Everything BGfisher says about feathers is right on the money. Except, instead of glue I use feather fletch tape. Arrow is ready to shoot as soon as you put the fletching on. The feathers stick on as well as glue with none of the glue issues. I have pulled arrows through the bagtarget andthe feathers stay on.To clean off I pull the feather off with the tape and then rub off any residual sticky with my thumb, clean the shaft with denatured alc and refletch.I cannot see myself using glue again, at least as long as I am using feathers.