what can you use to put on your feathers to help avoid all the dampness,rain and dew and the elements? Any info would help thanks for your time.

You can use a plastic bag. Just take it off before you shoot.

Look in the technical forum. It's talked about there often. A guy named Arthor mentioned goose feathers as the best to use in rainy weather.

Like to give them a try some time.

They make a really fine powder(i believe Bohning is the company) that u put in a plastic bag, then stick the end of your arrow with the feathers on it in and coat all the feathers with the powder. It works pretty good, obviously not in a down pour but in light rain or mist it works really good. Also, you can put shoe waterproofer on them, but that smells really bad so you would have to do it well in advance of the season.

isn't there a produce called No Sno or something like that, that is made just for that reason. I've seen it at my local pro shop.

Yes, it is a silicon based product. I've used it in the past, but like most products it won't work in a saturating rain. And it works best if it is fresh. Lately, I use hair spray on the feathers if I think it is going to rain the next day. It also has limited life though. I've tried the powder, but itis too messy for me and trying to get even distribution is tough.

I have found turkey feathers work better than chicken feathers. When I have chicken feathers and it rains, I just deal with it. I try to keep them fluffed up.