THE ELK REAPER's Link
So I have been screwing around with this product for the last few weeks to see if it would actually be a benefit for my backcountry hunts. It's a pretty slick "set up" and would be worth it's weight in gold when going through thick brush and blow-down. I strap my bow to my pack from time to time as well and this would be an easy way to assure the arrows would not come out of the quiver when you are heading down the trail.
If the Link works, you will see what I'm talking about in the video.
Hope everyone had a great New year!
I hate loosing my #1 arrow hiking in brush. I also do not like worrying about removing something from my arrow. Catch 22
It boils down to what works best for each hunter, but I thought you guys would wanna take a look at this, it is the easiest way I have found to insure I won't loose an arrow.
So if you are not worried about your arrows falling out of your quiver, then don't buy the In-Line, but if you have had this happen to you before, then this is a good product that fixes the issue.
Sometime when you look at a new product, your "cup" should be half full and not half empty:) The good things about this will far outweigh the bad.
They also work great to hold my turkey arrows in place even with the 4" Bullhead blades on them.
I have a unique view of the new Nockline system. My cousin Evan Vergin showed his new archery idea off to me during a stay in his home in Colorado during an elk hunt with my family. Evan knew I was a pro staff member of a number of different archery companies so he wanted me to take a look at his invention and give him my thoughts. First words out of my mouth were”why didn’t I think of this?” So simple but yet something I could have used to save me added trips up and down a tree, back tracking to look for lost arrows or the panic of getting back to elk camp in the dark to find I had no arrows left in my quiver due to a horse that loved to rub the trees in the dark on the ride back. With my back ground in the 3D world, I saw an instant use for keeping the arrows of youngsters in their quivers or keeping mine from rattling in my quiver from target to target. My wife mentioned keeping her arrows with in her quiver as she looked for those arrows that didn’t always find their mark and spilled out when you bent over to regain control of that less than perfect shot. That seems to happen to all of us from time to time. Knowing I had a late season archery tag in my pocket when I got home, I asked Evan if I could get a hold of a set of the” Whitetail series” to use for my coming hunt. After getting home and seeing how easy the Nocklines attached to the quiver, I was just dying to give them a real world test. Didn’t take long and our late season opened with me sneaking out in the pitch black to the stand I hung on the edge of the oak flat. Well to tell you how nice it was to have no worries about any arrows popping out of the quiver in the dark was cool. I am sure everyone has had this happen and the questions of whether you climb back down or leave it till you climb down at the end of your morning/evening hunt always plays a roll. One of the things that Evan points out is the safety factor of if you fall or trip for that matter you’re not going to land on a loose arrow as they are held securely within the quiver. This hunt went without a shot opportunity, but the evening hunt was much different. The wind was bad for most of my evening hung stands, thus the afternoon was put towards sneaking and peeking the oak flats. Again the Nocklines performed flawlessly while sneaking thru the whip stock and hemlock swamps looking for a feeding or bedded whitetail. It was so nice to not have to check to see if all my arrows were still hanging in my quiver every few steps. I came across this area that I had scouted earlier in the fall and it was just tore up with signs of deer feeding. I decided that I had worked my way into this area quietly and the wind was right I would take a ground set and hope for a bit of luck. I set up in a clump of Hemlock shrubs, cleared a couple shooting lanes and got set for the final few hours of light. I popped my quiver off and loosened a second arrow from the gripper but left the Nockline attached to the arrow just in case I needed to move fast. With about a half hour of light left, I heard the crunch, crunch, crunch sound that gets all of us bow hunters excited and the heart beating. First to appear was nice whitetail doe and soon a second. They got through the opening I had set quicker than I was able to get ready… oh well at least I had seen deer and fooled their senses. When here comes a third doe. This time I am up and ready. She stops and feeds right where she is suppose to… how often does that happen? Next thing I know the pin is settling on the spot and the arrow is gone. I see the arrow disappear behind the front leg and she takes off with that tail twitch a bow hunter loves to see. I just grabbed my quiver without thinking and snuck up to the point of the shot. After the first rush of excitement a thought came to me of my loose arrow… right there it was hanging snug in the quiver hood ready for use as the Nockline saved me from having to look around in the twilight for a loose arrow. It is needless to say I will always have a Nockline System on my quivers for any future hunts.
I've had mine for a number of years now n I don't see anything replacing it for awhile
However, having hanging cords anytime you move could be a problem (hit the animal and am tracking). Do you just wind the cord around the quiver somehow or what?
It's like a double safety. My arrows are safetly contained in that quiver and on my hip in sight and in hand if need be.
I don't like lost arrows:)
As for the In-Line, I think it is a nice idea and many will like it. My first thought though was, "wouldn't a fletching cover provide the same function?" Your arrows can't drop out as long the fletch cover is around them.
Do bivy hunters carry a few extra arrows in a tube in their pack? Or do they just keep more in their truck and hike out if needed?
What about spike camp hunters?
If your fletching cover is snug up against the nock end of your arrows then you are right. But, if you have an inch or so space at the bottom then you have room to slide your arrow down so the broadhead clears the quiver cover and you are on your way. It's just a matter of using it correctly. No need to remove it.
Like I said above, the in-line is a neat idea and I'm sure lots of folks like it and will use it. Some folks don't like fletch covers because they act like a sail and move the bow on windy days. To each his (or her) own.
A real quick answer so that we don't change the thread direction. To make one is really simple:
1) Find or make a cloth tube long enough to cover your cresting and fletching plus an inch or two for broadhead clearance. Use the sleeve off of some old camo, a colored plastic newspaper bag, or sew or staple some left over fabric.
2) Find a way to afix it to your riser or quiver. Some sew small bungy cords to the top corners of the cover and then attach the cords to the quiver. Others use one of the arrows in their quiver as the attachment point and use a small paper binder clip to hold the fabric onto the arrow. I have also seen a single string from the open end that is then attached to the quiver.
It is a simple idea and lots of ways to do it.
Now back to our previously scheduled program...
I usually hunt with it disconnected and only hook it across when packing or traveling.
