vintage string tracker, insert based?

jarheadusmc · April 04, 2014, 08:43:00 PM

Recently purchased some microflite arrows. Noticed hole drilled in nock end of arrow, between the fletching. Removed inserts and attached to back of insert was a small alluminum rod w/ fine line wound around the rod. Looks like the end of the fine line was to be fished throuh the arrow and out the hole at the nock. Early version of the string tracker. Looks manufactured. Can not find anything on the net relating to it. Can any of you fellow tradgangers fill me in on this. Can send you pics of it to your email. Any help would be appreciated. Mark

Charlie Lamb · April 04, 2014, 09:40:00 PM

I don't think the archery world was ready for them when they hit the market, but yes, they are an early string tracker.
Wish I could remember the name(something to do with a spider). Try history and collectors forum.

I hunted in a bear camp one year with a guy using one. It worked very nicely.

Bud B. · April 04, 2014, 10:53:00 PM

Velcro tab stuck to your bow (loop side) and the hook side in a tiny tab on your arrow. Upon release of the arrow, if all worked well, the velcro would catch as it passed the riser of the bow and the line would feed from the arrow instead of drag from a spool on your bow. If the velcro part caught, it laid a line beautifully. The only problem was if you got a pass through the line would likely break.

Spider Tracker, I think was the name. Not for sure though.

slim_grim · April 04, 2014, 11:00:00 PM

Sounds nuts. Seems like it'd work better than the other string trackers unless it passed through.

Bob Gulliksen · April 05, 2014, 10:17:00 AM

They are called Shaft Spider and they do work. We used them for bear hunting years ago.

April 05, 2014, 09:27:00 PM

I just had to look it up,

Gordon Jabben · April 05, 2014, 09:39:00 PM

I thought they were called spider spins. Was there another brand with the spider spin name?

Cyclic-Rivers · April 05, 2014, 09:59:00 PM

That's pretty neat!

PowDuck · April 06, 2014, 08:29:00 AM

That's pretty neat. Here's a link to an old thread here of all sorts of antique archery gizmos.

Click Here

Some of the pictures are no longer linked but several are.