Originally Posted by
BGfisher
It could also be that in order to shoot longer distances you naturally have to anchor just a bit different and may be looking through the peep just a little different---because of the angle for shooting that far.
I know I used to do this when shooting field. I had to adjust my peep for short distances so I was looking through it on the high side so that I was looking through the center for the long shots. It wasn't much, but it did make a difference.
Now whether this has any bearing on the sight marks I couldn't say. That was over 30 years ago and my brain doesn't function well with the past. Too busy living today.
Bingo!
You are probably just changing your anchor point when you make larger moves with the sight... Do you line the sight housing up in the peep everytime??? If so, then you are mildly changing your anchor point with distance. Most people never notice the affects, but maybe you are changing a bit more than you think. If you are shooting well, I wouldnt worry about it.
Physically, it is w/out a doubt IMPOSSIBLE for the arrow to accelerate once it is a few feet from the bow. The only way that could happen is if a sudden 100+mph wind gust came from behind. And that still probably couldnt accelerate it, just slow down the decel. Even if your FOC was super low, and your bow was WAYYY out of tune, it couldnt happen.
Let em' fly!!!