BamaHuntin

I'm having problems sighting in my bow and was wondering if my peep may be off a little.I read in a book if you close your eyes and draw your bow,when you open your eyes you should be looking through your peep.I did that while in the houseand it seemed fine.Today while shooting in the yard I happened to catch myself tilting my head down everytime I drew to see through the peep.It was very little but I figured a little is a lot 30 yards away.Would that cause my sites to shoot low.Right now I have my 30 yard pin set to shoot as high as it will go and it still shoots about 6 inches too low.I thought to go look at my old sightsand noticed that they were maxed out as high as they would go as well.New archer here so forgive the lack of knowledge.
Thanks,
James

pdoughertyMU

im a huge noob, but i would think that if your peep is too low, wouldn't you fix it just to rule that out? i would fix it even if it wasn't the cause of the problem. But again, im a noob.

CoyoteHowler

BamaHuntin ... As in the State? I am from Alabama and miss the pines now that I am in Texas ... If the peep was OK then all of a sudden it changed I wouldthink one of two things. The peep slipped on the string or you changed your anchor point some. Just a thought

BamaHuntin

I plan to fix the peep regardless I was just wondering if it could becausing my problem?I believe it's a problem that I'vebeen shooting with but I did'nt notice until I got a new sight.I kept adjusting and adjusting until it was set to shoot as high as it would go then I thought whats wrong.Just out of curiousity I checked my old sight and could see where I had done the same thing and adjusted the sight all the way but I guess it had enough adjustment to get me up there.
My biggest question is I did'nt know if raising my peep would make me shoot even lower or maybe it's my problem all together.Like you mentioned, I'm going to fix it I was just wondering if it's supposed to bring my arrows higher or lower.
Man I feel like a geek,I'll get'r figuered out though.
James

Rammer

Can you move your whole sight lower and still clear the arrow, that should solve your problem of bottoming out your pins.

hunter9022

Your peep should always be perfect when you anchor. And the draw back with your eyes closed method is the best way to determine if it has moved any. I mean, if the rear sight on the back of your rifle moves, to just adjuxt for it with the front? I dont think so. Make sure your peep is in the right place every time or it WILL have an effect on your arrow.

Dr Andy

When fully drawn your peep should be on a parallel line with your eye. Additionally I adjust the frame of my front sight to line up with my peep. If you have all three lined up you set the pins and you should be consistant

treehunter

Are you going to take it back to Wileys and have them check it for you?

BamaHuntin

Going to try and take it to Wileys today and have them look at it.I already triedmoving the whole sight lower and it still shoots low.Hopefully I'll be able to get it figured out today.
Thanks,
James

treehunter

Let me know what you find out.