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1.5 foot drop between 20 and 30 yd

bowriter said:
I just cjecked my notebook. That bow was sighted in to shoot dead on 25. That put it 1" high at 20; 1.5" low at 30 and 4" low at 35. I shot 2216's with a 125 head. I used only one sight pin and no peep or release.

I believe you have it terribly out of tune among other things.
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all I did with it was turn down the weight and adjust the sight, and use a release. Nothing else.... The bow says it will do 65 lbs I believe. I am using 4560 arrows and the heads are no more than 100 gr.

Maybe it wouldn't hurt to turn up the weight again...
 
I just shot again 20 and 30 yd and it's actually about 11 to 12 inches drop... .still not happy with it, probably going to turn up the weight on my bow
 
Something is definitely off.

Have you spin tested your arrows? I had an arrow fly about 3" higher than my other arrows. It turned out that the suspect arrow had gotten warped after hitting some wood.

BTW it was an all carbon "speed" arrow. Carbon arrows can get warped.
 
UTGrad said:
Something is definitely off.

Have you spin tested your arrows? I had an arrow fly about 3" higher than my other arrows. It turned out that the suspect arrow had gotten warped after hitting some wood.

BTW it was an all carbon "speed" arrow. Carbon arrows can get warped.
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all 3 arrows fly about the same I think. I do need to buy some more but I don't think it's the arrows....

I wont turn it up to where I struggle to pull it... but I have been pulling it long enough I can turn the weight up a bit. Just need to find the right size allen wrench lying around...
 
Hope you get it figured out catman! The bow might just need a good tune up.
Are you practicing good form when you shoot? Like not dropping your bow arm at the shot and practicing follow through? I struggled with both of these when I first started shooting and it showed up on the target!
 
Man you have GOT to take that bow to a professional and make sure it is tuned and set up right. When you adjust draw weight, the turn must be the same on each limb. You decide that by measuring the limb, not how far you turn the bolt.

There are all sort of things that must be measured and adjusted for a bow to be properly tuned. Then, you have the arrows tuned if you are shooting broadheads. Other than badly out of tune or wrong arrows, I can thik of no way you can have that much drop in 10-yards.

I strongly suggest you just bute the bukket and spend some money on a professional tune up. You can not do it yourself. In the friendliest way, I am saying that is impossible. You just don't have the tools or the knowledge. All you are doing now is costing yourself money in the longrun and hunting time.
 
bowriter said:
Man you have GOT to take that bow to a professional and make sure it is tuned and set up right. When you adjust draw weight, the turn must be the same on each limb. You decide that by measuring the limb, not how far you turn the bolt.

There are all sort of things that must be measured and adjusted for a bow to be properly tuned. Then, you have the arrows tuned if you are shooting broadheads. Other than badly out of tune or wrong arrows, I can thik of no way you can have that much drop in 10-yards.

I strongly suggest you just bute the bukket and spend some money on a professional tune up. You can not do it yourself. In the friendliest way, I am saying that is impossible. You just don't have the tools or the knowledge. All you are doing now is costing yourself money in the longrun and hunting time.
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oh I know I can not tune it myself and wouldn't even try... since reading some of the replies on this thread I have started considering getting it tuned and now I think I will have to set aside the money to do so if I want to archery hunt this year. How much do you usually pay at your average bow shop for a tune up?

Headhunter said:
Catman, if you come through LaVergne, I will be glad to look at it. I have a clue.
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Thanks for the offer man. I will let you know if I am headed that way...
 
There are prob a few guys in here that have the tools and knowledge that would help you out for free or little cost AND they would teach you some stuff at the same time.
 

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