How many of you can usually fine your arrow after shooting a deer?? I rarely can find mine. With my crossbow I always have a pass thru,but the arrow(bolt) always seems to have enough speed to bury its self. I would like to see the arrow to determine the type hit,but can' t.

99% of the time I hunt from a tree so I find mine I havent lost an arrow in many years

I have found every passthru arrow on a deer.

I' m 8 for 10 in arrow retrieval. Hope to bump up that percentage this year.

I' m a ground hunter so, even though I do try to set up on higher ground than where I figure the deer will be, I lose quite a few arrows. But, my arrows are 33" long and I use bright fletching. They' re a little easier to find than some.

try the lumilock. the nocks light up after the arrow leaves the rest. i don' t use them but have seen them used and have considered them.

Use those reflective strips infront of the nock but behind the feathers. Just wrap one around the shaft. They make them for trail marking but they make arrow finding a breeze when you loose one. If you don' t find it by day go back after dark with a bright flash light and I bet you find it.

Cardeer,
If your bolts are aluminum try a metal detector. You can pick them up at a pawn shop for $30-40 and they pay for themselves with the first dozen shafts you find.
Steve

Heck your only looking for half an arrow and shooting from the ground to boot . The above idears are good and you can also add a string tracker to the arrow.

Cardeer
I' ve been using Lumenoks & definetly recommend ' em. But, I notice that the Archer' s Flame even have nocks for crossbow bolts.
Though I don' t know how much they' d screw-up your FOC on such a short arrow.

http://www.archersflame.com/index.htm