I think there is more to this than P&Y or the average hunter making a decision to use or endorse the use of a technical device. I’m not a member or an endorser of gadgetry such as the lighted nock. It is my opinion that the concession to use these nocks in the taking of a record animal will give the archer no advantage over one that doesn’t. It will encourage hunters to hunt later which is questionable in my opinion.
But why the clamor for decades over records? Years ago the hunter or fisherman just got his name or picture in the paper for a notable catch and that was it. Now if you kill or catch the next record, the worlds next number one, you will be inundated with offers from the companies that sold you your equipment as well as every media outlet to invite you to come and go on tour. You will be like an instant celebrity in the hunting or fishing world. The bottom line is not lighted nocks or other gadgets. The bottom line is money and the industry is generating enormous amounts of it for some people.
Corporations will lobby wherever necessary to protect profits and growth and P&Y mentioned as a benchmark is not off limits to this lobby. I think many here are probably right that the lighted nock is a gateway device and others will follow. Sadly I have no solution to offer, only my own convictions. If I seem apathetic I’m sorry but I just see this as a fight I can’t win by my choices alone. It has to be won by consumers as I see it, as that is the playing field that has been set for us. Public opinion rules.
