anyone hunt with a clicker?

[Jakeemt]

I've not yet tried one but, I think I will. I won a nice one from the St. Judes auction. My understanding is that if used correctly it's has similair results to the draw stop found on wheelies. It makes a vey consitent draw which really boosts your accuracy.

[Lowrider]

Was going to shoot a large doe this morning feeding about 10 yards from the base of the tree. The woods were quite enough to hear a mouse break wind. Got to full draw and the clicker said click and she was gone. The one on this bow was not as loud as the ones on my other bows. Never had it happen before. Guess the woods were just to quiet and no tape on the blade. Guess there is always a first time for everything.

[Rob W.]

I've shot a bunch with a clicker. I have never had a problem with deer spooking but as others have said I quiet the blade. When it gets really cold it doesn't hardly make a click. I just feel the slight break over.

It still takes a lot of practice and mental conditioning for me to shoot well even with a clicker but it is worth it. There was a time a few years ago that I almost gave up on this sport I love because of TP.

[buckeyebowhunter]

Shot some tonight with the clicker on my bow but also shot some with my buddies bow which has no clicker. There really wasn't much noticeable difference between shooting the bow with clicker an the bow without. I was really liking the clicker at first but i am beginning to wonder if i really want to hunt with it on my bow. I really can't say that it has made such an improvement that i will continue to have it on my bow for hunting. I do believe that it has helped with my form consistency overall. But for hunting we're usually talking only one shot. I'm beginning to wonder if this whole TP thing is in my head lol.  I never intended for this to be TP thread just a thread about hunting with the clicker. So mods feel free to move this thing if it has gotten too far off the original path.

[Ringneck]

I do. Put electrical tape over the spring. Never a problem with noise.

[scruff]

Hi guys- really appreciate all the tips. I got the clicker the other day and shot yesterday and this morning.  I also got to watch masters of bare bow #4. I had seen Joel Turner and Tom Clum at the P&Y in Phoenix. They were both very helpful, but I'm a slow learner....,The videos reminded me of some of the things I was not doing well-especially the parts about "conscious vs subconscious mind".  The clicker absolutely helps with this and after a few sessions at the target, "I'm BACK"! Ready for the critters and buddies!
I'll be playing with it today,,as Matthew will keep me out of the NC woods today. Sunday night looks like my next chance with the whitetails.  I'm be praying for my buddies to the south of me and on the NC coast.  
We'll see how this whole clicker and mind control thing works, maybe you can teach old dogs new tricks.   Thanks again to all who posted. DK

[scruff]

And I forgot- I am now "keep pulling , keep pulling , keep pulling.....,"

[scruff]

I noticed that the pics posted had a thicker string on the clickers than the fast flight serving material I used. Can anyone tell where they got that cord?  Also, with regards to "quieting the clicker", are folks only putting the electrical tape or moleskin on the metal clicker part that is attached to the cord?  Thank

[Caleb Monroe]

It is what they use for d loops on a compound. I have seen some with small paracord.

[scruff]

Not siren Caleb, never put a loop on a compound

[Medicare Bhtr]

I am now using flo orange 200 lb test bowfishing line on my clickers. If anyone wants to try it, pm me your address. No charge.

[YosemiteSam]

I use a clicker.  Helps with target panic a bunch.  I am much more consistent a shooter with the clicker than without.  I'm not comfortable taking my bow out hunting without the clicker setup.  My shot execution is just so much better with it.  The few people I've shot with haven't really noticed it until I say something.  The click and the release happen so close together it's almost one noise.  If you watch the Olympic recurve shooters, they all have clickers on their bows.  They execute their shots the same way.  Draw, anchor, aim, pull, click/release, follow through.

I loved the idea of using a swivel to clip on the metal clicker.  I've run D-loop cord through mine and it's a pain to feed that into the bead chain stop (whatever it's called).  I'd much rather tie it into a swivel.  Thanks to the person who posted that!

[Rob W.]

I replace the cord with braided duck decoy cord. I reinforce the knot and cord through the hole with serving. I then run it through the string with a knot at the end and leave it to slide up and down until I get it adjusted. After that I tie it in place with serving.

[buckeyebowhunter]

Any way to adjust the length of the cord once it's tied in place? I was pulling on the d loop cord so much that it actually broke a strand in my string. So i put on another string and tied in about 5" of serving string to the end of the d loop cord that attaches to my string. I then served in that serving string but it's slightly long.  Could i raise my brace height to fine tune the length of that cord?

[Fritz]

I serve where I want the cord on the string. I only serve above the cord(top limb mount) and leave the clicker cord a couple inches long till I find the correct length(trial and error by shooting). Then I cut and burn/mushroom the end of the clicker cord and snug it up to the string and serving. Never had any issue with it moving and I always set up an identical string for each bow, so switching strings is very easy. As Rob mentioned above, you could slide the serving up some or reserve a little higher. I would never mess with my brace height to tune clicker cord.

[YosemiteSam]

buckeyebowhunter -- I usually leave the d-loop cord a half-inch or so longer than needed for a week or two while I tinker with the draw length and the resulting arrow tune and gaps (in that order).  Then I'll serve it in tight & shoot it a bit more.  I can still adjust it a bit by unstringing the bow & using some pliers to gently pull the d-loop cord.  Once I'm certain of the position, I'll cut, melt/mushroom as described above.  You'll find that, especially on a well-waxed string, the d-loop cord can still be pulled around a bit if the bow is unstrung.  The tension of the bowstring clamps down and actually dents the d-loop cord slightly, which does a fair job of locking it into place when strung.  Any tension on the d-loop cord created by drawing to the click isn't usually enough to pull it free of the bowstring -- even without serving it in.