Good Man! I too have recently experimented with a clicker. It can really teach you a lot about what you think you know about your form.

I am thinking of hunting with it this year. From what I have read on other forums, deer don’t react to it. You can quiet it down with a piece of tape too.

I recently read the story of the clickers invention: The fellow that came up with it (forgot name) was an average shooter. He and his family would tour the country going to shoots and never placed more than average.

So he invented the clicker and he and his entire family started using it. The next year they all won their national divisions, except him. His 14 year old son won the youth division and the adult division, He came in second.

When Earl Hoyt saw that, he bought the patent from him and the rest is, as they say, history.

Can you please post a pic.

My old friend Larry D. Jones uses one on his recurves and he is about as successful a hunter as I know on multiple species.

I’ve seen clickers around for years, but never ventured to try one. I just struggled with inconsistencies. When you first set it up, how do you know you’re exactly in the right spot? Thanks! dwc

You have to experiment a bit to find the right spot. What you are trying to achieve with the clicker is coming to full draw every time.

You can pull a really light bow and have someone mark the arrow for you. Making sure you are really engaging your back muscles to pull the the bow arm back and in alignment with the arrow.

You can hold an arrow against the center of your chest and reach as far down the shaft as possible with both hands. The extremity of your reach is another approximation.

The clickers come with a chain of sorts that make adjustments easy. After you play with it a while and figure out your draw length, get rid of the chain and use just a string. It will be more quiet and less likely to mess up the bow finish.

I have used a clicker to make sure I am not short drawing but I don’t use it when hunting, not because of the noise, but because the darn string gets tangled in brush while I am walking in or out in the dark.

Steve, thanks. I strained my neck back around Easter and I’m still trying to get comfortable in my form again. Getting better, but it’s easier to get out of form than to get back in. Thanks, dwc

jlmiller wrote: I have used a clicker to make sure I am not short drawing but I don’t use it when hunting, not because of the noise, but because the darn string gets tangled in brush while I am walking in or out in the dark.

Yea, I’m wondering about that too. I replaced the string/chain with a piece of string loop cord (compound bow string loop material). It’s pretty stiff stuff and doesn’t loop around on itself. I’m hoping it will behave in the brush.

I have shot a clicker for over 25 years, wish I would of shot one from the start, I have made some modification over the years.

Mine makes no noise, just a light bump when you get to full draw.

The #1 thing it does is, you release the arrow at the same draw weight EVERY TIME, not every now and then, but every time.

If you just short draw 1/8 of an inch it changes everything.

Especially from a treestand, drawing bent over shooting straight down.

Try it with a clicker and you will swear, someone lengthened your draw length.

Try practicing at your point on range, draw the clicker all the way, but don’t make it click. watch how far your arrow drops, then hit the clicker, and watch them stack in the bulls eye.

You do have to have the mental capacity to make them work, if you are a spastick shot and totally out of control, I’m not sure it will help.

I see so many good people struggle at archery shoots, cant come within 3″ of full draw some times.

As Jim Carrie said in dumb & dumber, “I LIKE’UM ALOT”

I had considered some time ago purchasing the “clicker” to test it out. But at that time decided to purchase the Rick Welch shooting video. One of the significant take aways from that instruction was the process of fletching my arrows in a particular way as to line up the back of the fletching to reach full draw when it touches the tip of my nose. It has now become second nature to not release until I feel the fletching hit the mark.

I may still pick up a clicker and set up a bow up with it for comparison.

Full draw and consistent rear anchor position is critical to consistent shooting.

Steve, King, you guys got a link to that clicker?

King that is one awesome picture:D

Semper Fi

Mike

Did Jason Wesbrock write a out a clicker and form back in 2010?

Yes! It was in the Aug/Sep 2010 issue. It took me a while to find it, but I put a copy of the pdf in the Download Library. Here is a link to Just A Click Away

Thanks! dwc

colmike wrote: Steve, King, you guys got a link to that clicker?…

http://search.3riversarchery.com/buy/bows/bow-accessories/draw-check-clickers

Webmother wrote: Yes! It was in the Aug/Sep 2010 issue. It took me a while to find it, but I put a copy of the pdf in the Download Library. Here is a link to Just A Click Away

Thanks Mom—clicked right to it:D

Mom, thanks for digging that out. It’s a good article worth reading. The hardest part of trying one of these things just might be the ego getting in the way and this piece speaks to that. Thanks, dwc

See if that helps you any. I use bow fishing line from the blade thru the string. I use a Flemish string and separate the bundles and run the line thru there to adjust for draw length. The bowfishing line is strong and doesn’t stretch or tangle on itself.

Bow fishing Line dah, 😯 Good idea!