I am changing the color of my Bohning Blazers to black and, of course, am also changing my Easton Super Nocks to black as well. When I was placing my order, there was a notice stating black nocks could not be shipped to Japan or the European Union. Does anyone know what that’s about? Are they afraid of toxic chemicals in black nocks?
Some people get real pissy if you shoot black vanes and nocks on 3d courses because it doesn't give them a target to aim at if they're shooting after you... perhaps they passed a law making it illegal in those places.
I am far from a 3-D expert (or an expert at anything else for that matter) but I thought the whole idea was to NOT have an aiming point or to know the distance. Sounds to me like the whiners are looking for someone else to do the work for them. Where I come from, we call that “cheating”. They really must not have the spirit of the sport in mind while playing. As is usual: I’m so confused.
I just wanted to let everyone know, I received my “ninja” black nocks and Blazer vanes. Over forty years I have been shooting the brightest color schemes I could come up with. First, those colors were an effort to find the strays in the weeds. Then, I reasoned they were to better see my target impacts. An unintended consequence of choosing black (I got tired of scrubbing them clean) is I can’t see the things at all once they have left the bow! I don’t know about anyone else but quite often I have to struggle against the impulse to watch where the arrow is going before it hits the target. This promotes the NASTY habit of allowing the bow arm to drop. Now, since I can’t see them until I walk up on the target or look through magnification, there is no temptation to try and follow the flight. Imagine that!
It's probably some ridiculous law in those countries to prevent ninja terrorists from running around unseen, shooting arrows in the dark.
Man, I went the other way. I shoot all white so I "can" see the flight of my arrow and especially the impact point. To me, that's critical while actually hunting.
