SCbowhntr

This past December, Imissed good 6pt by a good foot in front of him. I had ranged him at 35 yards eating acorns. The arrow looked good at release but veered left for some reason. I was second guessing my shooting skills and disgusted with myself so decided to see if the problem was me. The next day I shot a 5 arrow group of about 2 inches at 35 yards cold. My sights and bow seemed to be fine so I just supposed that I screwed up in my form or something. Well, I looked for that arrow for an hour that night and some since but could never find it. Well, I walked back behind the house this afternoon with my Benjamin pellet riflewith the intentions ofbagging a squirrel for supper. Sure enough, I saw one cutting on a hickory nut and quickly dispatched him (quartering away shot went through the left ham , traversed the guts, through the heart and lodgedunder the skin on the right shoulder...not bad penetration for a .22 cal dome pellet...dropped him right out of the tree). Anywho, as I walked to where he fell, I saw a small bit of white sticking out about an inch from the leaves. It wasmy arrow fletching. As I retrieved the arrow from the ground, I noticed it was minus the nock. I looked to where my stand was and retraced my shot and found the white nock on top of the leaves 10 yards from the stand. I guess mystery solved. Moral of the story for me:always check your equipment before hunting. I guess live and learn...

saltflat

Holy cow we got us a sherlock holmes here. Way to on finding it, trust me I know how hard it is to find arrows I lost 2 of them this year.

Shootstuff4570

wait, so are you saying that your knocks broke when you released your arrow??

bob d

that happened to me this year , but my arrow ended up right where i was aiming but when i shot there was a very loud pop. only thing i could figure is the deer ducked on hearing the pop so it was a clean miss.i figured my nock must not have been fully seated and that is what exploded the nock

JLmoore1956

[&:]Dang, haven't had that happen..... sorry to hear about that..... maybe he will be even bigger next year though! [8D]

gibblet

i did that this year bag shooting. cost me a set of limbs. i think its why in ijimmy's sig line it says 'check your nocks and replace them often'. i used to wonder why, now i don't.

Arthur P

Make sure your nocks fit your string properly and are a good, snugfit in the shaft. If they're too tight on the string and too loose inside the shaft, that can make the nock hang up on the string and pull out of the arrow on the shot.

I saw a guy do something like that with a brand new Hoyt one day. Whisker biskit set pretty far back. Low brace height. Vanes halfway inside the biskit at brace. He drew, but the nock pulled right out and left the arrow hanging by the vanes inside the biskit. He only had the nock left on the string and didn't notice it as he was fully concentrating on his sights. As we were yelling "LET DOWN" he triggered the release and we all ducked for cover. Bye Bye brand new Hoyt.[&:]

SCbowhntr

OUCH! Yeah I will sure check them from now on. Today I checked these arrows and out of the remaining 9 arrows, 6 were loose enough to pull out with minimal force. I guess that's what I get for trying to save a few bucks on cheaper arrows.

JLmoore1956

Guess I am a little luckier. I use real small diameter shafts that require over nocks and over serts. So I use a dab of glue to hold them on. I do check before I refletch or occassionaly at range, but the glue seems to hold them fast. Only problem I have with nocks is if I get to showing off, and shoot two arrows at the same circle and they smack each other and break the nocks! [&:][8D]

scmtnhnter

ok another mystery solved no wonder i couldnt get scbowhnter its been taken .just kiddin . but nocks do come off i always check mine before leavin the truck .