We got a bunch of nice drake wood ducks the other day, what feathers are guys looking for, for tying jigs. Also do you use hen feathers or other kinds of ducks.
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Wood Ducks Feathers
We got a bunch of nice drake wood ducks the other day, what feathers are guys looking for, for tying jigs. Also do you use hen feathers or other kinds of ducks.
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Can use all kinds of their feathers. The main ones are the barred gold side ones, but lots of goo stuff there. I sure would take some if you have plenty.
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Frank, add me to your list if you have plenty and don't mind. Wings and body have many uses, but flank feathers are the classic feathers. Jig tiers love to play around with a variety of new materials.
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I would be interested in some of those feathers also, all of them are useful Thumbs Up. Congrats on the hunt.
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Add me to the list of folks who are looking for the lemon colored flank feathers Wood Duck must have something to trade.
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Add me too
for just a few....lemon or barred
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Sorry DON'T add me to the list. I got plenty. LOLS !!!! I hunt and have traded for feathers and bought some dyed color flanks of Mallard.
What I want to say about those is there is a pattern that ether JungleJim or PBug came up with with. Sorry I don't remember who to give credit for it. It Was called the Flash Duck. I have been tying that one up and have had some success with it. The neat thing about it is that it is simple to tie and can be made up to be a electric Chicken with dyed feathers. Do a search on them and tie a few not hard and a great fish getter.
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Ok guys, my next question is, are feathers just plucked or do you skin the bird. maybe we can trade some feathers for some jigs.
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I got some turkey feather this year from a friend and he plucked them and let them air dry.
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Just pluck them if you skin the bird the skin has to be salted and borax added to preserve it. Stuff the feathers in a paper sack and add a few moth balls to kill the bugs for a week or put in the freezer for a couple of days. Then store in clear Zip loc bags. At least thats the way I do it. Its not hard,
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