Tips for a new bow hunter

[Muleyman27]

Ok I thought so. the only reason I was saying I was gonna move it up is because the guy who sold it to me said I needed to have it at 70 lbs to be able and get a clean pass through at up to 50-60 yards what poundage would be to low to hunt at mine is set at 60 # right now. And I can draw 70# pretty easy I just figured the lower the draw weight the more arrows I can shoot and practice form and what not

[Band]

70# is overkill for me.  I have always shot 60# and have had no problem killing elk and deer.  My last elk was a cow at 46 yards.  I had a complete pass through and the elk died 15' from the point where she was hit.  I found the arrow 40-50 yards past  where she was hit.  Avoid the leg bones and shoulder blade and send your arrow through the ribs to take out heart and/or lungs and 60# will get the job done.  70 or 80# will make you a "tough guy", no doubt, but at what cost?

[pianoman9701]

A tourist couple was walking down the street in New York City and came upon a man carrying a violin case, and asked him "can you tell us how to get to Carnegie Hall?" His response was "Practice, man, practice."

[RadSav]

Glad you like the new bow.  Should be more stable and easier to shoot.  If peep sight had been right height you wouldn't have needed to tilt head forward anyway.  That was not the shorter bows fault.  We could have fixed that easy.  But I do think the 35" bow will make learning a lot easier.  So if you like it good job.

As far as draw weight...the elk won't care if you shoot them at 60 or 70.  Just as long as you shoot them in the right spot.  Heck, my wife kills them at 50 and 60 yards shooting 25.5" arrows at 50# and they die just as quick as mine do.  All about what you shoot best.

[Muleyman27]

Ok thanks for all the tips. I will just leave it at 60# it is easy to draw and I can hold it for at least a minute at full draw. Now I just need to practice practice practice!!! I will post up some more pics after I shoot it a bit and get it to where I think I am shooting pretty good. I didn't get a stabilizer yet as I exceeded my budget but will be getting one soon. Not sure what I will get yet with all the options but prob not a long one since I want to hunt.

[Muleyman27]

So I found an issue. The fletching of my arrows hits the cables when I shoot!? How do I fix this? The fletching hits both ways u nock arrow up or down. Do I need to make my own arrows so I can glue the nocks is in where they don't hit? I have a qad hd drop away also.

[Band]

Can you twist the nocks?  If so, do that until you have the vane furthest away from the cable parallel with the ground so you'll have maximum clearance from the cable with the other 2 vanes.  If that doesn't allow clearance from the cable there are other issues at play.

[Muleyman27]

My knocks won't twist

[LeviD1]

My knocks won't twist

Unless your knocks are glued in they should twist. They are meant to be removable. Knock your arrow on your string and grab yours arrow and try to twist it then. Or just be careful not to hold to tight and use plyers on the knock to try and twist it.

[Muleyman27]

Tried the pliers and putting on string! They r prob glued in. They are Easton carbon storm arrows. I can tell that if i could turn the nock the fletching would be able to clear it. I'm looking at getting better arrows tho. What are your fav arrows and does everybody use carbon arrows or r there still some aluminum arrow guys out there which do u prefer?

[Band]

I think most of us have switched from aluminum to carbon arrows by now, although no doubt there are holdouts.  The problem I had with aluminums (back in the day) was that they are easily bent and rendered worthless for shooting.  Carbon will break rather than bend but the chances of breaking a carbon arrow are far less than bending an aluminum arrow from my experience.

Since you are pretty new at this, do yourself a favor and buy a dozen inexpensive arrows to begin.  The more expensive arrows may have a slight edge for accuracy in the hands of a master archer but at this stage those arrows are a waste of money.  But, that doesn't mean you should go down to Walmart and grab arrows from the bin.  Get arrows that come in a "set".  Not sure what's available in your area, but I've used Carbon Hunter arrows from Cabelas and am currently using Carbon Raiders from Dick's.  You should be able to get a dozen of either for around $60.

[h20hunter]

I'd suggest Beman for quality arrows that won't break the bank.

http://beman.com/

[LeviD1]

Tried the pliers and putting on string! They r prob glued in. They are Easton carbon storm arrows. I can tell that if i could turn the nock the fletching would be able to clear it. I'm looking at getting better arrows tho. What are your fav arrows and does everybody use carbon arrows or r there still some aluminum arrow guys out there which do u prefer?

Not sure if it would work or not but you could try heating up the shaft where the knock is with a heatgun and see if that will do anything. Thats pretty dumb that they glued them in from factory.

[Muleyman27]

I think most of us have switched from aluminum to carbon arrows by now, although no doubt there are holdouts.  The problem I had with aluminums (back in the day) was that they are easily bent and rendered worthless for shooting.  Carbon will break rather than bend but the chances of breaking a carbon arrow are far less than bending an aluminum arrow from my experience.

Since you are pretty new at this, do yourself a favor and buy a dozen inexpensive arrows to begin.  The more expensive arrows may have a slight edge for accuracy in the hands of a master archer but at this stage those arrows are a waste of money.  But, that doesn't mean you should go down to Walmart and grab arrows from the bin.  Get arrows that come in a "set".  Not sure what's available in your area, but I've used Carbon Hunter arrows from Cabelas and am currently using Carbon Raiders from Dick's.  You should be able to get a dozen of either for around $60.

The arrows I have are from a set and they were 60 bucks a doz. if the nock twisted I could make them work but the vanes hit my cables and rip. and the ass end of arrows 4-5 inches the the left of point when they hit target I guess I need to get new arrows where the nocks twist

[Band]

No good can come from shooting arrows where the vanes come in contact with the cables (or any other part of the bow for that matter)!