LED nocks, worth it?
12-20-2014, 06:15 PM
#21
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Altadena CA
Posts: 494
Totally worth it. After a shot I spent 30 minutes looking for an arrow that was right at my feet a few years back. With the lighted nock you find your arrow faster, you watch flight, pentration, and you get a clear image of exactly where your arrow hit.
P.s. they sell 1 pack nockturnals for $9 if that stings your pocket book less.
P.s. they sell 1 pack nockturnals for $9 if that stings your pocket book less.
12-21-2014, 09:59 AM
#23
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Sep 2010
Posts: 1,834
12-27-2014, 10:59 AM
#24
Fork Horn
Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: Pensacola, Florida
Posts: 236
They are worth it especially if you hunt in Florida or the South for that matter. When you sling and arrow down here in the dirt then get down it is so easy to loose and arrow. I have lost many arrows down here. Think about the money of the arrow and broadhead wouldn't you want some insurance to find your arrow? Hear is a picture of my sister with her Florida public land deer and if you look at the foliage you can see how easy it is to loose and arrow. You still will loose an arrow with pink fletching. Where the lighted knock comes in handy.
12-27-2014, 06:15 PM
#25
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Kansas
Posts: 3,902
If they help you find 3 arrows at practice, then they pay for themselves. If you're practicing with broadheads, they pay themselves back on the second arrow found.
I don't buy the line that they "help you see your arrow in flight," because you shouldn't be trying to watch your arrow in flight anyway. Big no-no in my book, because it guarantees to me that you didn't follow through on the shot properly. BUT, if you don't pass through, it gives you a good reference for where you hit, and if you do pass through, you have a glowing beacon behind where it was standing when you made contact.
For deer hunting, they're a nicety. For coyote hunting, they saved me a ton of money. I lost about a dozen arrows in the first month or so after I started calling coyotes to the bow. Stuck the lumenocks in and started recovering about 8 or 9 out of 10, rather than about 4-5 out of 10.
I don't buy the line that they "help you see your arrow in flight," because you shouldn't be trying to watch your arrow in flight anyway. Big no-no in my book, because it guarantees to me that you didn't follow through on the shot properly. BUT, if you don't pass through, it gives you a good reference for where you hit, and if you do pass through, you have a glowing beacon behind where it was standing when you made contact.
For deer hunting, they're a nicety. For coyote hunting, they saved me a ton of money. I lost about a dozen arrows in the first month or so after I started calling coyotes to the bow. Stuck the lumenocks in and started recovering about 8 or 9 out of 10, rather than about 4-5 out of 10.
02-09-2015, 03:57 PM
#26
Spike
Join Date: Aug 2013
Posts: 9
I use lumenoks on a crossbow with a scope.I have shot several deer with them and was able to see the light pass thru on every shot.
Of course they help in finding the arrow and give you a good indication of shot placement which can give you an advantage in knowing how long to wait to trail your deer.
The way I look at the cost is for a few extra dollars and usually only taking one shot a year the liitle extra it gives might just help and what is a couple dollars after all the money we spend on equiptment,atv,s land, etc.
Just my own opinion and choice but "if you wanna play you gotta pay"
Enjoy your hunting everyone.
Of course they help in finding the arrow and give you a good indication of shot placement which can give you an advantage in knowing how long to wait to trail your deer.
The way I look at the cost is for a few extra dollars and usually only taking one shot a year the liitle extra it gives might just help and what is a couple dollars after all the money we spend on equiptment,atv,s land, etc.
Just my own opinion and choice but "if you wanna play you gotta pay"
Enjoy your hunting everyone.
02-13-2015, 11:43 AM
#29
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2009
Posts: 1,926
The break-even point
If you don't lose three arrows, costing ten dollars or more apiece, it pays off.
If you're a newbie who is shooting 3D events, with leaves on the ground, not losing three arrows, costing ten dollars each, will pay off in one day.
If you're a newbie who is shooting 3D events, with leaves on the ground, not losing three arrows, costing ten dollars each, will pay off in one day.
02-14-2015, 09:36 PM
#30
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Aug 2010
Posts: 3,359
If they help you find 3 arrows at practice, then they pay for themselves. If you're practicing with broadheads, they pay themselves back on the second arrow found.
I don't buy the line that they "help you see your arrow in flight," because you shouldn't be trying to watch your arrow in flight anyway. Big no-no in my book, because it guarantees to me that you didn't follow through on the shot properly. BUT, if you don't pass through, it gives you a good reference for where you hit, and if you do pass through, you have a glowing beacon behind where it was standing when you made contact.
For deer hunting, they're a nicety. For coyote hunting, they saved me a ton of money. I lost about a dozen arrows in the first month or so after I started calling coyotes to the bow. Stuck the lumenocks in and started recovering about 8 or 9 out of 10, rather than about 4-5 out of 10.
I don't buy the line that they "help you see your arrow in flight," because you shouldn't be trying to watch your arrow in flight anyway. Big no-no in my book, because it guarantees to me that you didn't follow through on the shot properly. BUT, if you don't pass through, it gives you a good reference for where you hit, and if you do pass through, you have a glowing beacon behind where it was standing when you made contact.
For deer hunting, they're a nicety. For coyote hunting, they saved me a ton of money. I lost about a dozen arrows in the first month or so after I started calling coyotes to the bow. Stuck the lumenocks in and started recovering about 8 or 9 out of 10, rather than about 4-5 out of 10.