Trophy Taker Pronghorn Troubles

[flatpickinfred]

Hello,

I have posted here a few times but have lurked many times before. I'm having some problems so I thought that I would inquire here. I switched to a Trophy Taker Pronghorn Short bararrow rest about two months ago. I had it installed when I bought it,from the same store that I bought my bow from. I have been shooting like crap since I got it and was starting to loose hope. I starting trying to figure out why. Well it turns out after applying some magic marker to the knot on the trophy takers swivel arm my right side fletching is touching that knot on every shot. Some times more some times less. I experimented with diefferentfletching positions and I'm still not gettingclearance.I had noticed wear on this knot before but I thought that it was from when I drew back the bow. The arrow seemed to lightly rub against this area upon draw. I thought that this seemed a little strange as well. I'm about ready to huck this thing out the window and go back to my whisker biscuit, but that chewed up my fletching really bad. Has any one else had these problems with this rest or any insight how to get complete arrow and fletching clearance with this rest. I'm taking the bow back into the shop tommorow, but at this point I don't have high hopes. Every time take my bow in there I end up going back because they never seem to get it set up right the first time. Unfortunately they are the best shop in town. My frustration level is high.

Thanks

Fred

[hnts2mch]

What is your set up?

I had the same issue and could never figure it out. I am shooting a Supertec it seems that the bows with the shorter brace heights are having that issue.

I swiched to a limb driver.

[MDBUCKHUNTER]

Go back to the shop that sold it and purchase the long bar. That is why TT sells the longer bar.

OR....

Make sure your short bar is set to it's highest position when at full draw.

OR....

Check your nock point for being too high. Sometimes a high nock point can drive the butt of your arrow into the rest.

3 easy fixes.

[flatpickinfred]

Well it looks like my TT troubles are over for now. I'm not sure what they did, I had leave my bow and pick it up later in the day. But it looks like my nock point is now higher. I haven't had a chnace to shoot the bow extensivley but it appears to have complete clearance. I hope this is the end of my problems for now. Hopefully the moved nock point will not be an issue when I paper tune my broadheads soon.

Thanks for the advice.

Fred

[ijimmy]

Another idea that may work is to untie and then burn the end of the rope , then put allitle serving under and that should be lower in profile than a knot

[archer 2]

One other thing to check and watch for is at what place in your draw cycle does the rest come up to full height. If it is coming up too late in the draw the rest will not support the arrow long enough on the shot before the arrow has gained enough speed to keep it going in a straight line. The rest should be at full height by the time you get to 1 1/2 inches from your full draw. This will hold the arrow up long enough so the arrow can gain enough speed and the arrow will go in a straight line instead of dropping down.

[passthru79]

I havent heard of any issues with trophy takers before this, other than the fact that they are unbelievably noisey rests.

[MDBUCKHUNTER]

ORIGINAL: passthru79

I havent heard of any issues with trophy takers before this, other than the fact that they are unbelievably noisey rests.

No, you are thinking of QAD. Those are loud.

[Harleyryder]

Just replaced my Ripcord with the TrophyTaker and guess what ?? MUCH quieter !! But am very interested in this thread to see what solves the problem

[Cougar Mag]

I havent heard of any issues with trophy takers before this, other than the fact that they are unbelievably noisey rests.

You should hear my son's Trophy Taker we just installed.......you can't!