Survey - for those using lighted nocks..
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From: Medicinemann
25-Oct-17
In your opinion....what is the PRIMARY purpose that most bowhunters use lighted nocks? 1.) To help them locate their arrow AFTER they have shot......OR..... 2.) To help them see where their arrow hit the animal.....OR...... 3.) Other ( feel free to list an additional reason).
From: turkey talker
25-Oct-17
Finding my arrow after is primary, but I like that I can quickly track it in flight also.
From: The Kid
25-Oct-17
I think it is a little of both, but my primary objective is to find the arrow after the shot. I also like to see the lighted nock on camera as well.
From: t-roy
25-Oct-17
I’d say locating my arrow. Sometimes it zips through them so quick and bounces or does some other goofy thing, that it sometimes appears that I missed or hit somewhere other than where I actually did.
From: Shawn
25-Oct-17
Never really worried about using them to find my arrow although they do help!! I use them to help see the hit that is it for me. Shawn
From: Ucsdryder
25-Oct-17
I looked for an elk for 6 hours this year following blood droplets every 50-100 yards until it got dark. I’m talking hands and knees. I didn’t find the arrow and thought the hit was good. Next day I went back and found the arrow. It deflected and had 1” of blood. Would have saved me half a day if I would have had a lighted nock and found my arrow immediately.
From: daleheth
25-Oct-17
Looks cool in flight and find arrow after the shot
From: Pigsticker
25-Oct-17
Sometimes you can even locate animal with lighted nock.
From: caribou77
25-Oct-17
Both 1 and 2. I use it to mark the last place I found blood if I'm trailing at night too
From: Buffalo1
25-Oct-17
Reasons in order:
2-1-other (adds addition weight to my arrow)
I glue 1/8"X1/2" pin in regular nocks to match my arrows weight.
This weight is equal to lighted nock weight.
1. Helps in maintaining weight when sighting in bow
2. Allows me to use a non lighted nock, if not using a lighted nock.
From: T Mac
25-Oct-17
To see where the arrow hit the animal
From: Griz34
25-Oct-17
Find my arrow.
From: drycreek
25-Oct-17
Both 1 and 2 are equal for me when I use lighted nocks. That said, I only use them on game animals. I carry at least two hog arrows in my quiver with used arrows bought off AT and cheap Walmart heads.
From: Trial153
25-Oct-17
One and two, when I use them which hasn’t been religiously .
From: Bowfinatic
25-Oct-17
To see the arrow hit and make arrow visible for filming
From: Charlie Rehor
25-Oct-17
To quickly find my arrow at dark. My 5 arrow TightSpot Quiver has 4 arrows with regular nocks and one with a lighted nock. I pull out the lighted nock arrow for the last half hour.
From: Jaquomo
25-Oct-17
To find my arrow since I'm shooting $30 broadheads now...
From: Ben
25-Oct-17
I want to see where the arrow hits even in low light. Old eyes are hell.
From: Kevin Speicher
25-Oct-17
To find my arrow after dark, don't use them on morning hunts
From: GF
25-Oct-17
“Would have saved me half a day if I would have had a lighted nock and found my arrow immediately.”
I’ll bet you learned a thing or two on that track, though....
I’ve thought about using them because most of the places I hunt whitetails, it Would Not Do to lose a broadhead. Too many people and pets.
From: JL
25-Oct-17
To see where the arrow enters the target. I have reflective arrow wraps that light up at night when hit with a light. They come in handy a few times.
From: Stalker
25-Oct-17
I need them to see where the animal has been hit. just turned 59 and the eyes aren't what they used to be.
From: Arrowhead
26-Oct-17
Just ordered some lighted knocks for the reason of finding my arrow after the shot and better visual of where it hits mostly for the camera to pick it up on screen. Or at least that's what I'm hoping for.
From: Nick Muche
26-Oct-17
I use them to see where the arrow hit the animal. Really only use them for bear as I have found them to be inconsistent when shooting beyond 50 yards or so. They are great for seeing where the arrow hit when you shoot a bear at 1 or 2am and it's not very light out. I rarely find my arrows anyhow, so that's never been a concern.
From: dmann
26-Oct-17
Main reason I started using them is to find my arrow. But it is also helpful in verifying where you hit.
From: longspeak74
26-Oct-17
I use them primarily to locate after the shot...arrows and BH's are expensive these days!
From: eddie c
26-Oct-17
1 and 2 plus #3, my eyes aren't the best so I use them to help check arrow flight/tuning.
From: air leak
26-Oct-17
2-1
From: Iowabowhunter
26-Oct-17
I like watching them fly, even just practicing.
For hunting applications, it's nice to get a solid visual confirmation of where I hit the animal, and helps me find the arrow afterwards.
From: SBH
26-Oct-17
2
From: Mark Watkins
26-Oct-17
Good thread Jake.
1: To see the flight of the arrow and validate where the arrow hit the animal/vitals...thus providing valuable information on timing of the next step....tracking.
2: To find the arrow to provide information (full pass through, color and type of blood, gut) confirming what I "thought" I saw about arrow flight
Mark
From: Missouribreaks
26-Oct-17
They make a cool looking flight path. When I ask the hunter how much penetration they have, not one can answer unless a pass thru. I think in those instances the light becomes a detractor. Still, a useful gadget for some.
From: x-man
26-Oct-17
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From: Rut Nut
26-Oct-17
I never really thought I needed them. Then I saw Charlie's video a few years ago and after talking to several people that use them, I tried them for the first time last season.
Now I think they are great! Let you see better where you are hitting(especially in low light) and help you find arrows. Also, I used one this year to mark my stand location after dark in thick cover. Made it easy to find my climber and gear after retrieving the deer.
From: PECO
26-Oct-17
To see where the arrow hits.
From: HerdManager
26-Oct-17
See where arrow hits, helps with recovering animal, and helps with getting arrow back.
From: Ironbow
26-Oct-17
Seeing where it hits. I want to know without a doubt what I hit. I only use them on evening hunts, I see arrow impact fine during the day.
Finding my arrows has rarely been a problem, I just pull them out of the ground after they pass through. But I hunt mostly whitetails from trees.
From: WapitiBob
26-Oct-17
I want to see where it hits as I don't see a hunting arrow in flight when I shoot an animal.
From: Russell
26-Oct-17
Helps to ID where I hit or missed the animal. Bad hit, start tracking many hours later.
Also, need to find my arrow afterwards to assist in ID'ing damage to animal.
Fun to watch arrow fly during twilight.
From: Glunt@work
26-Oct-17
#1 It looks like a scene from Star Wars when I shoot.
From: hdaman
26-Oct-17
To see where the arrow hit
From: Beendare
26-Oct-17
To see where it hits
From: Highway Star
26-Oct-17
To see where it hits. Although this year I shot a bear on an overcast day and after the shot I watched the bear lay down behind a log and I could see the nock moving. I simply waited until it quit moving then recovered the bear.
Scott
From: Duke
26-Oct-17
Seeing precise flight of arrow with the added bonus of locating an arrow.
From: Mr.C
27-Oct-17
all the above! but going back to red, blue don't show up to well IMO
From: Butternut40
27-Oct-17
Mainly to help find the arrow after the shot and also nice to see arrow in flight when videoing.
From: APauls
27-Oct-17
For those who want to find an arrow, reflective wraps are ridiculously reflective. Make it very easy to find an arrow at night. Just an FYI. and no batteries.
From: TD
27-Oct-17
I'm a cheapskate...... to find the arrow. Not much of a problem honesty if shooting from an elevated stand, but huge when ground level. Many times you can't see the arrow at all, just a faint glow from deep under the grass.....
WRT seeing the hit...... if it blows through it's still hard to see IMO..... still easy to see things that aren't there or miss things that were.
From: Franklin
28-Oct-17
Lighted nocks along with Rage broadheads allow bowhunters to fling arrows nilly willy and the lighted nocks let them follow and find their errant shots.
From: Rut Nut
28-Oct-17
Oh, here we go......................
From: TD
28-Oct-17
Does P&Y have a Willy Nilly category? What is minimum? Does it taste like chicken?
From: drycreek
28-Oct-17
Yes TD, Poke and Run has a Willy Nilly category, but you can't enter it unless you can play a banjo and chew tobacco at the same time.......
