Fluorescent Nocks
 

This will be my second year shooting 3d and one thing still confuses me. If I understand correctly, the sport was created based on hunting, this would explain all those nice foam creatures. I extremely enjoy the sport accept for one thing, fluorescent nocks. Personally I use blue Beiter nocks which are nearly invisible on most targets and have been told that I use " prick arrows" . The last time I checked an animal in the wild doesn' t have a nice fluorescent spot to aim at in the wild. To me, intenionally aiming at another persons nock represents two things. One is cheating and two is taking advantage of a good shooters shot for reference. I' m sure I will get a lot of nasty posts regarding this subject but was curious to see how people will react. My solution would be to ban all colored nocks exept brown, black, and white. White nocks would only be used on the ram due to the color. Just wanted to get this off my mind but I' m sure nothing will change, but do this for me. The next time you go to a shoot count the number of times you hear someone say " just aim left of, above, etc, of my nock" .

RE: Fluorescent Nocks
 

Its one thing to shoot at a spot but its another to hit it. I pick and use several different spots to aim for during a shoot. If it is not an arrow it may be a hole, a speck of sunlight or a shaded area, ect.... That does not make it cheating. If I can hit at where I am aiming it is a good shot. I have yet to see an animal in the wild stand trere like the foam does.

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RE: Fluorescent Nocks
 

Glowing nocks have a down side. Ever have one a couple inches from where you want to hit, and its just sitting there bright as can be glowing away. Go ahead, TRY not to hit it, it has a way of sucking you over there [:o]

As for cheating or not, I could care less what color you shoot, we all take turns going first, I shoot flo-green and flo-orange nocks cause I like them. If they help you go for it, if they don' t well that' s ok too, if they suck you off the 10 ring cause I made a bad shot, well that' s not my problem.

Just go, shoot, have fun.

--Bob

RE: Fluorescent Nocks
 

I also aim at holes, shadows, or a speck of light and except for a hole in a shot up target most are natural and I don' t consider that cheating. The point I am trying to make are those people that solely rely on nocks for a reference when shooting. Using someone elses nocks in my opinion is not ethical.

RE: Fluorescent Nocks
 

Hi HuntingHoosier,

I really don' t see the problem.

I usually shoot with a group of compound shooters that shoot at various stakes. I' m always the last to shoot, as I shoot from the white stake. The only problem I see is all those colors get confusing at times when you shoot last.

Telling someone to shoot two inches lower and to the right, is a vision thing, and if someone wants to invest in a really good pair of binoculars, that problem is solved.

2c worth, gg

RE: Fluorescent Nocks
 

This is one thing I forgot to put in my original post that also initiated my original post. Those fluorescent nocks also iritate me for the reason you brought up. I sometimes wonder if those nocks have special magnets in them calling out to my eye or arrow. I know it' s subconcious but try and not see those nocks and accidently smack an arrow right next to one. Shooting first is my preference and I think most like shooting first also.

Also, I was just trying to get some feed back on this subject. It' s not very nice being told you shoot " prick arrows" . This is what originally fueled this post.

RE: Fluorescent Nocks
 

Capital L for Loser on the person who told you that you use " prick arrows" . They probably couldn' t hit a real deer in the right spot. I use black nocks and flo green fletching. I don' t hear the nasty names because this sport is full of gentlemen who won' t cuss around a woman. I simply got tired of people destroying my arrows when I used bright nocks. I ain' t rich. And black shows up real well on white targets.

I say shut up and shoot. :)

RE: Fluorescent Nocks
 

HuntingHoosier, I also Shoot " Prick Arrows" . I shoot Black nocks with Black and Purple vanes, and I also catch a lot of grief about it but I do not use the dark nocks and vanes to hide in the target, I use them because I have a bad habbit of wanting to watch the arrow arfter it leave the bow. So if I can' t see the arrow I will not jerk the bow away.

RE: Fluorescent Nocks
 

I get yelled at all the time about my nocks to.I hate looking at an target and seeing a big glow the dark nock.I wish everyone would use a dark nock.