String trackers and turkeys

[Guru]

I rigged Cade's bow up with a gadget adapter up above the arrow...

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[Longbow58]

Ordered my gadget adapter last night. Couldn't find my string tracker but a friend has a new one he never used and gave it to me. thanks for the great idea guys!

[Longbow58]

So what I'm getting Bisch or Guru is mounting location on your bow is personnel preference? Just have to experiment?

[K.S.TRAPPER]

I know that I filmed Curt shoot a turkey with a string tracker out of Doublebull blind thru the netting and the way he has it mounted had zero effect on the arrow flight.

 

You can see the arrow about to bust him, It was a old blind and the windows were sewn in didn't have a choice. Later in the hunt he shot a monster doe too.

 

Again you can see the arrow and string and we watched both over and over in slow motion at home and the arrow flew perfect thru the netting. Monster doe!

 

Tracy

Originally posted by Longbow58:
So what I'm getting Bisch or Guru is mounting location on your bow is personnel preference? Just have to experiment?

I have heard a long time ago that it was better above. Don't know where I heard this or who told me. I originally tried mine above, and I could see it in my peripheral vision, and I did not like that. It messed up my aiming. I shoot a takedown bow now, so I moved it to the bottom limb bolt and mounted it with my homemade bracket. I have shot a ton of critters with it set up this way, almost all of them thru netting in ground blinds, and it works flawlessly.

Bisch

[K.S.TRAPPER]

That's good to know that it works both ways thru the netting, thanks Bisch        

Tracy

[Longbow58]

Thanks Bisch

[Msbow]

Wow that is a big doe!! I would like to make my own like chad did, but I went on an ordered one with 3 replacement spools and a gadget adapter. I think this will get me started.
Thanks Guru for posting your turkey pics on another thread. I kept seeing string everywhere and noticed what I thought was a reel. I was wondering, what is this guy doing shooting turkeys with a bow fishing rig lol. Now I know about string trackers and I like anything that can help me recover animals.
Thanks a lot Bisch,Tracy,and everyone else that replied y'all have helped me out A LOT!!

Just remember this: The String Tracker is a valuable tool. It will not save a bad shot, but will make a recovery much more possible on a good shot with a poor blood trail (if turkeys get out of sight, there is usually little to no blood trail).

Bisch

[TooManyHobbies]

Couldn't find my old tracker unit.

How long and wide is a new spool of string? I have some plastic canisters that will work perfectly, if the string fits.

[Msbow]

TooManyHobbies, that should have been my user name lol! I just bought a tracker and spools I haven't gotten it in mail yet but when I do I'll give you all the measurements. If nobody post them before I do.

[huskyarcher]

May have been asked, but the tracker is just good for that shot right? There is no way to re-spool you just clip it off and retie?  Im intrigued had a lethally shot bird get air under his wings last year..into a cutover...no bueno

Originally posted by huskyarcher:
May have been asked, but the tracker is just good for that shot right? There is no way to re-spool you just clip it off and retie?  Im intrigued had a lethally shot bird get air under his wings last year..into a cutover...no bueno

Yes, once you take a shot, that used up line gets wadded up and thrown in the trash.

I have two and if I shoot a critter, but want to keep hunting for a while, I just take the first unit off the bow and lay it on the ground. NEVER cut your line off till after you confirm the animal is dead. If it moves any more you want the line still attached. I then put my second unit on my bow and hunt away till I am ready to go track the first one. I have done this (taken 2 critters on the same sit) several times!

Bisch

[leatherneck]

I started using one a couple years ago. I use a string tracker on all the game I hunt. I'm color blind and cant see blood. Best thing I've ever done.

[huskyarcher]

Originally posted by Bisch:
 

Originally posted by huskyarcher:
[qb] May have been asked, but the tracker is just good for that shot right? There is no way to re-spool you just clip it off and retie?  Im intrigued had a lethally shot bird get air under his wings last year..into a cutover...no bueno [/b]

Yes, once you take a shot, that used up line gets wadded up and thrown in the trash.

I have two and if I shoot a critter, but want to keep hunting for a while, I just take the first unit off the bow and lay it on the ground. NEVER cut your line off till after you confirm the


animal is dead. If it moves any more you want the line still attached. I then put my second unit on my bow and hunt away till I am ready to go track the first one. I have done this (taken 2 critters on the same sit)


That makes alot of sense! They seem relatively cheap which is a plus as well. Cant wait to give it a try!

[huskyarcher]

Oops messed up the reply with quote! That was Bisch 's knowledge above, not mine!

[tracker12]

I used the String Tracker for turkeys but never for deer.  Think I will give it a try this fall.  I had a liver shot last year that did not leave a drop of blood.  He did not go far but I had to do a grid search to find him.  Tracker would have saved me a lot of time.  For rthe price I just broke down and bought a Gadget adaptor.  Works like a charm and can be easily moved to different bows

[DanielB89]

I am in the process of getting me a string tracker, what would you guys say the effective range  is shooting with a string tracker?

[NIGEL01]

How they work with lower poundage bows?  I've got an old grizzly that shoots great for me but it's only about 45#s.

[pdk25]

This is what I am using to connect mine to my Schafer silvertip.  It is drilled for a kwikee quiver, so I am using a bracket for a bowfishing light, some hairbands, and putting the kwikee quiver bracket on top to mount it.  Hope it works.