My bow is pulling to the right, bad. I know if you're pulling to the right, you're supposed to move the sight to your right. My sight is over as far as it will possibly go and it's still pulling towards the right. I have absolutely no idea what could be wrong. One thing in particular I've noticed, is a long time ago, I would let the string touch my face when looking at the peep. Now, after hearing about people getting smacked with their strings, I've became pretty scared to get close to the string. Could this be a significant problem?
You might have to move your rest. I would do a walk back tune or quick tune. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f25Wr1EULRg http://archeryhistory.com/archerytalk/The_Nuts&Bolts_of_Archery.pdf
No worries, put your string on your nose. I've never heard of anyone being injured but that's just me. I would start with paper tuning it. Im sure if the right person sees this they can post a link to the easton archery tuning guide. There's a few things you can do but it sounds like a general tuning issue. Walk back tuning will really help as well. Careful using your sight for the time being though...
Yeah. It's probably just my tuning. I plan on installing either a apache drop away or a ripcord code red this September. I'll follow the instructions on the video. I noticed that the video mostly concerns shooting too high or too low though. How would I fix the problem being shooting to the side?
You just move your sight right or left. High or low is your knocking point. If you go to the easton archery website, try and find the tuning guide. It's in pdf file, download it and learn it. it's an awesome beginning training tool. learn it well
Yes, make sure your rest is correctly tuned and square. There are some tricks to adjust your sights if this doesn't work, like putting some between your sight and riser. My suggestion would be take it to your local bow shop and let them take a look at it.
In the link the rest part of it is about the last 3/4 of the video. In the other link read over chapter 6
Besides what was allready mentioned , make sure your not torqueing your bow , from trying to keep your face off the string , i personally would be anchoring the string in the corner of my mouth and the tip of my nose on the string .
Was your bow shooting good before? Did you change anything on your bow...arrows, arrow tip weight, draw weight, nock point,......? Put that string on your nose or put the kisser in the corner of your mouth. If you are mentioning that you afraid of your bowstring you are probably torqueing your bow arm in anticipation. Put on a jacket or whatever just in case your bowstring slaps your arm and really look through the peep with the string on your face. See if that helps. If not, you probably have more issues that just your sight and you need to find out what.
I read about torquing your bow in another thread. I think that might be another reason why. I'm going to try it tomorrow and let the string touch my face like I used to do and see. I switched everything, but for good reason. I bought my bow in 08 at the Bass Pro Shops in TN. The guy that set my bow up had my draw length way too far back and only set my draw weight to 54lbs. He handed me my bow and said "here you go man, it's on 70 pounds and your perfect draw length". After two years of shooting my bow and noticing the draw length was too far back and my draw weight felt too hard. I took it to a bow shop last week and he adjusted my draw length. He said the draw length was so far back before that I wasn't getting any of my let-off and it made my bow feel like it was much heavier than it was. The draw length was actually behind my ear as an anchor point. I would shake tremendously when pulling it back and couldn't hold it still because of this. He adjusted my draw weight to 62lbs at a better draw length and now the draw is so much easier and smoother. It felt 1000 times harder before. Right now I'm shooting ICS Hunter arrows 340 spine and 9.3 GPI. My total grain arrow adds up to 397 grains, give or take. I'm about to have it adjusted to 70" draw once I get my sights set up right. I'm probably torquing my bow as a result of not letting the string get close to me.
Before you even start tuning you may want to make sure your arrows are close to having the proper spine, static and dynamic.
I had the same issue a few months ago but mine was shooting way left and was running out of adjustment. Knowone could figure it out, I even called Mathews on it. They sent me to a new shop and he went through the whole bow. Moved the site in some changed to a whiskers biscuit and new peep. Don't know what it was but I'm shooting great now.
Some people are telling me I'm torquing my bow. My papaw shot it last year and was shooting right next to the circle. I'm beginning to think after gaining a fear of the bow string that I might be torquing it by accident.
LOL....only reason i mentioned it was i seen it before hands on , i set up a bow for a customer last year and it shot bullit holes and split arrows when i was done with it , and he couldnt hit the broad side of a barn , i was watching him strong arm the grip ......for one dont grip the bow , let your bow rest / float in your hand with your fingers open , straight out .
If you changed things up, recheck to ensure your fletching isn't touching strings and cable either. Also, cam timing. I recently had a new string put on my bow and since then, it was causing a lot of problems. I took it to a different shop because of how bad the one messed things up I didn't trust them to touch it any more. The new shop found so many things wrong it was unbelievable.
I had a huge problem with this when I first started shooting. I was getting so frustrated and every time I turned around was messing with my sights and rest. I thought it was the bow. For 3 months I struggled and I shot a lot then and still do so it was horrible. I never went out to shoot without my allen pack it was so bad. So I started doing some investigating and bow torque came up. I read about open handed shooting and decided to try it. It is the single biggest improvement I have made. Try it even if you have to try using a wrist sling. I don't use one due to it being a natural reaction to grab the bow just after the release to keep from dropping it. I have yet to drop it. It keeps me from torquing it even the slightest bit. As for the string vs face thing. It wont hurt you unless it breaks and if you are worried about that, change the string. If your bow is 2 years old and you haven't had a new one installed it is probably time anyways. Between the two you should improve 100%. I would say do this before you go tinkering with everything on your bow, chances are you may make a bad situation worse if you go messing with it and not taking time to make sure it is you first.
