Arrow / Fletching is ther ever a need for cammed up arrows

[Ian Turner]

Hi all from the responses to my prior posts re fletching colours for hunting most said they used colours that were easy to see and find and see blood colour on but after thinking for a bit (dangerous i know) i thought are there times, or, when hunting certain species, are cammed up arrows required ie green / brown / black fletches shafts etc required.
Cheers

[bigbob]

most animals see colour different to humans, hence the ability for hunters to wear blaze orange clothing as a safety issue. blue is one colour they do see clearly. I would not imagine solid colours on feathers would matter very much at all, providing they weren't a fluro colour.

[cadet]

There are few times, places and species when, where and what birds can be bow hunted locally*; but with that caveat: most birds' eyesight is exceptionally good, and they apparently do see colour in some way, so some birds' alarm calls - cockies, miners etc - may give you away to other things you might be hunting. That may warrant at least dull colours for fletching.

*While geese are a shotgun-only proposition, the turkeys and peacocks on Flinders island are fair game and seem eminently suitable quarry for bow hunting... I'm going there in January, mostly for the geese, but...

[Ian Turner]

Hi mate that's something I didn't think about; birds seeing you or your gear and giving you up to the critters you are a huntin".
Cheers
IAN

[matt61]

I have super bright feathers and wraps, so I can find them once I have shot and missed .
But I,m with Cadet and have always believed that birds see colors, so I cover my bright arrows
when hunting. That's why flowers and fruits are bright colors to attract birds to eat them and spread pollen and seeds.
Matt