Wherever you roam and 'stump'...what colors "pop" (i.e. most visible after the shot) in the area you shoot? I realize different environments host different natural colors and therefore require different contrasts.
I was recently gifted some nice arrows with hot pink feathers and some fluorescent green as well. I was amazed at how visible these were AFTER the shot in a North Woods background...using Bunny Busters, the arrows would generally strike the stumps then flip up in the air. Most times I could see right where they landed without moving a step, while my son's natural turkey feathers sometimes required a bit of back-and-forth searching. I will be building more stumping arrows with this thought in mind for future stumping adventures. What works best in your neck of the woods?
White fletchings on top of a white wrap always seem to work well for me. I rarely see anything that is pure white in any environment other than snow or limestone so the arrows really stand out
Pink
love me some orange :thumbsup:
Not orange and yellow... at least, not in New England autumn or in South Texas heat :biglaugh:
White for spring, summer, fall. Chartreuse for winter.
White is my go to in Florida. Highly visible and no offhand remarks you get for more flamboyant choices.
Any shade of blue works good, white for spring and summer, chartreuse is my favorite. Bohning used to make "rocket red" remined me of a mix of red and orange, I still have some shafts I did a combo dip with it and chartreuse, with chartreuse fletch. Still carry them in my quiver when hunting.
Jason
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Found a picture of some on my phone
Dang those are bright
Hot pink in the winter and white in the summer
Hot pink fletch and bright blue crown shows up well in our eucalyptus bush forests here.
Best
Lex
Right now with not having any rain for 100+ days and being a desert I like pure white or flo yellow like the wraps in above picture. Flo Orange shows up real good as well.
Pink for me year round.
4 hot pink feathers on a hot pink wrap
Pink in winter.......anything bright the rest of the time
I found yellow fletch, nock and crown with a blue cock and blue shaft stain show up in most of my spots. Including under snow.
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Pink, orange, chartreuse . . . all good.
Lately I shoot the same colors (and arrows) for everything. Just glue on different heads.
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Make 'em good so you hit the stump and yo don't have to go looking. ;-)
Jason, those are nice! For years I used white. A couple years back I used pink and like them above white. It's been said, Chartreuse is best in lower light so I owe it a fair test.
Easton Blues shafts stand out in the grass and woods duff like no other. There is nothing blue in any area I've ever shot in. Except blueberries.
Like many have said, pink stands out like a beacon.
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Pink for me
these work great for me in low light--especially the chartreuse ones.
For winter stumping try a white Fletch colored yellow with a highlighter pen.
Really! My friend tried dying his Fletch with the highlighter and when he shot it , it left a florescent yellow streak in the snow. Easy to find the arrow.
Here are some arrows I recently put together. My stumping arrows are the same as my hunting arrows. I try all white but they were to bright for hunting.
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Here's some blues
Pink for Nevada desert conditions
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More blues
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One more blue
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Here's more chartruse