I got my bow tuned up to 65 pounds yesterday. Of course when I got home I had to shoot it, to get it sighted back in right. It had been on 55 pounds, and I usually wore an armguard and it never hit me. Now that I increased the poundage, the damn string is putting whelps on my arm. I don't know what else to do except wear the armguard. Does anybody have any solutions?

are you locking your elbow??

That may be it....let me shoot later on tonight and see what I come up with.

What kind of bow are we talking about? As in what is the brace height. Unless you have a very low brace height normally hitting your arm is an indication of being over bowed or having improper form. You may have too long of a draw, or you grip the bow in a way that it puts your arm very close to the string. With a proper draw length and if you grip the bow with your knuckles to a 45 degree angle to the riser and have a slight bend in your bow arm it should not be an issue. Going too deep on your grip and being a bit long on draw length is a bruise waiting to happen in most cases. And then upping your poundage doesn't help matters.

Just out of curiousity why did you up your draw weight that much? If your arrows were for the lower draw weight you will most likely need different arrows now, they will be really underspined. That should not effect the bow hitting your arm though.

Paul

I did buy different arrows, I have been bowhunting for 25 years, I think I know what to do, not be a smartass or anything. I upped my poundage because my bow was shooting unbelievably slow. I just got this bow, and got it custom from local bow shop. So you are probaly right, just not getting the same form as I had before.

Well I know plenty of people that have bowhunting for 20 plus years that think they know what they are doing but are actually clueless about how a bow works or tuning it. I just thought I would throw out the most common things that came to mind.

I'm sorry for questioning your experience, but that is a pretty novice question to ask. And you did ask for advice. With 25 years you should already know the answer shouldn't you? You would be very surprised at how many up thier weight and give no concern to what arrows they shoot or re-tuning the bow. And most shoot way too much poundage and more draw length then they need as well because they are concerned with speed. Then they wonder why they get bit by the string or can not hold the bow steady.

And even if you knew the answer, or that you should have gotten different arrows others browsing this site and reading this post might not.

I'm not trying to be a smart ass either, just explaining why I said it. That is the problem with the internet, you can't here someones inflection when they speak so you don't know how they really mean it.

Paul

Ditto.

Sounds like a problem with your form due to the extra draw weight. Make sure you have the grip on the meaty part of your thumb and you're not locking out your elbow or shoulder.