3 Essential Bowhunting Tools

You can’t fix, adjust, or repair a bow or crossbow without the proper tool, such as an Allen wrench, and Pine Ridge makes a quality tool that will save the day when vibration raises its ugly head.  The last thing you want on a compound bow, and especially a crossbow, is a screw loose.  This handy tool fits easily into a shooting vest, jacket pocket or backpack.

Lifetime Warranty

I was shopping at an import freight store and came across a set of Allen wrenches.  Since you can never have too many tools like this I bought a set and in less than a year, they had disassembled and are now in a heap in the junk drawer.  This tool comes with a lifetime warranty and is made in the USA.

Fast Arrow Relief

The “Big Gripper” will pay for itself in a couple of shoots if you have a fast bow.  Crossbows, especially, have such great kinetic energy that you’ll nearly burry an arrow up to the fletch after a few shots.  With a foam target, the arrow probably melted the foam against the arrow shaft the reason pulling it out is so difficult.  Any type of gripping tool, like pliers, will crush the shaft, ruining the arrow or making it unsafe to shoot.  The “Big Gripper” is excellent for tightening target points as well as removing arrows buried up to the fletch.  Also, if you shoot lighted nocks, this tool will grip the nock and give enough traction to turn it off.  That’s two pesky problems solved.

Accurate Broadheads

Once you have your bow sighted and tuned, there is one more critical element before you hunt.  Make sure that your broadheads impact at point-of-aim just like target points.  This isn’t difficult with fixed blade heads because you can actually shoot one into a foam target and touch up the blades to restore the razor’s edge.  However, what about mechanical heads or hybrids.  Most are designed for one-time use.

Spin-Test Every Arrow

Aside from shooting every arrow, the best way to assure that your arrow will perform as aimed is to spin-test it first.  The “Arrow Inspector” from Pine Ridge Archery is easy to use, light and compact, yet could be the most important piece of gear you own.  Going back to those fast, hard-hitting arrows, they may well cause the insert to be off center or the threads of a broadhead may have been damaged or machined poorly.  In each case, spinning the arrow will show a wobble in the broadhead.  Be sure to number each arrow on the fletch and test each arrow before it goes into your quiver.  This device is even more critical if you shoot aluminum arrows because the slight bend will show in the tip of the arrow as a wobble.

Pine Ridge Archery makes a full line of quality archery products.  Check them out at www.PineRidgeArchery.com or call toll free: (877) 746-7434.