who hunts with an arrow nocked?

[buglebuster]

This is an ongoing argument with my hunting partner and I. He always hunts with an arrow nocked, no matter what he is walking around the woods with a nocked arrow. I tell him that its pretty stupid it only takes one wrong slip and hes dead. He always tells me that it will never happen, and what if he has to take a quick shot with no time to pull an arrow out of a quiver and nock it then draw. To me that is almost a natural instinct so it takes no time at all. I would rather be safe than fast anyday. Just wondering what everyone elses take on this situation is.

[3Under]

See guys walking around with arrows nocked every season - makes me cringe.  Just asking for trouble.

[JohnVH]

ok dumb question, this is bad why?

[jackelope]

Wasn't there a bowhunter killed by his buddy in the last year or 2 with this scenario...guy walking along with an arrow nocked, not paying attention, his buddy in front of him stopped and he walked into him with the arrow and killed him?
It's a cloudy memory but I seem to remember something like this happening.

To answer the question, I do not.

[jstone]

Well i got a good one. Hunting the Swakane this year and ran into a guy i know he had a buddy with him that was walking around with his arrow nocked.. We walk by them for about half a mile or so, all i could think was what a dumb S.... He was waving it around just way to dangerous.

[JohnVH]

thats got to be pretty rare, people get shot on accident too, so we probably shouldnt carry guns either?

[DBHAWTHORNE]

Wasn't there a bowhunter killed by his buddy in the last year or 2 with this scenario...guy walking along with an arrow nocked, not paying attention, his buddy in front of him stopped and he walked into him with the arrow and killed him?
It's a cloudy memory but I seem to remember something like this happening.

To answer the question, I do not.

Yep that happened. I don't walk around with an arrow knocked unless I'm in the final stages of a stalk.

[MuleySniper]

i normally do but i still hunt from a tree stand or a ground blind

[bear hunter]

I can't remember the date and time. I think it was a couple of years ago in Oregon. Two buddys were hunting archery. As they were walking up the trail the lead man stopped to look at some thing. His partner didn't see him stop and was walking to close. His arrow went in to him and he die. Did anyone read about it?

[JohnVH]

I can't remember the date and time. I think it was a couple of years ago in Oregon. Two buddys were hunting archery. As they were walking up the trail the lead man stopped to look at some thing. His partner didn't see him stop and was walking to close. His arrow went in to him and he die. Did anyone read about it?

the 4th post from the top..

[bobcat]

I can't remember the date and time. I think it was a couple of years ago in Oregon. Two buddys were hunting archery. As they were walking up the trail the lead man stopped to look at some thing. His partner didn't see him stop and was walking to close. His arrow went in to him and he die. Did anyone read about it?

It was in Washington, one of the units near Mt St Helens.

[Special T]

I hunt with an arrow knocked all the time. I'm normally out by myself "Still hunting" I walk at the pace of a crawl so if i hurt myself then i shouldn't be hunting... There is a patch of timber i like to hunt that i hike to the spot, piss, knock up, then creep though the timber. I normally see deer there.   

[Bob33]

http://www.kgw.com/news/local/Elk-hunter-killed-by-arrow-in-SW-Washington-102670349.html

[flinger]

If i come into an area that is real ELKY, nock up and proceed

[Kain]

I hunt with one nocked.  Hunt mostly alone and still hunt though an area.  If I go into heavy brush or steep terrain I put the arrow away.  This is always a subject that gets a lot of different opinions just like hunting with a round chambered.