Tradtracker Tips

[bama]

I use these on my Tradtracker but they work on any string tracking system.   I will add as I think of them.  Please add any of your own.

[bama]

1.  If you shoot a deer from a tree, cut the line and install it on a spare arrow.   Toss it on the ground.  Makes it easier to find when you climb down.

[bama]

2.  After taking a practice shot, cut the line and install it on another arrow.   Shoot the other arrow.   This gives you twice the shots with the same line plus cuts the distance if line to recover in half.

[Terry Green]

 

[Herdbull]

After shooting a deer, I climb down from tree and remove the TradTracker and attach to the ladder or tree step. I may assume the deer is dead, but after I start tracking the deer might still be alive and jump up and take off again. If string is still free flowing, it may further help recovery.  Once you find the deer, take the time to wind up the spent string and remove from the woods before other deer and animals start moving about. Mike

[Herdbull]

TradTracker aided in recovery of this doe in thick brush.

[bama]

4. A plastic cigar tube makes a perfect holder for extra bobbins.  Hold five or six.

[pdk25]

This is a tip for string trackers in general. If you shoot a deer or a hog from the ground and the line stops going out and you assume the animal is dead or laying down, strap the tracker to a limb with an unobstructed path for line to peel out Mark the spot. This way, if the animal gets up and you don’t run out of string, you can still find it, rather than cutting the line and having it vanish.