Post by: Hawkins1375 on April 26, 2018, 05:13:06 PM
Not sure if the fletching rubbing the cable is going to be a problem or not? I’m having a consistent problem with hitting too the left and I’m trying to eliminate all the variables that it could be. Most likely it’s not the equipment it is my form. What mistakes do you think I’m making? Any advice is very much appreciated, thank you.
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Post by: Jonathan_S on April 26, 2018, 05:32:30 PM
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Post by: lord grizzly on April 26, 2018, 05:44:40 PM
Post by: Hawkins1375 on April 26, 2018, 06:14:14 PM
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Post by: lord grizzly on April 26, 2018, 07:26:25 PM
Post by: Brad Harshman on April 26, 2018, 07:34:06 PM
It's a great shooting bow now, and all i do is make sure one fletch is aiming at 9 o'clock that way my other two fletches clear the cables.
Post by: j_h_nimrod on April 26, 2018, 08:08:41 PM
FYI if you are hitting left, aim right :chuckle:
Post by: Hawkins1375 on April 26, 2018, 08:20:02 PM
Turning the knock won’t hurt a thing. Turn it so you have one vane straight out and your other two about 1 and 5 o’clock. You should notice a difference in your point of impactWill do. Thank you
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Post by: Hawkins1375 on April 26, 2018, 08:22:39 PM
I grew up shooting a cheap recurve and having one fletch at 9 o’clock was required. I still clock my arrows the same way, it is natural and gives better clearance. Clock all your arrows the same and shoot away.
FYI if you are hitting left, aim right :chuckle:
Haha I will try the aiming right thing. I don’t know if that’s going to work tho. Ha
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Post by: Jonathan_S on April 26, 2018, 09:40:18 PM
That is not ok. You don’t want your arrow touching anything once you release. Same reason you want to use a drop away and not a whisker biscuit
Love my QAD but the whisker biscuit is a proven performer
Post by: tlbradford on April 27, 2018, 08:10:34 AM
Post by: Hawkins1375 on May 13, 2018, 06:08:16 PM
It might just be the camera angle, but is your rest lined up with your string and cams? It looks like the arrow is tweaked to the left slightly. If that is the case your rest needs to be installed closer to the riser.
I think it’s the camera, the guys at riverside set me up. Everything is coming together better now.
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Post by: Hawkins1375 on May 13, 2018, 06:10:53 PM
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Post by: Jpmiller on July 20, 2018, 06:30:04 AM
I still shoot my 20 year old compound bow for deer hunting. Still has the old hard plastic arrow rest on it. Anytime I buy arrows now I have to pull the knocks out and rotate so the odd color is facing out at 9 oclock when knocked. If I don't do that my groupings open up quite a bit. I feel like even if I buy a newer bow... I will still turn the knocks just because that's how I was taught and that has always worked for me. So as the others have said! TURN THOSE KNOCKS! lol
When and why did this stop being the normal fletching/nock orientation? I bought new arrows for the first time in a long time last year and was very confused.
Post by: W_Ellison2011 on July 23, 2018, 02:56:05 PM
I want to say I started noticing it about 4-5 years ago. Idk why they changed it... Good set of pliers and a little wiggling gets the knocks out though. That's what I do and then align them so the odd fletching is out when knocked on my bow. I also sometimes just replace with the lumenoks now. I also love the fact that with my older bow.. I really don't need to tune it like a lot of these other guys have to do with the newer bows. I can go buy arrows and cut them down to length, flop the knock, throw a head on, and they shoot just fine. I'm not saying I stack all my arrows together touching but I group pretty well on targets and the deer never seem to get the memo other than that an arrow just took out their heart and/or lungs lol.I still shoot my 20 year old compound bow for deer hunting. Still has the old hard plastic arrow rest on it. Anytime I buy arrows now I have to pull the knocks out and rotate so the odd color is facing out at 9 oclock when knocked. If I don't do that my groupings open up quite a bit. I feel like even if I buy a newer bow... I will still turn the knocks just because that's how I was taught and that has always worked for me. So as the others have said! TURN THOSE KNOCKS! lol
When and why did this stop being the normal fletching/nock orientation? I bought new arrows for the first time in a long time last year and was very confused.
Post by: BULLBLASTER on July 23, 2018, 04:40:16 PM
The odd vane out is from and for bows shooting off a shelf or right up next to the riser. Like trad bows. That create the least amount of interference
Post by: Karl Blanchard on July 23, 2018, 05:20:50 PM
Ive been shooting with a vane at 12 o’clock as long as I’ve been shooting bows. At least 14 years.:yeah: same but 20 years bow shooting. I'd say 90%+ compound shooters are running vane up at 12 o'clock
The odd vane out is from and for bows shooting off a shelf or right up next to the riser. Like trad bows. That create the least amount of interference
Post by: W_Ellison2011 on July 23, 2018, 05:21:45 PM
Ive been shooting with a vane at 12 o’clock as long as I’ve been shooting bows. At least 14 years.ok. Idk if it was just me then but all the arrows I bought before 4-5 years ago had the odd vein or fletching out when knocked and it you wanted it different you had to switch the knock. Now it's I have to switch the knock so that the odd color is out. It takes a few minutes to do a bunch of arrows but it is what it is. hence why I'm debating getting into making my own from blank shafts. My compound has the old school glued on plastic shelf.
The odd vane out is from and for bows shooting off a shelf or right up next to the riser. Like trad bows. That create the least amount of interference
Post by: Karl Blanchard on July 23, 2018, 05:30:12 PM
Post by: W_Ellison2011 on July 24, 2018, 03:01:03 PM
You don't have to actually remove the nock fyi. Just twist it to your desired positionI have tried that. Some it works for and some it doesn't... which makes no sense to me but whatever I got to do to make them shoot right for my bow lol.