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Offline Hillbilly270

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Fletching Marks
« on: September 09, 2009, 09:51:56 AM »
Seeing if anyone can help a rookie bowhunter out. :dunno:  i had a trophy taker drop away rest put on my bow when i purchased it and my arrow fletchings were getting wear marks on them and the felt on the prongs were getting wear marks also.   Putting two and two together i assumed that the fletchings were hitting the prongs.  looking at the drop away at rest it was not laying flat on the bow and was sticking up a bit.  I took my bow into cabelas and they moved the rest up and also moved my nock point up as well.  I just purchased some new arrows and i can see that they are already getting marks on the fletchings.  Now frustrated and searching for any advice!!    >:(:bash:
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Re: Fletching Marks
« Reply #1 on: September 09, 2009, 11:15:21 AM »
can you post up some pics? there are plenty of people here that can help. sometimes the shelf on some bows is shaped funny and has trouble clearing the wide trophy takers, which one do you have? also does the rest rise right at the very end of teh draw?

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Re: Fletching Marks
« Reply #2 on: September 09, 2009, 11:44:28 AM »
I have a ross cardiac and yes the rest pops up at the end of the draw.  these pictures were taken before cabelas raised the rest so it lays more flat.  not sure how big the pix are so i will try and post two seperately. HELP.......PLEASE......
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Re: Fletching Marks
« Reply #3 on: September 09, 2009, 11:45:20 AM »
Sorry about the pic sizes....Im not at home where i can resize them.
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Re: Fletching Marks
« Reply #4 on: September 09, 2009, 02:50:12 PM »
one more question, can you pull the rest up with teh string and take a pic. to get an idea of how high the arrow is above the shelf?
i was having a similar issue with my trophy taker and fixed it by raising teh rest and nock point. you already did that you said, but maybe not enough.

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Re: Fletching Marks
« Reply #5 on: September 09, 2009, 02:55:42 PM »
i'll have to get photos tonight for ya.
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Re: Fletching Marks
« Reply #6 on: September 09, 2009, 02:56:06 PM »
How are your arrows flying?  First thing I would do is shoot through paper.  
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Re: Fletching Marks
« Reply #7 on: September 09, 2009, 08:50:35 PM »
i just made a thing to hold paper and shoot through and haven't had a chance to do it yet.  When i shot through paper at cabelas it looked fine.  anyway....here are a few pix i took tonight with the prongs all the way up.
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Re: Fletching Marks
« Reply #8 on: September 10, 2009, 07:44:40 AM »
i would say that you should raise the rest and nock point up a bit. then you will have to raise your peep also. for hunting purposes i like my arrow to be in the top half of the berger hole or a but higher, maybe at the top of the hole, this is because of the big tall fletches for hunting. on the other hand i set the arrow right through the hole for my 3d  bow because the fletches are small and low profile. with the rest raised up iw will lower down more to horizontal also. this should get you the clearance that you need. you will need a new loop though.

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Re: Fletching Marks
« Reply #9 on: September 10, 2009, 04:02:51 PM »
If you are shooting bullet hole through paper and your arrows are flying well and grouping well I wouldn't worry about it.  Seems like if you are getting enough contact to put marks on your vanes though that you would have some problems with arrow flight.

You can put some baby powder or something on your rest and shoot.  That will tell you right where you are getting any contact.
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Re: Fletching Marks
« Reply #10 on: September 10, 2009, 04:09:20 PM »
what type of vane are you shooting? that rest is way to low, dont take it to cabelas. luckyshot in chehalis is a  good one to go to or xxx in ore. by longwiew. your rest should be flat on the shelf and not raised at all. a paper tune will tell you everything.

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Re: Fletching Marks
« Reply #11 on: September 10, 2009, 04:44:06 PM »
the fletch contact needs to be taken care of before any tuning takes place, whether it be paper, walkback, bareshaft, or broadhead. the fletching contact will effect the tune.

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Re: Fletching Marks
« Reply #12 on: September 10, 2009, 05:01:27 PM »
If your are getting contact it is more likely that your rest arm is not falling soon enough.  Easy fix.  Take some slack out of the rest cord.  Not much.  It sould be all the way up for the last 1.5 to 2 inches.

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Re: Fletching Marks
« Reply #13 on: September 16, 2009, 05:43:29 PM »
the fletch contact needs to be taken care of before any tuning takes place, whether it be paper, walkback, bareshaft, or broadhead. the fletching contact will effect the tune.

True True....what fletch is getting the contact?
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Re: Fletching Marks
« Reply #14 on: September 17, 2009, 07:51:30 AM »
im shooting with the odd color up and both bottom fletchings have marks on them.
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