past 20 yards

MarineStud · 09-04-2004, 03:18 PM

i was sighting my bow in today(I use a savage pendulum) and from 10 to 20 yards i was dead on but once i got past 20 yards my arrows started drifting left. i shoot muzzy's and have whisker biscuit. any ideas what is causing this?

Ohio Bowhunter75 · 09-04-2004, 06:19 PM

Have you paper tuned the bow at 20 yards?Shoot it thru paper at twenty and see what it looks like.The farther the shot the farther you will be off if you are out of center.

Bigpapascout · 09-04-2004, 06:46 PM

you are probably leaning your bow in the direction you are shooting off without knowing it and that will make you shoot left that is the reason most field and 3D shooters use a level on our scope.

another thing It can be is that at that range if you are using 4" or longer feathers the arrow slows down a lot faster and also stops spinning which when the arrow slows its spin it will not stabelize the arrow as good as it once was at 20 yards.

Kelly/KY · 09-04-2004, 08:35 PM

I agree that paper tuning is the way to start, but in my opinion nothing tells that you off center with the rest then moving back and shooting from further distances. You may need to fix your centershot.

stealthman · 09-06-2004, 02:28 PM

A good sight with a bubble is a "MUST" and a quality stabilizer will do wonders for your groups at longer distance!
I would recomend a stabilizer 6 inches or longer with some mass weight to it.......the ultra lightweight ones out there really do nothing as far as helping "stabilize" the bow for better accuracy,which is the stabilizers first job!
In most cases the heavier setup will "AIM" better.......your setup is to light if the pin "darts" around while pinning the target!!!!!!

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burniegoeasily · 09-07-2004, 12:54 PM

IF you paper tune and find no problem, then Id suggest form. You might be griping upon release, causing the bow to move just a little. Or you might be leaning the bow.

Rangeball · 09-07-2004, 01:02 PM

Unless you're eye is sighting your one pin EXACTLY over the arrow shaft, this is common. Sounds like this isn't the case, your eye is a tad left of the shaft, pin is set so arrow hits where your eye sights at the set. To do so, it starts from the right, hits exact spot, then continues traveling in a straight line, that is now to the left of your sight.

Imagine a very tal "^". The left leg is your line of sight, the right is the arrows path, the point is where these two straight lines intersect. Going past this point will look like "X", with the arrow line now impacting to the left of your sight line.

Fine tuning like recommended above will lesson the effect of this phenomena...