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Old 10-12-2003, 04:19 AM
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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.
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Old 10-12-2003, 06:40 AM
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99% of the time I hunt from a tree so I find mine I havent lost an arrow in many years
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Old 10-12-2003, 07:13 AM
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I have found every passthru arrow on a deer.
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Old 10-12-2003, 07:58 AM
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I' m 8 for 10 in arrow retrieval. Hope to bump up that percentage this year.
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Old 10-12-2003, 10:10 AM
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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.
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Old 10-12-2003, 02:06 PM
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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.
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Old 10-12-2003, 04:43 PM
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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.
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Old 10-12-2003, 05:12 PM
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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
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Old 10-12-2003, 06:58 PM
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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.
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Old 10-12-2003, 07:38 PM
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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

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