Ole' Broadhead on the Hand Trick

[NYRON]

Last night I was shooting in the garage and experimenting with the method of drawing your arrow until the broadhead hits your knuckle. This works much like a clicker as a cue to release the string, giving a consistent draw length and helping to overcome target panic. About the only hassle is making sure your arrows are cut to the right length and tuned well. The method works great with broadheads, but not so well with field points as it's tough to feel the field point on your hand.

Does anyone have any tips for using this shooting method with field points?

I tried wrapping the arrow at the right point with tape that I could feel on my knuckle and that worked okay, but obviously the tape comes off in the target after a few shots. For my stump shooting arrows, I epoxy an aluminum 2216 collar, like a foot, over my carbon shaft. I was wondering if you epoxied the aluminum collar at just the right point, you might be able to feel it bump your knuckle just like the broadhead and this would also strengthen your shaft.

Any thoughts?

Ron

[Art B]

I use what is called an Indian draw check but instead of wrapping the shaft with sinew I use cotton thread set in super glue for a draw  check. Wood arrows with most common finishes the check will not slip period on any target. It works well for aluminum also but will occasionally slip after many shots.-ART B

[NYRON]

Art,

That's a great idea. I wonder if dental floss set in super glue woudld work?

Ron

[Soilarch]

I keep meaning to get around to this.  I've got to settle in a DL first.

I had planned on using regular sewing thread wrapped several times, and maybe two layers worth and covered in clear fingernail polish or some "wipe-on poly".  

Does the superglue get cloudy after some time?

[Dave Bulla]

Super glue does not get cloudy and it's about as hard as a rock.  It does react with certain materials.  I know I tried it for fly tying and if you get it on deer hair it starts to smoke.  

You can also use it to harden leather like this arrow rest.

[Art B]

Ron, the unwaxed dental floss may work but I've noticed that cotton or cotton blend threads with their loose fibers work best with the thin super glue (for good saturation and bonding).

Soilarch, I use three layers of thread, stepping in on each layer, kind of creating a rounded effect to the finished thread wrap.

Beautiful work on that leather rest Dave!   ART B

[Hattrick]

Nyron, not to bust ur  bubble but i see a major problem with this in a hunting situation, if you get excited or you can`t feel things as well in the cold with gloves ect..in those situations i can see ur arrow landing at ur feet with just a little too much draw an there goes the deer, bear, what ever. I just wanted bring this to ur attention:)

[NYRON]

I tried polyester thread and dental floss, each wrapped and soaked in super glue. Both work well and do not come off in the target. Of the two, I like the thread better. The smaller diameter gives you more control over the size and location of the index point and makes for a cleaner job. I used tan thread and it blended very well with the Vapor Carbonwood arrow.

[hickstick]

I leave my arrows a little longer (carbon...its just where they ended up bareshafting well.) and when I was working on my shooting form I was pointing my index finger at the target.  it just kinda worked out that I can feel the brass inserts with my extended index finger.