What do you guys think of this? https://breadcrumbtech.com/bluetooth-nock/
I'm not sure how far is too far with the use of technology for hunting. I use trail cameras and have thought about 1-2 "cell" cameras that I could use back in MN because it would save 12 hours of drive time just to check them. But then again, I feel like an animal should be "earned". Hard work and time all go into the hunt, its all part of it.
This nock is similar. Nobody likes to lose an animal on a bad hit or marginal shot and maybe this could prevent some of those instances. It would take the place of some tracking skills though. And I'll probably get bashed for saying it, but sometimes its the loss of an animal that makes us better hunters, hard lessons learned.
But then again, this nock isn't a magical tracking device that bring animals in close for a shot. The nock would only help after the shot, you still have to do everything else right to get that shot. A nock won't help you double lung every time.
My wife lost a buck last year (she thinks it survived though). Would've been the first nicer buck with her bow. When she was telling me about it, she said the impact on the deer was really loud and the area she described, I immediately thought shoulder. But we gave it a full days worth of tracking and looking and she even went back in and expanded the area the next day. We didn't find the arrow, but a rifle hunter did, about 600 yards from where she shot it. Maybe if she had a bluetooth nock on the arrow we might've gotten closer to finding the buck and had a better idea of where to look.
But the way she was torn up and heartbroken about it was a hard lesson learned. Things happen, 2" left and she would've had a short blood trail to a dead deer. She has been more devoted to practicing this summer and has brought up interest in doing a 3D shoot to get some shooting in higher pressure situations.
I'm not sure how far is too far with the use of technology for hunting. I use trail cameras and have thought about 1-2 "cell" cameras that I could use back in MN because it would save 12 hours of drive time just to check them. But then again, I feel like an animal should be "earned". Hard work and time all go into the hunt, its all part of it.
This nock is similar. Nobody likes to lose an animal on a bad hit or marginal shot and maybe this could prevent some of those instances. It would take the place of some tracking skills though. And I'll probably get bashed for saying it, but sometimes its the loss of an animal that makes us better hunters, hard lessons learned.
But then again, this nock isn't a magical tracking device that bring animals in close for a shot. The nock would only help after the shot, you still have to do everything else right to get that shot. A nock won't help you double lung every time.
My wife lost a buck last year (she thinks it survived though). Would've been the first nicer buck with her bow. When she was telling me about it, she said the impact on the deer was really loud and the area she described, I immediately thought shoulder. But we gave it a full days worth of tracking and looking and she even went back in and expanded the area the next day. We didn't find the arrow, but a rifle hunter did, about 600 yards from where she shot it. Maybe if she had a bluetooth nock on the arrow we might've gotten closer to finding the buck and had a better idea of where to look.
But the way she was torn up and heartbroken about it was a hard lesson learned. Things happen, 2" left and she would've had a short blood trail to a dead deer. She has been more devoted to practicing this summer and has brought up interest in doing a 3D shoot to get some shooting in higher pressure situations.
I hate never knowing where they are.
