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Oh, and welcome Scott!:D

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Thanks for all the responses. Well I had figured the concern was a miss and the arrow disappearing. However what do you guys do when Turkey hunting?. I hunt some pretty wiley birds around here and they can see those white andflourescent Lime Green feathers from a mile away. I like theSharpie Idea. Wish they were all white, could color them up easily.

I have a question, are they feathers? are they fletchings?

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i think camo fletchings make little sense. too hard to see the impact, or find your arrow afterwards.

i've taken lots of nice turkeys with my bow, and i use white and neon yellow fletch. you must have some seroiusly spooky birds!

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Here is the real kicker, I didn't even make those arrows for turkey hunting, I made them because I like camo!:DI will be using them for birds this year though.
As far as finding them afterwards, well thats easy, just look for the big carbon thing sticking out of the bird, one end is hard to see, the other end is real sharp, seems pretty straight forward to me.;)

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When Turkey hunting I have used many different style and colour fletching. From Blue to bright orange. I currently using bright orange/black stripped pattern. But I also pack my extra arrows (quiver) in a turkey vest and the arrow I am using is in the rail, under cover so very little of it is not visable. I think the colour of the arrow or fletching is not really that important. Remember that if your hunting near hardwoods, in the spring or fall there are red colours all around the place, but movement is what will bust your setup.

Good luck.

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Hey pydpiper, nice vanes , how do you like the 2" ones ?, have you done any practice shooting with them yet ? Dave :).

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Easton also makes these carbon camo crossbow arrows, i like them.:D
http://www.eastonarchery.com/products/product/55

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i take my arrows and paint them white from about 1/3 from knock.
i use lacquer white from wal-mart.
i use yellow vanes.

i do this so i can see arrow go into side of buck.

i also shot a 16 pd gobbler last year at 25 yds with my recurveand used those same arrows with white.

i dont even use face mask ,i never have for as long as i can remember.

i put a piece of that camo netting about 4 ft in front of me about 5 ft high from ground.

all my movements are behind that and this is my 7 th turkey with bow.

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very well said, its like pa. now you dont have to wear orange while walking turkey hunting in spring.

i wore and still wear orange in woods and cant see where it has spooked a turkey.

you have to be crazy with some of people i see now in woods to not wear orange while hunting..

cant believe the PGC went along with this,nuts.............

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I wanted to chime back in, So the birds out here in California are very very wiley. Unless you hunt private land where the birds see no pressure you have to cover everything. Trust me when I say I hate it. I always see guys in the midwest show 20 birds in a group and Toms fighting all within 25 yards. I have also seen guys that get to hunt private land where again the birds see no pressure. Me I am a poor sap and hunt BLM land and these birds see alot of pressure. Deer hunters/ Pig Hunters and Turkey Hunters. I have read many books from Pro's about these birds and they pass on the gene for from gen to gen. These birds run ridges, they know how to approach fields of grass. I have seen them and watched them. I like this hunt though. Very challenging. Everyday as I drive home I see this Big Ol Tom with ~ 6 hens in this field. I stopped one day this past week and got within 35 yards standing upright in work clothes. This was a no pressure, private land bird and obviously has no fear...

My Point is that if they are wiley they see everything. I am not worried about finding an arrow, like someone said just pick up the bird;)