Bought a PSE Kingfisher on Sat and I shot it throughout the weekend without a sight on it. I know a lot of people say they bowfish without one, but I cant get the hang of it. Well not good enough anyway. What should I be focusing on as far as my sight picture? I Have been thinking about putting a single pin on it, anyone have an opinion on this?
Were you out at the Waterfowl area by Farmer City yesterday? Does the bow have a rest? If you're having a problem hitting consistently at bowfishing distance, the issue might be arrow flight more than you not getting the hang of it. Otherwise, just start shooting at stuff at ten feet. Make sure you're anchoring at the same draw length and just start shooting. If you really have issues with no sights, then by all means, get a sight. Only the carp will hold it against you.
nope wasnt in farmer city. 10 feet? is that the average bowfishing shot? Do you know if its legal to take frogs with bow gear? haha lots of questions! There is just a tab on it, I think I'll order the roller rest thats on sale on here though.
I met a guy, briefly, that just got his bowfishing rig and got his first carp yesterday. He was shooting a Kingfisher. I thought maybe it was you. Where are you located, by the way? Frogs are legal during frog season in IL. (which is June 15th - August 31st, limit of 8 bullfrogs) From a boat, our shots range from nearly straight down to about 30ft out. Average boat shot would be around 10-15ft. If I'm on shore or wading, I try to get within 10 feet but the fish have to cooperate.
I am in Sterling, its south of Rockford about an hour. Thats awesome news about frogs because we do a TON of froggin in the summer. There are always those few huge floaters outside of wading range. 30 ft, I guess after some practice and a better rest I'll be able to do that. I'll bet I was shooting 25 ft this weekend, I had a huge group, but it was close enough to call it a group. I am pretty excited about all this, just hope I get some friends talked into getting set up so I have someone to go with!
I shoot the kingfisher too. Its a decent bow that gets the job done. I notice that sometimes my arrows will come off the string great and sometimes not so much. Do you have any no-glovs installed or are you using finger tabs?
When you say the arrow doesn't come of the string great, do you mean arrow flight is bad or the arrow hangs up or wants to fall off the string?
I havent had any problems with it "coming off the strin bad". I dont have any tabs or no gloves, but plan to use them.
I'm saying that sometimes the arrow flight is bad. It "wobbles" left to right more than it should. I have no-gloves on my string and I'm wondering if the nock is getting pinched. I think I going to crimp on 2 nock points in between the no-gloves...that way the nock can't get pinched and I still have protection for my delicate fingers. :d You think that might be the problem? Maybe it only happens sometimes depending on how I release the string?
Ah, gotcha. The brass nock points will help. I use no glovs and one brass nocking point. I also have a whisker biscuit rest which really helps arrow flight (provided it's in the right spot ). No glovs do tend to 'roll' the string if you don't have a crisp release and can cause a more erratic arrow flight than if you didn't have them on there. But they rock compared to sore fingers. What kind of rest do you have?
Funny you should mention the whisker biscuit b/c I was sitting at work today thinking why I haven't installed it on my rig yet. :D Right now I have the "roller rest", which works but the biscuit would be better. I just ordered a bunch of stuff from backwaterbowfishing.com. I somehow managed to lose my only two remaining arrows this weekend. They just snapped off during the shot. Hadn't had that happen much before. I know where they are but Im just waiting on the water level to go down.
If you're having trouble hitting fish remember that water refracts light so you have to aim under the fish. If you hold your arrow under the water you will notice it will look bent where it enters the water. Keep that in mind the next time you take a shot. Hope that helps.
