I have literally used string trackers since before they were invented. I may have co-invented them but just wasn't smart enough to market them. Before they came along I used JetLine. It was a spool of line that you blew through conduit with a vacuum cleaner so that you could pull a heavier line through to pull cable with. I used the size for 3/4" conduit. It only had 400 yards of line on it but that was sufficient for recovering most game. The String Tracker spools have 2500' on them and can be used on several animals if they don't run too far. They cost about $7 the last time I bought them and that is cheap for what they can do for you.
There is two colors of String Tracker, white and flo. orange. Only buy the white ones. The die they use for the flo. orange tends to make the string stick a little and it doesn't shoot out as smooth. The 2500' spools are 17# test. They also make a 1500' spool that is 30# test. I wouldn't buy that one either. It just isn't as smooth shooting as the 17#. I can't tell that the 17# makes my arrow drop enough to notice it out to 25 yards or so. Even with the lighter bows it doesn't matter much, maybe because of the heavier arrows we shoot. I have shot a doe at 30 paces and a couple hogs at around the same with the string on. Even so, I usually suggest people buy an extra spool and shoot it up at longer and longer distances just so you know. You will think it is too noisy but that is just because it is close to you. Standing out front while some one else shoots you can tell it is really quiet. It's never been a problem with deer moving at the shot any more than with out it. I've shot over a couple deer with it and had them stand there with the string on their back. It just doesn't seem to bother them.
Getting it on the bow can be a problem though. String Tracker makes a spool holder that screws into the stabilizer hole. I don't have one of those on any of my bows so I just taped it on for years. I finally made a little hootus that holds it on the bow. It has the benefit of being able to take the spool off and putting it on a tree limb after you shoot something. That way if they should run again while your looking, it can still feed out.
To make it you will need to have a piece of 2" elastic that is 5" long and a piece of 3/4" elastic that is 13" long. You will need some 1/2" wide velcro as well. I think you can see by the pictures well enough to build it from here.
There is two colors of String Tracker, white and flo. orange. Only buy the white ones. The die they use for the flo. orange tends to make the string stick a little and it doesn't shoot out as smooth. The 2500' spools are 17# test. They also make a 1500' spool that is 30# test. I wouldn't buy that one either. It just isn't as smooth shooting as the 17#. I can't tell that the 17# makes my arrow drop enough to notice it out to 25 yards or so. Even with the lighter bows it doesn't matter much, maybe because of the heavier arrows we shoot. I have shot a doe at 30 paces and a couple hogs at around the same with the string on. Even so, I usually suggest people buy an extra spool and shoot it up at longer and longer distances just so you know. You will think it is too noisy but that is just because it is close to you. Standing out front while some one else shoots you can tell it is really quiet. It's never been a problem with deer moving at the shot any more than with out it. I've shot over a couple deer with it and had them stand there with the string on their back. It just doesn't seem to bother them.
Getting it on the bow can be a problem though. String Tracker makes a spool holder that screws into the stabilizer hole. I don't have one of those on any of my bows so I just taped it on for years. I finally made a little hootus that holds it on the bow. It has the benefit of being able to take the spool off and putting it on a tree limb after you shoot something. That way if they should run again while your looking, it can still feed out.
To make it you will need to have a piece of 2" elastic that is 5" long and a piece of 3/4" elastic that is 13" long. You will need some 1/2" wide velcro as well. I think you can see by the pictures well enough to build it from here.
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