FOBs

[Deertick]

Well, because I\'ve had some issues with wind in the past, I decided to try FOBs again.

A quiet morning (wind-wise) let me get out and get things set-up for this. After a quick-tune, I\'m hitting a 9\" Rhinehart ball at 60 yards. The wind came up this afternoon, but it\'s tough to test side-by-side with vanes since there is the variable of the bow itself getting tossed around, but so far, I\'m very pleased.

They look pretty strange, like a mule in a horse camp, but, like mules, they seem to \"just work\".

Anyone else try \'em?

 

[WW]

They work! I usually keep a couple in my bow case for emergency repair. No tuning required. They shoot the same as my vanes.

 

[Bob Frapples]

They work! I usually keep a couple in my bow case for emergency repair. No tuning required. They shoot the same as my vanes.

I usually do the same, the only thing I noticed was over 50 yds they drop a good bit more that vanes. Since Im switching to FMJs this year my old ones wont fit so I got to decide if I want to get another tube.

 

[Bob Frapples]

John if I recall correctly your shooting fmj 340\'s, do you get damage to the nock from removing the fobs? Those nocks are really tight in my 400\'s and it sounds like someone dragging a cat across a chalkboard when I rotate the nock for fletching alinement.

 

[Deertick]

Good memory. (I almost had to check myself!)

The nocks loosen a bit, and I\'m considering (and accepting advice regarding) alternatives.

Is it a big issue? No. But I practice by shooting a smaller Rhinhart ball in sagebrush, and if I miss, there\'s no backstop. This had led to watching the little orange FOBs zinging off quite a distance, pulled off by sage.

 

[dapper]

I have some, hunted with them one year, but I keep going back to my old reliable four fletched arrows. One real plus is when you get a pass through on an animal, it marks the spot where the animal stood.

Dan