Archery game tracking device
OwnerPaul A. Dodgeinventor
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Abstract
An archery game tracking device for tracking a game animal struck by an arrow upon subsequent movement by the animal through brush or forest. The device includes a dart that is releasably mounted to the arrow shaft and is fixed to a tracking line. A tracking line supply is connected to the bow. Upon impact of the arrow with a game animal, the dart penetrates the animal. If the animal dislodges the arrow or if the arrow passes through the animal, the dart will automatically separate from the arrow and will remain fixed to the animal and fixed to the tracking line. The hunter will still be able to track the fallen animal when it stops.
Claims20
An archery game tracking device comprising an archery arrow having an arrow shaft and an arrow tip at the forward longitudinal end of the shaft;
- an elongate linear dart, small in comparison to the arrow, having a dart tip at the forward end thereof, and a dart shank;
- a base connectable to the arrow shaft;
- means for releasably connecting the dart to the base with the dart shank spaced a short distance from the arrow shaft in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the arrow shaft and pointed generally in the intended path of travel of the arrow, said means connecting the dart to the base with a force sufficient to hold the dart to the base during flight of the arrow and release the dart upon penetration of the dart in an animal hide;
- a tracking line having a first end connected to the dart and a second end comprised as a supply of tracking line to be played out upon discharge of the arrow from a bow.
An archery game tracking device for mounting on an arrow shaft comprising:
- a dart having a dart tip and a dart shank;
- a base connectable to an arrow shaft;
- means for releasable connecting the dart to the base with the dart a short distance from and pointed generally in the intended path of travel of the arrow and positioned with respect to the arrow to point outwardly at a small acute angle relative to the longitudinal axis of the arrow, said means connecting the dart to the base with a force sufficient to hold the dart to the base during flight of the arrow and release the dart upon penetration of the dart in an animal hide;
- a tracking line having a first end connected to the dart and a second end comprised as a supply of tracking line to be played out upon discharge of the arrow from a bow.
An archery game tracking device comprising:
- an arrow having an elongate arrow shaft, an arrowhead, an arrow nock end;
- a dart assembly comprising a base fixed to the arrow shaft aft of the arrowhead, a dart having a dart tip and a shank, a dart holder holding the dart by the dart shank, means for releasably connecting the dart holder and the base for release of the dart holder from the base upon impact of the dart, a tracking line having one end fixed to the dart and the other end comprised as a supply of tracking line to be maintained near the bow upon the flight of the arrow.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.