Lighted Nocks

[sledge]

robertfishes-

perfectly valid thoughts.

but plastic vanes are better in the rain...risers cut beyond centershot are more forgiving...ditto with spring-loaded plungers...80% letoffs allow a man to hold longer and shoot a bow which hits harder...a sight with a laser rangefinder makes for surer hits at long range...

...and on and on.

all i'm saying is that of ALL the things i just mentioned, i consider lighted, nocks, along with the laser rangefinder, the farthest from traditional.

no personal affront, and certainly no hate, intended.

carry on!
 
joe

[Kevin Dill]

Neither did I see hate, although there are people in this world who interpret "we disagree" as hatred. Plenty of room for all schools of thought...and thinkers!  ;-)

[KentuckyTJ]

I was thinking when I posted that. I was thinking oh man here we go again in turning a simple question this guy had about lighted nocks into a "Are they traditional or not" thread.

                 

If you don't like lighted nocks I think you are a hater of lighted nocks. The way I took his question is, was it possible to use them on our arrows? If that isn't his intent I stand down. If it is then lets not turn it into a trad or not trad thread because in my opinion if you don't make your bows, knap your heads and tie your hand made turkey feather to your hand selected shafts of river cane with sinew from a dead carcus you aren't "Traditional".

[Kevin Dill]

The original poster's question was extremely open-ended and could be interpreted in any number of contexts. It could have been meant as "physically possible(?)" or "philosophically acceptable(?)".

I'm not so black and white that something not liked or used...means it is hated. I can completely disagree with a man. I can absolutely disagree with a device. I can totally do both without hatred.

I agree with you TJ on the topic of "traditional". We long ago passed the point of being fully traditional...and it's not an adjective or title that I apply to myself. I'm just a bowhunter.

[sledge]

uh...wow!  got it, tj!

carry on!

joe

i just made some up like rick showed on u-tube and they seem to work great, i might get a little video of them about sundown and showem off. ive bought them before and used them on and off over the years but i allways loose them somehow or another. they are fun to watch!
they defenetly dont improve my hunting.

[Benjy]

Here's a lighted nock kill from yesterday afternoon!

The shot was in a field of clover and grasses that were about 12" tall. The shot was at 15 yards and at low light. I thought I had shot under her. I never lost sight of the arrow and immediatly when I got to my arrow I could see I did not miss. I would never have found this arrow in the dark in this field. Also this means that I did not leave a broadhead in the field to cut my buddies tractor tire!

Also, FYI the nock did not help me make the shot but it did help me find my arrow so I could determine what to do next.

Here is the story if you are interested.

   http://tradgang.com/noncgi/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=117671

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The point is NON OF US is truely Traditional>>-->
unless we carve our bows from only wood and animal parts,flax/bees wax for string, arrows from flint wood, sap and feathers and only put on animal skins or wool. With that said everyone has the RIGHT to decide How trad. they want to get. AS LONG AS IT'S LEAGLE AND SAFE live and let live. The antis are trying to destory our sport     we don't need to fight each other , thus helping them.  I hunt with carbon arrows, steel broadheads, d97 string and a Laminated recurve(Blacktail)But I'm trad. and some times use Lighted and other times unlighted plastic nocks  

[sledge]

ok.  this has been bothering me, but i think i have figured it out.

see, i couldn't pursue my 1st hunting love, archery, for over 30 years, and then, several months ago, a guy showed me i could.

so i've been away.  not from hunting, but from my beloved bow.

then i find y'all, and i'm pretty happy.  brothers.

then i see a thread on a techno-gizzie, and i question its "tradness".

see, i didn't know y'all had been through all this a
hundred times before.

i now understand...if i'm not interested in lighted nocks,   i don't post on the "lighted nocks" thread.

it's how y'all get along.  and it seems to work very well.

i'm a slow learner, but i'm a learner.

thanks for your kind patience.

joe