Post by: deerhunter_98520 on October 28, 2011, 09:06:42 PM
Post by: sebek556 on October 28, 2011, 09:09:28 PM
Post by: bwhntr350 on October 28, 2011, 09:30:15 PM
Post by: deerhunter_98520 on October 28, 2011, 09:32:42 PM
Post by: Heredoggydoggy on October 28, 2011, 09:35:36 PM
Post by: sebek556 on October 28, 2011, 09:52:26 PM
Post by: patton1 on October 28, 2011, 10:05:17 PM
Post by: STIKNSTRINGBOW on October 28, 2011, 10:35:24 PM
Works real good for me.
Post by: Button Nubbs on October 28, 2011, 10:57:27 PM
Post by: Helix on October 28, 2011, 11:15:14 PM
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.
Post by: pips4bucks on October 28, 2011, 11:33:50 PM
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.
Post by: deerhunter_98520 on October 29, 2011, 06:05:41 AM
Post by: sako85 on October 29, 2011, 09:32:18 AM
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.
Post by: patton1 on October 29, 2011, 09:44:51 AM
By the way be carefull we are all on the same team, goes both ways,I'm not getting what you mean here :dunno:
just read the threads on this site.
Post by: Mr T on October 29, 2011, 09:54:50 AM
Post by: Button Nubbs on October 29, 2011, 10:38:32 AM
Maybe he is saying rifle/muzzleloader guys lose animals too. That's what I was implying in my post.
Post by: jmx369 on October 29, 2011, 11:21:28 AM
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.
:chuckle:
Post by: patton1 on October 29, 2011, 12:07:45 PM
Patton,Yeah, I think you're right. I didn't catch some of the sarcasm going on until I just read through it again.
Maybe he is saying rifle/muzzleloader guys lose animals too. That's what I was implying in my post.
Post by: colockumelk on October 29, 2011, 09:10:01 PM
Post by: Wenatcheejay on November 01, 2011, 08:29:02 AM
Post by: 300UltraMagShooter on November 01, 2011, 08:39:30 AM
Post by: throttlejocky20 on November 01, 2011, 08:40:46 AM
Post by: bloodhound on November 01, 2011, 11:02:22 AM
What is the rule on this.....barbed or barbless arrowheads??
barbless and you can only keep hatchery animals............. :bash:
Post by: Mr T on November 01, 2011, 11:43:47 AM
Do the hatchery deer have a clipped tail or ears?What is the rule on this.....barbed or barbless arrowheads??
barbless and you can only keep hatchery animals............. :bash:
Post by: dirty24d on November 01, 2011, 11:48:01 AM
Post by: lokidog on November 02, 2011, 04:50:40 PM
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.... :chuckle:
Post by: belkaholic on November 02, 2011, 06:16:37 PM
Post by: steeleywhopper on November 02, 2011, 06:58:16 PM
I love Flossing deer! :chuckle:
Post by: deerhunter_98520 on November 03, 2011, 07:53:18 AM
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! :chuckle:
That explains all the blown up trees and stumps i keep findin...how many deer have u shot at? :chuckle:
Post by: quadrafire on November 03, 2011, 08:37:35 AM
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.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.
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.... :chuckle:
Maybe they should bring this back in to popular use and stir the pot like the lighted knock controversy.
Post by: deerhunter_98520 on November 03, 2011, 08:48:23 AM
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.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.
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.... :chuckle:
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 :chuckle:
Post by: lokidog on November 03, 2011, 12:40:52 PM
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....