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When bow hunting sometimes a shot will not make for a clean kill and the prey bolts, or the hunter may miss entirely wasting a perfectly reusable arrow. A good hunter doesn't leave an animal to suffer and will track the prey for miles, even days if necessary.
I propose a fletching system which
would release colored smoke for a time once released from a bow, so that either the prey or the buried arrow are easily found.
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How about arrows with RFID tags designed to take
power from a hand-held radio beam, and chirp (either
audibly or in RF or maybe even both)? |
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I agree - radio-trackable arrows would make a lot
more sense. |
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However, a [+] for combining two beautiful and
under-used words in the title. |
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While I agree that radio tracking would be more effective, that seems somewhat counter to the old-technology charm of bow hunting. Then again, a lot of the bows used for hunting aren't really old-technology either. |
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I dunno, [scad]. I reckon electromagnetic waves
were around before coloured smoke. |
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The easiest solution would be to make the arrowhead from depleted uranium. Not only would this poison the wound but you could potentially triangulate with a geiger counter. |
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a small flashing IR led might be useful here. |
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Radio-trackable arrows are baked. As far as I know there
aren't any off-the-shelf models available, but bowhunting
catalogs sell DIY kits with RFID inserts that go inside the
shaft. You can also get nocks with flashing LED beacons
that activate on release. |
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I like this idea better. [+] |
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// You can also get nocks with flashing LED beacons
that activate on release// But IR leds would be
visible on a cheap and nasty camera, and the deer
would be oblivious, unless deer can see IR? I have no
eye deer. |
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Deer can't see IR. Their visible spectrum is surprisingly
limited, but it's a trade-off for great night vision, incredible
motion sensitivity, and a 280-degree field of view. |
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