Good old string trackers

[DAbersold]

#5187

This year I was lucky enough to find a berry patch used by a couple black bears and no other hunters. I was also lucky enough to kill one with my rifle there this year. Next year, one of my major hunting goals is to take one from there with my recurve out of a tree stand. The problem isn’t going to be getting a shot, but rather recovering the bear afterward. The berry patch is surrounded by a sea of manzanita brush that is just the devil to get thru, let alone track a bear thru. So, I was thinking of using a string tracker. I played with one a decade ago, but never shot anything with one. What do ya’ll think?

[William Warren]

#38085

I’ve toyed with using them for rainy days, but all I have really done is test shoot them with good results. I would use it if conditions warranted but only at 10 -15 yards. Attaching the line to the arrow is a cinch with screw in points but I’m not sure how I would accomplish that with wood arrows and glue on points.
Duncan

[DAbersold]

#38121

Yes, I agree with the short range. I shoot carbon and aluminum arrows so the string attachment is not a problem. However, although I agree about using the tracker in the rain as a good idea, I haven’t seen it rain during archery season here in northern Ca in decades. It’s much more likely to be 100 degrees!:shock:

[Bloodless]

#38213

Somehow, I allow my ethics to be lower with turkeys than with deeer etc. I keep trying to use bigger broadheads etc. and lessen the loss of solid-hit turkeys, but it don’t always work real good. I should try a string tracker for turkeys to be ethical — I mean, you ain’t tried it, you cain’t decry it. But not for nuthing bigger I don’t think. Thanks. bb

[Hiram]

#38661

Three blade broadhead and shoot them high in the X Phase area or in the anal region facing away=Dead Bird=short tracking.

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