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    LET THERE BE LIGHT

    Aug 21, 2019 6 minutes
    BOB ROBB

    How many times have you shot an arrow at an animal, had it run off, and wondered, “Where did my arrow hit? Did I miss? Was it a good hit? What just happened??”

    Back in 1998, the same thing happened to Curtis Price, who grunted up a whitetail buck, shot, watched the deer race off, then didn’t know if he’d hit or missed. It took him a long time to find his arrow and confirm that it had been a clean miss. As he drove home, his mind began racing. “Wouldn’t it be great if I had a nock that lit up, allowing me to not only see my arrow in flight but to also mark the location of the arrow if I missed?” he thought. And then — no pun intended — the light went on.

    Curtis’ first thought was to build a nock that used a chemical mix to light it up, but when he stopped at his brother Eric’s

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