pitch for glue and it works pretty well.
It would work if you found a large enough feather.
When you shot compound barebow did you use vanes or feathers and why thanks
If you don't know turkey hunters, call around for a local turkey farm. Big operations aren't the most useful, but any smaller farm (especially around thanksgiving) when they're doing the butchering will probably be happy to give you a bunch of feathers (in my experience).
Do you have a video on straight vs straight-offset vs helical fletching? Trying to figure out which I want to use.
No but that’s a good subject. I use straight fletchings that are just slightly offset. As opposed to helical. They’re quieter and drag less.
One I have seen is in my area South Dakota Pheasants the man created Chinese Ringneck is most common. I know this can be used having looked at the feathers of what the Nomadic Mongolians have used when seeing a Documentary on the Nomadic Mongolians made fletching from the Pheasants as Mongolia has no Turkeys. This feather fletching is just as good though the feathers can't be as big so they end up like 3--3.5 inch max for the feather fletching. It is the Dakotas and northern Nebraska that has the Pheasant more wild so I would try the Pheasant for the feathers just knowing I can't have as big a feather fletching. However I might not need to middle split but rather cut off the other side feathers/just the outer edge since the feathers are not as big down the center.
Brother I would like to Thank You very much! I am older and a big guy (6'2" with 71" -72" wing span) who had a little Bear recurve so many years ago as a youth. Never having any quidance I basically became frustrated and set it down. I have always wanted to learn properly how to shoot with enough accuracy to at least hunt deer and some small game. Recently, I came across your videos and they are very educational and informative and cut some time on the learning curve. Any suggestions that you can offer a beginner with the aforementioned dimensions to get started? I have been told about a 70" bow with a 30-40 lb draw but I am really clueless about what type of arrow to start with. Your thoughts if any are appreciated! Peace!
Clay has a video on arrow spines where he talks about dynamic spine and i think he mentions in that video that 3 rivers archery sells a special set of different arrows with different spines so that you can figure out what arrow spine works best for you and your setup and order more of that type of arrows.
@@georgewashington1621 Thanks I appreciate that.
Hey clay.. the manual part of grinding those feathers is the one that I'm lookin for.. instead of jus pulling the feathers out of the quill.. thank you, you really help me sort that things out 👍👍
I hear eagle feathers work real good, should try.
I respect that joke
Hey! Have you ever done a vid concerning shooting at acute angles as encountered in hunting from a tree stand? It is a question I get all the time. A definitive expose on angles and aiming combined with bending at the waist and not dropping the bow arm could be invaluable to the many who follow you. Young guys are shooting high out of a tree. You can help fix that.
I’d do it but I am too old. Ha! Seriously, folks need your input.
My neighbor is a turkey hunter he gives me the wing and tail feathers in return he just tells me to sharpen his kitchen and hunting knives
How can I attach a quiver to my longbow I've been using a leg quiver
Clay, can you show how you cut the fibers of the feathers to trim them down? More like a die cut feather...Do you shoot them full size..like a flu flu style?
Where do u get the tools you use to shave down your bows? Just a normal hardware store?
I’ve been practicing for 2 years straight I’m confident in my shot but I’ve missed 4 shots this year on white tails.... any suggestions
I spent 20 yrs in a archery pro shop and longer bow hunting, one suggestion is as often as possible go out and only shoot one arrow, Howard Hill always keep a target outside his shop door for this reason, doesn't matter how good someone is after 20 shots, second if hunting in cold weather shoot with your heavier hunting clothes on, string might be hitting a bulkier sleeve may, if shooting traditional go in the woods and go stump shooting, its different shooting in the woods then in your back yard, happy hunting
When teaching a person to make bow and arrow, do you have a preference, either practical or philosophical, as to which you prefer to teach first, or, is it more of a simultaneous matter?
Any elk report?
The fetching clamp your using I notice they have them
In right wing, left wing and straight, can you explain the use of these different clamps ?
Right wing helical clamps are used for feathers that come from the right wing of the bird. They’re angled to the right so the arrow spins right in flight. Helical clamps tend to make a pretty aggressive spiral which I don’t like. I prefer the straight clamps which can be used with either left or right wing feathers.
@@clayhayeshunter just ordered a straight helical clamp, thanks for the info.
Have you ever backed a bow with a ratchet strap? Do you think it would work?
Quick question Aaron, why do you want to use a ratchet strap, nylon I assume. Just curious.
I just thought it could be a good bow backing. It would take a whole lot to break one, so I thought maybe it could help add integrity to bows, especially oak/maple board bows.
I've heard of blue jean denim being used and works well, I've never done it, I'm sure strap would work for backing. Give it a try. Good luck.
Ok, cool. I might try it out on my next bow. Thanks
@@aaronjackson5453 👍
Where you get a feather clamp . I think that's what's holding me up..
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I'm out of Wild Turkey. Can I use cheap tequila or rye instead?
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听不懂英语😂
8:28 so you speak from expirience
When are you going to have Finn shoot another hog?
Fletching profile? Self explanatory but expected.🤷♂️
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