Will you use Luminocks?

[92xj]

If they become legal, I will use them.
I killed my first 7 deer with them.  All my shots were pass throughs, some from a stand, others from the ground.  The shots from the stand made the arrow easy to find, all though without them, it was still easy.  The ground shots where the arrow ran under the leaves and grass, the light made them a lot easier to find.  All of my kills were in the evening and I would wait till dark to get down, since I didnt have to worry about finding my arrow with the help of daylight, and could continue to hunt and in one hunt was able to stick a second deer.  It allowed me to take my eye off of the location of the shot and made it super easy to pick up the blood trail 2-3 hours later. So, yes, I will use them. 

[Wa hunter]

Lighted nocks are fun to shoot.  I think I will use them.   

[carpsniperg2]

If they become legal and locked in stone. I will use them mainly for filming and but also like the help finding my arrow after the shot.

[bow-n-head]

I sure would if they were legal. Nothing electronic is legal in MT

[Snapshot]

I'm not going to think that I could change anyone’s mind but I'd like to explain to you why I would like the current rule to remain unchanged.
 
Locating a downed game is the single most important thing we as conscientious individuals can do while in the field hunting. And the second most important thing, in my opinion, is taking reasonable shots; good light; short distances. I believe, though we will never know whether I'm right or wrong, that any device which may encourage some individuals to change their self-imposed shot limitations will lead to bad hits that wouldn't have occurred had there been no electric nock in their quivers. It only stands to reason that this will happen. And so there will be, if I am correct about human nature, more poorly hit and lost animals.
 
Because no glowing arrow on the ground, or in an out-of-view animal, is going to help the average hunter to follow a scant blood-trail. An experienced tracker, perhaps yes; but not Joe Average.

I wish the department would encourage that people take tracking dogs into the field to follow up on a marginal hit. That would be a real recovery aid.

[Snapshot]

That is correct. The link that atfulldraw put into his post that started this thread takes us to a pdf file that is entitled "PROPOSED RULE MAKING"

Supposedly these are only proposals, but we should know from past experience that these so called proposals are already pretty much set in stone, by the time we, the public, get to see them. Although I do believe there have been some very rare exceptions to that rule.

It ain't over 'til the fat lady sings and the 'Fat Lady' is the Commission. They decide which department proposals become WACs and which do not.

[92xj]

It baffles me that people think that because of a lighted nock that people will start changing the way they already shoot and take shots that they would not normally take if they didnt have the lighted nock.  Out of all the deer I shot with my lighted nock, not once during any of the hunt, during the shot or follow up did I think about not shooting if I would not have had them.  If people truly feel they will take shots with the nock that they would never take with a non lighted nock then they should not even be hunting.  I could careless however you hunt as long as you are within the law.  Others hunt their way, I hunt mine.  Do I think any differently of a hunter that chooses to hunt their way, within the law, that is different than mine. Not one bit. 

[throttlejocky20]

I believe that the most helpful thing about lighted nocks is morning and evening hunts in the Timber. Many times you have plenty enouf light to shoot but watching your arrow flight or the impact is sometimes hard to see. Being able to see your arrow flight in low light will tell you how good your hit was and how much time you should wait untill to start tracking. Will I use them I prabably wont have a quiver full but I will have a couple for these situations.

[bobcat]

Just wondering when the technology will come that will light up bullets out of our rifles so we can see where they go to!   

[carpsniperg2]

Just wondering when the technology will come that will light up bullets out of our rifles so we can see where they go to!   

You mean a tracer round?

[JLS]

I can certainly see some people using them as a "tracer" arrow and taking shots that they might not otherwise take.  However, whether or not people choose to use them now that they are legal really is no indicator whatsoever on their ethics or abilities.

I don't like them being legal, but they are.  I'll no more look down on someone using them legally and within their abilities than I would expect someone to view my choice to shoot a cow where it's legal.

Shoot straight.

I have to disagree, people that are willing to take unethical shots will do so whether or not they can see where their arrow flies.  Archers who would not think of taking an unethical shot will not suddenly start taking shots that they would not have taken w/o a lighted nock.   It is about choice, just like using traditional or compound bows is a choice.

Did you miss the part where I stated that using luminocks has NO INDICATION OF THEIR ETHICS?

Someone that's already an idiot will continue to be an idiot.  Said idiot now has the ability to use a quasi tracer round.  Will this make said idiot take a questionable shot since he can now more clearly see his arrows?  My anecdotal prediction is yes.   Am I Nostrodamus?  No.

[bobcat]

Just wondering when the technology will come that will light up bullets out of our rifles so we can see where they go to!   

You mean a tracer round?

No I want a bright light attached to the base of the bullet.

[bearpaw]

If they are approved and I look at them and like them, I would use them.

[Pinetar]

Well put JLS. I agree the idiots will continue to be idiots. If they become legal I will give them a try.

[lokidog]

I can certainly see some people using them as a "tracer" arrow and taking shots that they might not otherwise take.   However, whether or not people choose to use them now that they are legal really is no indicator whatsoever on their ethics or abilities.

I don't like them being legal, but they are.  I'll no more look down on someone using them legally and within their abilities than I would expect someone to view my choice to shoot a cow where it's legal.

Shoot straight.

I have to disagree, people that are willing to take unethical shots will do so whether or not they can see where their arrow flies.  Archers who would not think of taking an unethical shot will not suddenly start taking shots that they would not have taken w/o a lighted nock.   It is about choice, just like using traditional or compound bows is a choice.

Did you miss the part where I stated that using luminocks has NO INDICATION OF THEIR ETHICS?

Someone that's already an idiot will continue to be an idiot.  Said idiot now has the ability to use a quasi tracer round.  Will this make said idiot take a questionable shot since he can now more clearly see his arrows?  My anecdotal prediction is yes.   Am I Nostrodamus?  No.

This first part would seem to differ with the second.....   

As far as "tracers" go, if you know what a tracer round does for a machine gun, then you would hopefully realize using a luminock as a tracer for a bow is a somewhat pointless endeavor, unless maybe you can reload and shoot a lot faster than most of us? And, it does indeed seem like you are "looking down on someone" who would use them since it appears that you think they will make otherwise ethical archers take unethical shots.

Done!