Is my tribute a lemon?
 

I have tried every thing to get it to shoot bullet holes. I can not even get it to tear less than 2” to the left. Hear is everything I have tried,
I have moved the WB in every possible position on the slid with almost no change. I have tried different arrow makes, Gold tip 100 + big games, hunter XT in 7595,and last I tried Beman ICS 340 It never gets better or worse I have all so had 3 different people shoot the bow with the same thing happing.I know that a lot of people say not to worry about paper tuning but I am getting poor grouping to. What do you think I should try next?
the set up
72# 29" left handed tribute
WB2
spot hogg sight
D loop
scott shark release

RE: Is my tribute a lemon?
 

How are you gripping the bow?

You could be grabbing the bow on release causing the bow to torque.

If you have a video camera video yourself shooting if you have any flaws you will be able to see them.

RE: Is my tribute a lemon?
 

I have many different bows and I had no problem paper tuning them. I thought that it had to be me to so I had some of the best shooters I know come over to my house and shoot it but the same tear happened.

RE: Is my tribute a lemon?
 

I would have to agree with Ausie,tape yourself with a Video camera. You will be amazed at some of the things you do and not realize it. [:@]

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have you tried moving the rest up or down? it really sounds like the arrow is bouncing off something

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I can't imagine it being your grip or form because you say you've had 4 different people shoot it all with the same results. So I guess I'm with gibblet in saying start looking at the bow for clearance issues. arrow/cables, arrow/sight gaurd. Just a suggestion. I'm sure no bow tech.

Another thought and I don't know if this would make a difference. Are your cables placed in the cable slide correctly. I don't know if this would even effect anything or not but just a thought.

RE: Is my tribute a lemon?
 

Sorry to hear of your difficulties, sounds like the kind of luck I would have if I bought one [8D].

RE: Is my tribute a lemon?
 

i know from the past that correcting a tear with a biscuit, sometimes you have to do something to that rest that just makes no sense whatsoever.

RE: Is my tribute a lemon?
 

I had a bow throwing the nock down one time and it was causing contact with the biscuits holding bar. Is this the deluxe model? mine was and the holder protruded too far into the vane zone for my vanes.

Do the lipstick on the fletching trick and you should come out of it with 3 red stripes in your whiskers, if not you'll see where your problem lies.

RE: Is my tribute a lemon?
 

Yeah, if you're willing to try different shooters, I'd be willing to try a different rest... If nothing else, just to ease your worries.

RE: Is my tribute a lemon?
 

Also, just back up and see when the arrow is correcting itself....there are times when people get caught up in a perfect hole at point blank range....shoot it at 5 yards and back and see what's happening. Consistancy is the key more so than a perfect hole...keep tinkering, there is a reason your overlooking and without participating I'm not sure what you have or haven't tried over what you wrote.

RE: Is my tribute a lemon?
 

Check your cam timing.

I have found that horrible paper tears that don't seem to be effected by rest position are more than often caused by cams that are slightly out of time.

I have a ProTec that had a tail left tear (left handed bow) regardless of what you did to the rest. 4 twists in the cable and the tear turned into a bullet hole.

It really does not take much to get things out of whack.

RE: Is my tribute a lemon?
 

Get a diferant rest , TT shaky hunter , or the new muzzy made for your bow , or any other rest . The WB can be tricky on some setups

RE: Is my tribute a lemon?
 

Had the same problem with my old pse thunderbolt. The rod that holds the lower cam on was bent. Don't know if this will help but good luck.

RE: Is my tribute a lemon?
 

Of course it is!

No, your bow should be great. I do agree with ijimmy:

I would try another rest, maybe a good quality drop away like the QAD Ultra-Rest...especially if you want to retain a total enclosue feature like the WB.

RE: Is my tribute a lemon?
 

If other shooters get the same results with your bow then I would try a different rest and see what it does. I guess also the obvious things like factory specs, ATA, brace, tiller, cam timing all need to be right but I'm sure you knew that. Hey you may have got a dud from the factory with a bad string or cam or something. It took 6 shots for my equalizer and WB to produce perfect bullets.

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Man, I have seen experienced bowhunters struggle with the WB before. And some get it right quickly.

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What do you have going on there some kind of left handers only group.:DYou say you've tried everything, maybe you have and maybe you haven't. There's a lot you can do to narrow things down not listed (no need too).How far away have you tried shooting through paper? Have you tried different tuning methods? Don't care for WB's myself. Maybe there's something stickyon some hairs.

Try? A crank board may show you if somethingis wrong with the bow. Check the specs.

RE: Is my tribute a lemon?
 

somebody dug this one from deep. this hasn't been current for quite a long time.

RE: Is my tribute a lemon?
 

I guess so! lol