no more lost deer while archery hunting!

[deerhunter_98520]

why doesnt everyone that archery hunts put on the bow fishing kit...that way after you shoot your deer just follow the fishing line to your deer  sounds like a good idea to me 

[sebek556]

because you would not get constent arrow flight, it would get snagged in trees,brush etc.

[bwhntr350]

Wow, yeah, you could reel him in

[deerhunter_98520]

I think braided line would do the trick!   

[Heredoggydoggy]

You guys are way behind the times... don't you have broadheads with GPS locators in them??? 

[sebek556]

hmm braided line..... I have never had my bow not pass through a deer... I can just see it arrow goes through into a tree behind the deer and I am left playing tug-a-war with the deer to keep my bow 

[patton1]

They actually make tracking strings for deer hunting.  I remember when I was younger, my dad tried using one a couple different years.  The string usually snaps after 15-20 yards, if that.  One time it tangled inside the bottle and when he went to shoot it snapped, sending his arrow God knows where.  I forgot all about that damn tracking string until now

[STIKNSTRINGBOW]

I use a "String Tracker" when I hunt Turkeys, but when I hit a deer, or Elk, I follow a blood trail.
Works real good for me.

[Button Nubbs]

Just to stir the pot, Think they could make one for rifles too?

[Helix]

Just to stir the pot, Think they could make one for rifles too?

Careful let some goon in DC here you mention that for rifles they'll start requiring it for all of them.  It won't matter that they don't work.

[pips4bucks]

They actually make tracking strings for deer hunting. 

I remember seeing those things maybe 7-8 years ago.  It was pretty much 30-40 yards of monofilament line attached behind a broadhead.  The theory was that the line would be highly visible making it easier to track your animal.  I never heard of anyone using it though.

[deerhunter_98520]

I didnt even know they made such a thing

[sako85]

A lot of people used them while bear baiting, but beyond 20-25yrds
they started to affect the arrow flight.
By the way be carefull we are all on the same team, goes both ways,
just read the threads on this site.

[patton1]

By the way be carefull we are all on the same team, goes both ways,
just read the threads on this site.

I'm not getting what you mean here

[Mr T]

What is the rule on this.....barbed or barbless arrowheads??

[Button Nubbs]

Patton,
 Maybe he is saying rifle/muzzleloader guys lose animals too. That's what I was implying in my post.

[jmx369]

I use a "String Tracker" when I hunt Turkeys, but when I hit a deer, or Elk, I follow a blood trail.
Works real good for me.

 

[patton1]

Patton,
 Maybe he is saying rifle/muzzleloader guys lose animals too. That's what I was implying in my post.

Yeah, I think you're right.  I didn't catch some of the sarcasm going on until I just read through it again.

[colockumelk]

I have a Hoyt that shoots Slick Tricks so losing an animal isnt really a problem for me.   

[Wenatcheejay]

We need expoding tips like Modern Warfare. That way there is no field dressing or skinning.

[300UltraMagShooter]

I must be getting really old because when I first started hunting, that was a fairly common practice.

[throttlejocky20]

In Wa you can not use a broadhead that has a barbed edge. But would it really make a differance. 90% of the animals I have shot I got a clean pass through,

[bloodhound]

What is the rule on this.....barbed or barbless arrowheads??

barbless and you can only keep hatchery animals.............

[Mr T]

What is the rule on this.....barbed or barbless arrowheads??

barbless and you can only keep hatchery animals.............

Do the hatchery deer have a clipped tail or ears?

[dirty24d]

clipped left ear.

[lokidog]

Back in the 80's there was a thing called a Spider Tracker (one of the tracking type things at the time).  It was a spool of very very very fine thread (about 600 yards I think) that actually fit inside the aluminum arrow right behind the broadhead insert.  The string then traveled up the shaft and exited a tiny drilled hole and attached to a piece of velcro.  Upon shooting, the velcro flap hooked onto another piece of velcro attached to the bow.

My first deer that I actually hit was recovered with the help of this.  The arrow stuck in the deer as it ran off.  The tracking line did break several times but it caught again on brush and left more each time.  There was no blood from my high lung hit and the string gave me a direction to go while looking for her.  I really didn't need it on this one as she ran out a finger of trees that stuck out into a huge alfalfa field.  Even shooting my slow bow way back then, it did not seem to effect arrow flight out to 25 yards, my max range then.  They also helped me find a few arrows in the woods....   

[belkaholic]

i go "Dukes of Hazard" style and just put a half stick of TNT on my arrow. no need for a pass through, instead of dropping in its tracks it just bones most of it out for you! 

[steeleywhopper]

30 inch arrow, 100gr Muzzy, and 20ft of leader!
 I love Flossing deer!

[deerhunter_98520]

i go "Dukes of Hazard" style and just put a half stick of TNT on my arrow. no need for a pass through, instead of dropping in its tracks it just bones most of it out for you! 

That explains all the blown up trees and stumps i keep findin...how many deer have u shot at? 

[quadrafire]

Back in the 80's there was a thing called a Spider Tracker (one of the tracking type things at the time).  It was a spool of very very very fine thread (about 600 yards I think) that actually fit inside the aluminum arrow right behind the broadhead insert.  The string then traveled up the shaft and exited a tiny drilled hole and attached to a piece of velcro.  Upon shooting, the velcro flap hooked onto another piece of velcro attached to the bow.

My first deer that I actually hit was recovered with the help of this.  The arrow stuck in the deer as it ran off.  The tracking line did break several times but it caught again on brush and left more each time.  There was no blood from my high lung hit and the string gave me a direction to go while looking for her.  I really didn't need it on this one as she ran out a finger of trees that stuck out into a huge alfalfa field.  Even shooting my slow bow way back then, it did not seem to effect arrow flight out to 25 yards, my max range then.  They also helped me find a few arrows in the woods....   

I have never used it, but I remember in the early 90's finding a long thin string (thinner than floss) in the woods during archery season. So someone must have connected in the area I was hunting. I never followed it to the end, but it went on for quite a ways.
Maybe they should bring this back in to popular use and stir the pot like the lighted knock controversy.

[deerhunter_98520]

Back in the 80's there was a thing called a Spider Tracker (one of the tracking type things at the time).  It was a spool of very very very fine thread (about 600 yards I think) that actually fit inside the aluminum arrow right behind the broadhead insert.  The string then traveled up the shaft and exited a tiny drilled hole and attached to a piece of velcro.  Upon shooting, the velcro flap hooked onto another piece of velcro attached to the bow.

My first deer that I actually hit was recovered with the help of this.  The arrow stuck in the deer as it ran off.  The tracking line did break several times but it caught again on brush and left more each time.  There was no blood from my high lung hit and the string gave me a direction to go while looking for her.  I really didn't need it on this one as she ran out a finger of trees that stuck out into a huge alfalfa field.  Even shooting my slow bow way back then, it did not seem to effect arrow flight out to 25 yards, my max range then.  They also helped me find a few arrows in the woods....   

I have never used it, but I remember in the early 90's finding a long thin string (thinner than floss) in the woods during archery season. So someone must have connected in the area I was hunting. I never followed it to the end, but it went on for quite a ways.
Maybe they should bring this back in to popular use and stir the pot like the lighted knock controversy.

If someones gonna do this might as well make the string glow in the dark...no electronics 

[lokidog]

I have never used it, but I remember in the early 90's finding a long thin string (thinner than floss) in the woods during archery season. So someone must have connected in the area I was hunting. I never followed it to the end, but it went on for quite a ways.
Maybe they should bring this back in to popular use and stir the pot like the lighted knock controversy.

You may have found a survey striing from a DNR or FS stringbox.  They used them to measure out long runs and were very fine string.  I think they may still use them as I thought I saw soome near a guy up off Hwy 2 a couple weeks ago.  The string in the Spider Tracker was almost invisible, unless you were looking for it, like a spiderweb....