This is a little gizmo for holding an arrow ready to shoot when you need to warm your fingers or just lay the bow in your lap or beside you. It will also keep the arrow from falling from your shelf and off the string to the ground should you relax your grip or remove your index finger from it.

Use either a wooden match stick or a strong tooth pick. Loop a rubber band over one end and pull it up snug. Lay it across the arrow and loop it around the bow as shown, making certain that the slip end of the rubber band points toward the belly of the bow, and that the rubber band itself lies across the arrow shaft. Thataway, friction from the shaft across the band during the draw will pull it off the slip end and flip the assembly away.