string tracker breaking or letting loose

[jrchambers]

how often do they break or let loose of the head and pull through.

[Guru]

Ive never had one let loose at the head, but the string will break if it tangles bad enough on trees, brush, rocks.

The old #30 string was far more durable than the #17 thats standard now, but not available anymore        :mad:

[Dirtybird]

Yeah what Curt said.  I wish they still made the 30# line.

I hunt in the S TX brush country. I have shot about a dozen animals with my string tracker in the last year. On about 8 of them the line has broke. Several of those were pigs and what line I  had helped me get to the blood trail on t he ground. I shot a doe a couple days ago that went about 80yds after the shot, through some real thick stuff. It was a pass-through and the line went from my bow, to and thru the deer, and all the way back to my arrow.

Bisch

[Wetfeet]

I thought for sure I broke one for sure after 100yds, after a few minutes it started taking more line out(one of the best hunting moments in my life btw). I have yet to break a line (17lb) but I would think it has to do a lot with the layout and the path the game takes. Most have mine have ran strait after shot. I am sure if they run a post route your chances of breakage are better. I am always surprised how how tough that line is. When retrieving I have broken off branches and uprooted small plants when pulling it in.
   Not to steal your thread, but has anyone had any success using those fishhooks that attach behind the BH? I have shot 2 with them on and they never detach on entry like they are supposed to. My guess is that the string gets wraped on the shaft durring flight and gets caught on the fletching anyways. This could almost act as an anchor if the hook does stick on entry and you have several wraps around the shaft, the string could then prevent the shaft from passing though. its a nice idea, but I think having the string permently attached arrow is a better way to go. Anyone else have any thoughts on this?

Originally posted by Wetfeet:
I thought for sure I broke one for sure after 100yds, after a few minutes it started taking more line out(one of the best hunting moments in my life btw). I have yet to break a line (17lb) but I would think it has to do a lot with the layout and the path the game takes. Most have mine have ran strait after shot. I am sure if they run a post route your chances of breakage are better. I am always surprised how how tough that line is. When retrieving I have broken off branches and uprooted small plants when pulling it in.

   Not to steal your thread, but has anyone had any success using those fishhooks that attach behind the BH? I have shot 2 with them on and they never detach on entry like they are supposed to. My guess is that the string gets wraped on the shaft durring flight and gets caught on the fletching anyways. This could almost act as an anchor if the hook does stick on entry and you have several wraps around the shaft, the string could then prevent the shaft from passing though. its a nice idea, but I think having the string permently attached arrow is a better way to go. Anyone else have any thoughts on this?

I have a buddy who uses the hooks. He claims they work great for him. I have never tried them as most of my hunting is out of ground blinds and I shoot thru the mesh in the windows.

Bisch

[Wetfeet]

you would think that the hook would tear out of the hide long before the string would break.

[Chromebuck]

I shot a buck in college with a string tracker attached in 1987.  A complete pass through that stuck the arrow deep in the dirt.  The deer ran off all the line, and all I remember was holding on to my bow until a large pop sounded off when the rolled up plastic stopper popped out of the housing.  The string going through the woods was died blood red and eventually lead to a log smeared with blood that was lying in the Muskegon River.  High water that year and I never recovered the animal.  Stopped using them.