Bow making a "slapping" noise...***Update***
04-12-2008, 06:22 AM
#21
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Salisbury, NC
Posts: 116
RE: Bow making a "popping" noise...
is the blind elevated or are you shooting downward instead of straight out.
or did it start when you put the bucknasty strings and cables on, now i aint tryin to say nothin bad about em but if you picked up more speed with them that means they may be lighter than your old strings and cables causing everything to work a little faster and the noise may be coming from that.
would get the same effect with lighter arrows as a matter of fact try a heavier arrow to see if it quiets the bow back to normal.
or did it start when you put the bucknasty strings and cables on, now i aint tryin to say nothin bad about em but if you picked up more speed with them that means they may be lighter than your old strings and cables causing everything to work a little faster and the noise may be coming from that.
would get the same effect with lighter arrows as a matter of fact try a heavier arrow to see if it quiets the bow back to normal.
04-12-2008, 09:21 AM
#22
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: North Lima Ohio & Clarion Pa
Posts: 6,453
RE: Bow making a "popping" noise...
You're not wearing a "Wind-Breaker" while you're shooting are you?? 
It made me wonder one night..My bow has always been quiet. and since I never hit my arm it took a few shots... and some quiz-icle looks before I realized what was happening.
It made me wonder one night..My bow has always been quiet. and since I never hit my arm it took a few shots... and some quiz-icle looks before I realized what was happening.
04-12-2008, 12:11 PM
#23
Thread Starter
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Roanoke, Va
Posts: 3,562
RE: Bow making a "popping" noise...
The noise did start after I installed the new strings. I've been meaning to try a heavier arrow but I don't have one. I may make a trip to the shop and borrow to see if there's a difference. I'm shooting straight out of the blind. The bow is making no contact with the blind.
GR8
Haha, no windbreaker.
GR8
Haha, no windbreaker.
04-13-2008, 06:09 AM
#24
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Salisbury, NC
Posts: 116
RE: Bow making a "popping" noise...
take an old arrow and maybe wrap it with some kind of tape to add weight to it and go with a heavier broad head just for testing purposes.
i wasnt thinking of the bow hitting something i was just thinking maybe the angle you were holding the bow at had something to do with it maybe some how making the rest pop.
i wasnt thinking of the bow hitting something i was just thinking maybe the angle you were holding the bow at had something to do with it maybe some how making the rest pop.
04-13-2008, 12:36 PM
#25
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Middletown PA United States
Posts: 3,625
RE: Bow making a "popping" noise...
It could possibly be attributed to string creep. If the string has elongated then the cam could be slightly over rotated which could cause your problem. It doesn't take a whole lot.
