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Title: Hitting 12" to the right....Please help !!!!
Post by: Nathan Killen on March 09, 2011, 09:03:00 PM
Im consistantly hitting 10-12" to the right and I can not figure out why ! My arrows are flying like lazers, both bare shaft and fleched arrows will group together at 20 yards and my bare shaft is sticking in the target perfectly straight. Im pretty sure its me but i cant figure out what im doing. Any ideas ?
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Post by: Rob W. on March 09, 2011, 09:06:00 PM
Are you right or left handed?
Title: Re: Hitting 12" to the right....Please help !!!!
Post by: Nathan Killen on March 09, 2011, 09:07:00 PM
Im right handed and right eye dominant.
Title: Re: Hitting 12" to the right....Please help !!!!
Post by: leatherneck on March 09, 2011, 09:10:00 PM
How about some specs of your set-up. Also, are you anchoring properly or is your hand/fingers against your face? Specs first.
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Post by: Don Stokes on March 09, 2011, 09:11:00 PM
Try canting the bow less. That will move the arrow to the left. I had one bow that shot right for me, and I had to hold it vertically to get on target. I sold that bow.
Title: Re: Hitting 12" to the right....Please help !!!!
Post by: Javi on March 09, 2011, 09:12:00 PM
If you are canting the bow, move the top limb tip a bit to the left. A little trial and error will get you on target...
i like to us a 1/2" black vertical line while doing this... start at 5 yards and move back as you get the feel 5 yards at a time.
Title: Re: Hitting 12" to the right....Please help !!!!
Post by: Nathan Killen on March 09, 2011, 09:16:00 PM
The bow is 58" 51#@28,Split finger and canting about 1 o'clock.
Arrow is a 28.5" trad only 500 4x4" 22grn insert and 125grn FP.8 GPI weight tube. Arrow weight around 535
Title: Re: Hitting 12" to the right....Please help !!!!
Post by: Nathan Killen on March 09, 2011, 09:18:00 PM
Also my middle finger is planted in the corner of my mouth and I pull the full 28".
Title: Re: Hitting 12" to the right....Please help !!!!
Post by: MercilessMing on March 09, 2011, 09:18:00 PM
Could it be that you are torqing your bow?
Title: Re: Hitting 12" to the right....Please help !!!!
Post by: Nathan Killen on March 09, 2011, 09:21:00 PM
torqing is possible ! What to do ?
Title: Re: Hitting 12" to the right....Please help !!!!
Post by: Javi on March 09, 2011, 09:23:00 PM
I'd want a bit more FOC than that (I generally shoot for 18%-20%) but that isn't the reason you're shooting right.. That shaft might be a little weak but I'm not sure how the actually spine when tested...

I'd work on the cant...
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Post by: Rob W. on March 09, 2011, 09:24:00 PM
I shoot with index and thumb around bow and all others on center line. Sometimes bottom three dont touch at all.
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Post by: Bow Bum on March 09, 2011, 09:45:00 PM
I have the same issue from time to time. Nearly the same specs as you do. I believe my prob is that I'm collapsing upon release, and plucking the string.

Might be happening to you too?

Good luck,

Brian
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Post by: Nathan Killen on March 09, 2011, 09:55:00 PM
What exactly is collapsing ?
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Post by: Javi on March 09, 2011, 09:59:00 PM
Get someone to watch you shoot, paying special attention to your arrow point... if you are collasping the point will start forward before you loose it... Generally this is from not using back tension...
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Post by: kadiak kid... on March 09, 2011, 10:02:00 PM
i do know if my hand flys out to the right from my face instead of straight back when i release i tend to shoot several inches to the right...
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Post by: WhitetailHtr on March 09, 2011, 10:10:00 PM
Rob,

I gripped my bow exactly like you described for a number of years.  My shooting was too on-again, off-again.  I went to gripping my handle so that all my fingers make contact with it.  I found that this grip controls the bow more consistently for me.  It seemed that with just a thumb and index finger grip, at least for me, the bow had too much of an opportunity to torque or "float".

Try it.  It may help.

Tom.