LED nocks, worth it?
02-17-2015, 07:21 AM
#31
Spike
Join Date: Aug 2013
Posts: 9
If they help you find 3 arrows at practice, then they pay for themselves. If you're practicing with broadheads, they pay themselves back on the second arrow found.
I don't buy the line that they "help you see your arrow in flight," because you shouldn't be trying to watch your arrow in flight anyway. Big no-no in my book, because it guarantees to me that you didn't follow through on the shot properly. BUT, if you don't pass through, it gives you a good reference for where you hit, and if you do pass through, you have a glowing beacon behind where it was standing when you made contact.
For deer hunting, they're a nicety. For coyote hunting, they saved me a ton of money. I lost about a dozen arrows in the first month or so after I started calling coyotes to the bow. Stuck the lumenocks in and started recovering about 8 or 9 out of 10, rather than about 4-5 out of 10.
I don't buy the line that they "help you see your arrow in flight," because you shouldn't be trying to watch your arrow in flight anyway. Big no-no in my book, because it guarantees to me that you didn't follow through on the shot properly. BUT, if you don't pass through, it gives you a good reference for where you hit, and if you do pass through, you have a glowing beacon behind where it was standing when you made contact.
For deer hunting, they're a nicety. For coyote hunting, they saved me a ton of money. I lost about a dozen arrows in the first month or so after I started calling coyotes to the bow. Stuck the lumenocks in and started recovering about 8 or 9 out of 10, rather than about 4-5 out of 10.
02-17-2015, 07:55 AM
#32
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Kansas
Posts: 3,915
I hear what you are saying about follow through(I assume you mean with a compound)Of course that is important.Myself..I am talking about seeing it with a crossbow but with either type it is pretty hard not to see that glowing red nock without messing up your follow through unless you have both eyes closed..lol...
I don't tend to lose arrows at practice or at the few 3D matches a year that I still pay around at. I lose them hunting - which means I have a broadhead mounted. In general, I'll have $10 or so in the shaft, and that much or more into the broadhead.
Last edited by Nomercy448; 02-17-2015 at 08:31 AM.
02-17-2015, 08:13 AM
#33
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2015
Location: Indiana
Posts: 104
I have LumeNok's by Burnt Coyote and they helped me find a deer last year that I may have not otherwise found! If you get a through and through there isn't really anything that will help you. But if you stick them you can find the light from the nock without much issue if you can follow the light after the shot!
03-02-2015, 07:53 AM
#34
Spike
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Tampa
Posts: 35
A must have in my opinion when filming. I have self filmed various bow hunts, slo mo of the shot is a must have in the footage. Amazing to watch when using lighted nocks.
I have used Eastons(I like them because they flash on and off 10 seconds after lighting, but the magnets can be a pain to keep on your bow), Lumenocks(hate them), Allens(low priced junk), Nockturnals(very good but pricey), and Afterburners(my favorites). They all seem to last at least 1 season. That includes target shooting(2 to 3 sessions a week 25 arrows) and hunting. I have only ever lost 1(upon impact the nock tore loose from battery which was still in the arrow, sorry I don't remember which brand it was.
If on a budget, look for the Afterburners. I got them in packages of 3 for $16.99, so far they work as well as Nockturnals. They also got good reviews at Archerytalk.com(thanks CAMOCOP). Pink LED is the most visible, especially when using video.
Good Luck
I have used Eastons(I like them because they flash on and off 10 seconds after lighting, but the magnets can be a pain to keep on your bow), Lumenocks(hate them), Allens(low priced junk), Nockturnals(very good but pricey), and Afterburners(my favorites). They all seem to last at least 1 season. That includes target shooting(2 to 3 sessions a week 25 arrows) and hunting. I have only ever lost 1(upon impact the nock tore loose from battery which was still in the arrow, sorry I don't remember which brand it was.
If on a budget, look for the Afterburners. I got them in packages of 3 for $16.99, so far they work as well as Nockturnals. They also got good reviews at Archerytalk.com(thanks CAMOCOP). Pink LED is the most visible, especially when using video.
Good Luck
Last edited by Habo; 03-02-2015 at 08:08 AM. Reason: Typos corrected
03-06-2015, 06:21 AM
#35
Fork Horn
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Saskatchewan Canada
Posts: 188
a friend and i shoot in a warehouse during the winter months. with his lit up nocks on his arrows we can see his grouping from 40 yards easily whereas my arrows seem to disappear when they hit the target.
necessary not at all but anything that ups the fun factor that much more to me is worth it.
necessary not at all but anything that ups the fun factor that much more to me is worth it.
