So I got a new sight and peep. I was using a Hindsight (which I liked) but opted for the new stuff. Had it put on at the pro shop didn't get to shoot it there. I drew the bow blind and we adjusted the peep. So I get home and the first thing I notice is I have 15 laser markings for moving my sight UP and Down. It is already on like 12. I shoot -Left Right I am dead on @ 10 yards but I am clearly like 14 inches high maybe a bit more. So I raise the sight to the max - 15 on the laser marks. And now I am still high like 10 inches. So I moved the #1 pin in the sight up still 6 inches high. So something else needs adjustment. Help! Is my peep in the wrong place? Thanks!
see if you can bolt the sight up any higher on the riser. Most bows will have allow you to move the sight up or down that a way as well.
Is your arrow nearly level when knocked and arrow rest in correct position? If your arrow is pointing up the you may need your knock point raised or may need to lower your rest.
Mine didn't - BUT i moved the peep down and that helped. Must just been bad blind draw since I was used to the hindsight. SO now I am just going to keep adjusting the peep. Its an older bow without the adjustment - but thanks for the suggestion.
You don't move your peep to adjust your point of impact. You set the peep so its comfortable and repeatable at the average distance you plan on shooting. You may have a tuning issue or your sight just needs to be moved. Sent from my DROIDX using Tapatalk
you need to move the pin all the way up and go from there. It is very common to have the pins at the top of your sight.
Well in my case I did raise everything high as it would go heck I couldn't even see 30% of my sight. Still didn't work was more than an inch high. I think I had a bad anchor point so I re-anchored - moved peep and got a lot closer. Right now its tied in with Floss so I need to tie it in better but I am a lot closer now. Thanks!
I agree with the above that if your peep is set properly, don't move it. Have you papertuned or walkback tuned your bow? If these haven't been done, the result will be way off when shooting. I would start with the tuning and then move on to sighting in. I have seen too many archers i=come into the shop with complaints of needing a new sight or peep when all they needed was to tune their bow and the peep and sights finally fell into place.
The Key, I think, that makes this different is my anchor point and the way I see the sight with the hind sight is so different when I went to my "natural" anchor point my eye wasn't even behind the string. So I forced it to a place that I thought was good. Its not. So its sorta like learning to shoot again.
Its small but in reference to see the sight I mean its hidden behind the bow now through the peep. I can see the site through the peep.
I think from using the hindsight, you have "learned" a manner to anchor, and it is probably way different than regular peeps. I have not used the hindsight so cannot comment for sure. The best way to set your peep and anchor are like this, have your wife, friend, girlfriend whoever, there while you draw your bow. Close your eyes while drawing and come to a comfortable anchor spot, slowly open your eyes and have the other person there mark on the bowstring with a sharpie where the peep and kisser button, snoter, whatever you use should be. Lower the bow and place the used items in their respective spots. Now, this does not mean that they are set exactly, but is a very very close starting point. Good luck!
I think you need to get into a GOOD SHOP, and draw your bow, hold it in a comfortable position, with a good anchor, nose on string eye aligned with string as looking through the peep, and have someone adjust the peep up and down until it's where it SHOULD be. From there, adjust everything else around a solid anchor and the peep being in a comfortable position to look through.
True on the good shop. I honestly think the shop I was in was good but I wasn't honest with my draw and where I anchored. Besides that I ordered the serving and a string splitter. so I am going to do just that and get my wife to mark the string and see what happens. I am thinking I want to draw the dloop to the corner of my mouth and find a good anchor point there for my hand on my jaw bone. The anchor of my knuckle on my jaw bow was how I used to anchor but my head as turned and my eye was not behind the string it was to the left.
find an anchor that feels best to you an get in a habbit of hitting the anchor then set your peep from there this is where alot of things come into setting up a bow a person anchors at one spot when the shop sets it up an then they anchor in a different spot when shooting form is all a big part of accuracy it doesnt have to be perfect but comfortable an repeatable
Finding the proper anchor point cannot be stressed enough. I shot an old Hoyt Reflex for years and couldn't figure out why I wasn't accurate past 40 yards. I opted to get a kisser on my new bow and I'm convinced that's why I'm so much more accurate at every distance. I can draw and put the kisser at the corner of my mouth and know that's exactly where i shoot every single time. If you don't have a kisser I suggest you get one because it will make you much much more accurate. Also, I agree that you need to find a good shop that will work with you on this. Best of luck!
The problem with shops is its a minimum 1 hour drive. Thanks for the tips however. I think I might go to bass pro shops last time I was there they were super helpful and they have a range.
i mean no disrespect to anyone working at basspro but i have yet to go to one where i would ask for advice let alone take a bow for them to touch and i have been in a bunch of them all across the country they hire people give them 20 minutes of training and let them go at it. if you dont have a good shop i suggest watching as many bow tuneing videos as you can an trying to get all of the stuff to do your own tuneing
