Spec ops Grunt
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I was in Outdoor P.E. in school and we were shooting bows. Normally my arrows land in the target straight, but on my second set of arrows stuck in the target sideways. What is going on?
BTW, I'm a leftie.
BTW, I'm a leftie.
Arrows going sideways?
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What type of bow?
When drawn, I open my hand to allow the bow to self-center in my palm while keeping my thumb and index finger in a ridgid but "V" position. If your release is not smooth and the bow is slightly canted, this will effect the arrow flight. Lots of little tuning areas and other technique issues will compound flight characteristics too.
When drawn, I open my hand to allow the bow to self-center in my palm while keeping my thumb and index finger in a ridgid but "V" position. If your release is not smooth and the bow is slightly canted, this will effect the arrow flight. Lots of little tuning areas and other technique issues will compound flight characteristics too.
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Spec ops Grunt
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Compound.
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I know. It's pretty hard to believe. Coweta.
You also go through a hunter safty course.
You also go through a hunter safty course.
Groundpounder. Sometimes the wind will affect the arrow like that. A crosswind can blow the fletching end of the arrow a little to the side so that when it hits, it is at a slight angle and will bend even more. In the old days when aluminum arrows all we had for target shooting and we didn't have compound bows, arrow flight was slower and you could really see the effect. In a strong cross wind, you could actually bend the arrows when they hit the target.
jojo
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Just a guess, but I had some that were doing that and I found that the arrows I was using were to light (not stiff enough) for the setting on my bow.
I stepped up the stiffness and my accuracy, as well as the straightness of the arrows (in the target) improved.
jojo
I stepped up the stiffness and my accuracy, as well as the straightness of the arrows (in the target) improved.
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Sunray
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"...Incorrect arrow weight (spine? Can't remember the term) for the bow..." That'll cause the arrow to break when it hits.
If the arrow doesn't quite stick and hangs down or sideways, you're either following the string or not coming to full draw. The former is you holding the string as it goes forward. The latter is releasing before you're at full draw. Both will cause the arrow not to have enough speed. Left or right doesn't matter.
Push the bow away from you, while you pull the string, as you raise the bow to eye level. (This is easier on your back and shoulders too. No raising the bow and pulling the string. That will hurt you and you're not using the right muscles. Back and shoulder muscles, not your arms.) At full draw, with your string hand anchored in the same place every time, aim or concentrate on the target(depends on if you have sights or not. With no sights, use the arrow head as a front sight.) relax your string hand without moving the bow until the arrow hits. The tendency is to move the bow to look. Resist it. The arrows will go off to the right I think for a leftie. Your stance can keep the string from whipping your arm too. Stand so the string doesn't hit your arm. This is easier to do than write about. Basically, you're changing the angle between your arm and the string.
If the arrow doesn't quite stick and hangs down or sideways, you're either following the string or not coming to full draw. The former is you holding the string as it goes forward. The latter is releasing before you're at full draw. Both will cause the arrow not to have enough speed. Left or right doesn't matter.
Push the bow away from you, while you pull the string, as you raise the bow to eye level. (This is easier on your back and shoulders too. No raising the bow and pulling the string. That will hurt you and you're not using the right muscles. Back and shoulder muscles, not your arms.) At full draw, with your string hand anchored in the same place every time, aim or concentrate on the target(depends on if you have sights or not. With no sights, use the arrow head as a front sight.) relax your string hand without moving the bow until the arrow hits. The tendency is to move the bow to look. Resist it. The arrows will go off to the right I think for a leftie. Your stance can keep the string from whipping your arm too. Stand so the string doesn't hit your arm. This is easier to do than write about. Basically, you're changing the angle between your arm and the string.
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Don Gwinn
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Right. Release problem would have been my first guess from my very limited experience. If the arrows were sticking well before, then it's not the arrow weight or anything fixed like that--it's something that changed.
Glenn Kelley
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Ossillation horizontally is a factor of spine weight(how stiff the arrow is not how heavy it is.spine is measured in pounds,arrow weight in grains)
If the same arrows shot well the first round then they are probably a little light in spine weight so that a good release gives good flight and a jerky release causes the result you saw.
Don't roll the string or bend it as you draw.
Bigger fletching would straighten the arrow out quicker.
Did the shooting distance get shorter between sets.
Ossillation horizontally is a factor of spine weight(how stiff the arrow is not how heavy it is.spine is measured in pounds,arrow weight in grains)
If the same arrows shot well the first round then they are probably a little light in spine weight so that a good release gives good flight and a jerky release causes the result you saw.
Don't roll the string or bend it as you draw.
Bigger fletching would straighten the arrow out quicker.
Did the shooting distance get shorter between sets.
bowhnter
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Try this page. Sounds like your arrow isn't coming off the rest corredtly.
http://www.strictlybowhunting.com/Anov01issue/paper_tuning_TB.htm
http://www.strictlybowhunting.com/Anov01issue/paper_tuning_TB.htm
Sunray
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Hi, Glenn. Can you imagine Hunter's Safety courses and compound bows as part of High School P.E., up here? The pissant teachers would have coniptions.
String slap is most often caused by pronating the elbow (the elbow is rotated in such a way that it sticks out into the path of the string). If a particular shooter has a problem with this, the best way I know of to fix it is to practice rotating the elbow of the bow hand downwards and out of the way without the bow in their hand[/I,] while keeping the hand itself still. If you can’t do that, you can start with your palm flat against a wall or table and rotate the elbow without changing the position of the hand. Once that is mastered, move on to rotating the elbow while keeping the hand empty and stationary with the arm out in front of the body.
Glenn Kelley
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Yep
Our NWTF chapter sponsored a class of gr 12s through the PAL and hunter ed courses at the high school.We had them out to the trap range as well.
Our NWTF chapter sponsored a class of gr 12s through the PAL and hunter ed courses at the high school.We had them out to the trap range as well.
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