Effectiveness of lighted nocks?

[Ronnie Newell]

I always use them while hunting. They're worth their weight in gold to me. String trackers in heavy brush on hogs rarely stay together for me.

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[fnshtr]

Amazing the different results we get! I don't doubt what you all are saying, but as stated, the nocturnals have been great. No failures, had some of them for 3 years... haven't even had a battery to die yet.

[David McLendon]

I keep 2 arrows in my quiver with lighted nocks, I use the Carbon Express nock and have not had any issues. I have red and blue and for me the blue seems more visible in most cases. The CE nock weighs 19 grains, whether or not that would be noticeable compared to the standard 11 grain CE nock I don't know, but in my non-lighted arrows I use the old Beman Vibranocks which also weigh in at 19 grains so there is no difference for me.

[Captain*Kirk]

Thanks to dahyer for sharing this info with me:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVgfPWmvLW4&feature=youtu.be

This sounds like a win/win to me!
Thanks, Dave!

[Terry Green]

Fire Nocks....best I've found by far. 

[Captain*Kirk]

Fire Nocks....best I've found by far. 

Who sells those, Terry? Did not see them listed on 3Rivers site...

[Terry Green]

Amazing the different results we get! I don't doubt what you all are saying, but as stated, the nocturnals have been great. No failures, had some of them for 3 years... haven't even had a battery to die yet.

Crazy huh?....both my experiences were horrible.

[Terry Green]

Fire Nocks....best I've found by far. 

Who sells those, Terry? Did not see them listed on 3Rivers site...

I got mine from D n M Arrows...Sponsor

3 Rivers might be carrying them soon
...

[Petrichor]

Thanks to dahyer for sharing this info with me:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVgfPWmvLW4&feature=youtu.be

This sounds like a win/win to me!
Thanks, Dave!

No problem happy to help another woodie shooter

[Terry Green]

Instead of answering several E mails I've replied to them to check this post since this is where it originated....

I had  2 out of 3 nocturnals break four years ago on the shot....

One was off of my bow and 1 was off an employee of mines bow..... Luckily I went on to kill several pheasants and hogs with that bow  Before a guy on the pheasant hunt demanded are still him the bow.. And my employee went on to deer hunt with it at wild things...... Luckily no bow was harmed in the almost dry fires!!!!

Now recently I received 3 more nocturnals and  2 of them lit up while knocking them on the bow string ....

You have been warned....

[rraming]

You can have them on wood arrows now

https://youtu.be/gVgfPWmvLW4

[GCook]

A lighted nock was key to a quick recovery for me Saturday evening.

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[todd smith]

I use the newer GloryNock sometimes. They turn on most of the time when shot from my 48# Kodiak. They have a really easy - no tools needed - way yo turn them off once activated. They are the best I have seen so far.

[LC]

I've been using Nocturnal nocks for years. Before that another brand that worked on targets but NEVER on deer. Lumenocks.  Nocturnal nocks have preformed perfectly for me for years. For the dude who went to Africa to bowhunt but couldn't afford a $10 nock. I'm sorry! lol No hard feelings but I wouldn't go hunting again without a lighted nock. To be clear with my back ground. I make my own laminated bows, strings, turkey fletching, do my own butchering and taxidermy,   etc etc. But I feel strongly about the positive results of using a lighted nock.

[Wheels2]

They are heavy compared to regular nocks by the shaft maker..  If you hunt with them, you need to tune and practice with them.
Easiest thing is to find ones that no longer work and use them for practice

[Captain*Kirk]

They are heavy compared to regular nocks by the shaft maker..  If you hunt with them, you need to tune and practice with them.
Easiest thing is to find ones that no longer work and use them for practice

Good point; good idea.

[GCook]

They are heavy compared to regular nocks by the shaft maker..  If you hunt with them, you need to tune and practice with them.
Easiest thing is to find ones that no longer work and use them for practice

I'd say if wet feathers don't throw off your tune lighted nocks will not either.   The weight difference is less between the two. I don't practice with them although I did check the flight with them before hunting with them.  Just like I do broadheads. 

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[Terry Green]

Just  curious LC...if they are outlawed and not made anymore  will you stop bowhunting?

Kirk....6 nocks cost more than 6 quality Zwickeys....just gotta make sure Fake News doesn't get started here 

[Skates 2]

I'd quit bowhunting if nocturnals were the only nocks available.  What a JOKE those things are.  So bad I don't ever WANT to go bowhunting again with ANY lighted BS techno crap nock!!!! 

[J-dog]

Wont hunt without them? kidding but do use them on the curve - the ones I use are for axis arrows but cant remember brand name? they are green nocks and it is cool to watch them fly in low light. If hunting and you shoot one you can see it pass through, also see it laying on the ground so finding arrow to inspect the blood evidence is eezy peeze? you can see it in the as they run and use it for marking their escape route? and if target shooting they just look cool to the kiddies watching -

I actually did shoot a deer without lighted nock the other day - it ws a fast shot and I totally thought I had hit the deer closer to my stand than I actually had?? luckily knew which way he ran and all - had to determine it was a liver/gut hit by blood I found. Luckily we tracked him up fairly easy and he died quickly BUT i didnt find my arrow to the next day and it showed me I had totally messed up where I thought that deer was standing at the shot? I thought he was 10/15 he was actually about 25. Lighted nock I would have saved alot of time looking for point of impact.

Cheers and good hunting -

J

Never had an issue with them lighting up at shot?

Edit: they are nocturnals! or how ever you spell it? they are harder to turn off but never had an issue with them lighting up on string? they do wear out and quit working but I get a good life span out of them?? especially since I do shoot them in practice sessions? hunting?? I mean I put them on once and I dont take them off until I have to change them out??? I do same with broadheads? I dont practice with field points in my yard? just of I go shoot someone elses yard or #d and they dont want we using BHds.

each his own do as you wish for your own well being -