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Urimaginaryfrnd
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Posted: December/04/2017 at 22:19 |
I tried lighten Nocs one year flung one at a huge buck aparently hit a small branch in low light and the noc either turned off when it hit the branch or when it hit the ground. I never recovered that arrow. Now I use a reflective tape on the arrow itself. You can shine a flashlight across the field and that arrow will pop out like a laser. Usually have to special order it in but you could use the same type reflective material that 18 wheelers have on them.
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Lockjaw
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I broke down and bought a Centerpoint sniper crossbow. It supposedly shoots 370 FPS.
Well long story short, I goofed up the range values in the scope and missed a deer with it. And could not tell from the shot. Added lighted nock and its way better. I was watching the deer thinking, ok, its going to fall over anytime now. NOPE!! Shot under it. Took it home, thought, well maybe the broadhead caused an issue. Nope. Shot it with broadhead and lighted nock, its where it needs to be. |
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Skylar McMahon
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You'll enjoy them. especially for tuning and staying on top of everything when at full draw. Like others I do everything exactly the same every single time I draw. These help to identify when an error occurs.
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jaybirdaccountant
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I bought a pack to try next fall. If my accuracy isn't affected, I'll give them a try in the deer woods.
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Skylar McMahon
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Jeez, arrows are already expensive.
Take my typical set up; Easton Axis 400 Spine Arrow: $10.84 Each Nokturnal illuminated nock: $11.16 +/- G5 Monetec Broadhead; $13.33 Each Total Arrow Cost: $35.33 Granted they are reusable to an extent, but when you lose two of them to pigs, it's costly. The GPS is a great idea. I would hope it is also illuminated. I would buy at least one, just to test it out. |
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Lockjaw
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I need a GPS in a broadhead. I broke one off in a deer last year, and never found it. Broadhead and about 3 inches of PSE carbon arrow shaft.
Sucker ran off into the cutover and just snorted at me for 30 minutes. |
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supertool73
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Can you imagine. $35 arrow nocks. lol Edited by supertool73 - July/22/2016 at 09:25 |
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Idea theif. |
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Skylar McMahon
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I think Jason had a great idea. All poking aside, I'd like to see who comes out with one first. Although I bet they would be very expensive.
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Son of Ed
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Son of Ed
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I think this is a job for .......SuperTool!!!!
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RifleDude
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Hey, i've got an idea...how cool would it be if you could get arrow nocks with little gps tracking devices in them?!!!
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supertool73
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Turns out someone already thought of my idea. Gps nocks have a patent.
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Son of Ed
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I think Supertool ought to be Knighted!!!
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Son of Ed
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They could be radioactive (!!!) so that we could find them with a Geiger Counter!!
....someone stop me!! I'm having an Overload of Intelligence!!!
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Son of Ed
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...maybe have a strobe light on them......
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Son of Ed
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I think we should have GPS thingees in arrows so that we know ....umm.....where they went.
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Skylar McMahon
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Probably would have helped me last year. I stuck two pigs out at Decker's and didn't recover either of them.
I wanted pics for you guys here of the excursion, but sadly it didn't happen. The main reason I shot one, was because he scared off three bucks who were cautiously coming to the feeder that just went off. On a positive note, I bought two coyote families dinner two days in a row. |
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DCAMM94
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I use them and like the fact that I can always find my arrows. I've only ever had one arrow that didn't completely pass through an animal, and that was before I started shooting Deep Six FMJs at 500+ grains. Most shots at dusk make it hard to find the arrow on the track, as Sarge said. I use the nocturnals, too - like that you can turn them off, which helps for fine tuning sight adjustments with the lighted nocks being slightly heavier and changing the arrow balance a bit.
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