Shaft Spiders?

[Old York]

I have a three-pack of these from "a few years back"; never used them. They're basically a thread bobbin that fits inside an aluminium shaft and feeds out up to 1800 feet of monofilament through a hole in the rear of shaft.

Anybody ever used these things?

How well do they work?

[suzie_shooter]

i bought some arrows off of e*** that had them in there and i didnt know it until i was tangled up in a web. i think to me they are more of a hassle and pain than they are good.

[dino]

York,
I have a friend of mine that has used them for years and years and when the company went out of business he made a jig to wrap the line to make new ones.  He swears by them and never shoots a deer without one in his shaft.  From what I have seen they work very well. dino

[joekeith]

Sounds like a neat setup if it works...

[Mike Orton]

who picks up the string from the woods after the arrow's flight?  I've seen birds get tangled up in fishing line and starve to death or slice up their feet/legs trying to get out.

[Jeff Strubberg]

Sounds like somthing else to go wrong to me.

Murphy and I have a great working relationship.

[wtpops]

Is this like an internal string tracker. Do you have any pics. Might be a good thing for turkey.

[wtpops]

Originally posted by Mike Orton:
who picks up the string from the woods after the arrow's flight?  I've seen birds get tangled up in fishing line and starve to death or slice up their feet/legs trying to get out.

I would hope this question would not even be an issue. If i used this i would ofcourse pick up the string.

[Old York]

Mike, that's a darn GOOD point. I'm always stuffing fishing line into my vest [GRRRRR] when out on the water...worst stuff is that 'new' super high poundage thin line. It does not seem to break down outdoors.

I think I'm gonna stick these shaft spiders back into the widget box.

[George D. Stout]

The string in these units is so thin it shouldn't be an issue, although it's just common sense to pick up after the shot.  We put them in arrows many moons ago (1970's) when we had our archery shop, and they were a pain in the a$$ to get installed. I never used them myself.  You have to mount a piece of velcro to the belly side of your arrow shelf for the tab to catch on and pull the string out.  Usually that string will easily break with a pass through shot, as the animal runs.  They seem to work okay though if the arrow stays in the animal.

[Roy Steele]

SORRY but I grew up in thr woods.It's called WOODSMENSHIP.The KISS method is best.
 You'll kill and find more deer.

[George D. Stout]

Actually it's called, "woodsmanship!"

[LONGBOWKID]

Sounds like it could work, but I see the line getting broken easily. As others have said, it may be too complicated to bother with.


   

The Kid