keep losing arrows

[Newbi]

I hunt from a ground blind because I really don't feel comfortable in high places. I've had good success from the ground, but I have a very had time locating my arrows after the shot. I have a great hunting spot, but it's covered in brush and knee high grass. With pass through shots, which they always are, the arrows seem to head out into eternity, never to be seen again, no matter how hard I look. I do my best to mark the shot, but have only found one out of the last 5. Is there any solution to this problem short of climbing a tree, or should I just consider this a part of my hunting trip?

[R.J.]

It's part of hunting from the ground .... hard to find arrows from pass thru's ... they usually enter the grass or cover with low tragectory and get burried ... some travel a long way !

Newbi wrote :

the arrows seem to head out into eternity

They dont go that far .... but dont be surprised if you get a phone call from a Woman in Germany saying " Stop doing that " !

[Long Trang]

I hunt from a ground blind because I really don't feel comfortable in high places. I've had good success from the ground, but I have a very had time locating my arrows after the shot. I have a great hunting spot, but it's covered in brush and knee high grass. With pass through shots, which they always are, the arrows seem to head out into eternity, never to be seen again, no matter how hard I look. I do my best to mark the shot, but have only found one out of the last 5. Is there any solution to this problem short of climbing a tree, or should I just consider this a part of my hunting trip?

What about neon vanes and such?

[bushmaster]

If you're shooting aluminum, you could use a metal detector....or even try luminoks ??

[Newbi]

I am using florecent chartreuse vanes, so that hasn't helped. I looked into the lighted nocks, but read some poor reviews on them and wasn't sure I wanted to put out the bucks if it didn't work. Has anyone here tried them? If they do work, they might be worth a try. I could check after dark and maybe have some luck.

[bbbwb]

Just an off the cuff suggestion:Try using the fine thread that some use to follow/locate game.I hae not used this but have read about the use of it. This may provide a means of locate.
bbbwb

[wabi]

Hunting from the ground I expect to loose the arrow in most cases. I'd say 1 out of 5 is fairly typical for recovering the arrow.

[crutchracing]

Ive shoot 3 does this year with pass threws just waited untill i had a tree behind them on 2 of them didnt hurt the bolts eather. The 1st one i shoot i found the blood in the snow where the bolt whent.

[Cossack]

I spray the back 7" of mine with white lacquer, then overspray the first 2"(of the sprayed part) with florescent paint that matches my Blazers. Makes the bolt much more visible in flight without adding the weight of lighted nocks.