ARROWS NOT HITTING TARGET

[wildcat hunter]

I'm kind of ignorant when it comes to trouble shooting the bow. I made 3 red oak bows and have 4 recurves ( bought ) along with some Osage bows. I LOVE making the bows. Trouble is when I shoot them the arrows always hit to the left ( I'm right handed )AND the arrows hit UP. That is the point is higher than the nock ( 0-25 yards ). ?? Whats wrong.

[ishiwannabe]

Im no expert but it sounds like you need to match the arrows to the bow's poundage, centercut, etc.
I think left is stiff(spine), but Im sure those that KNOW will be along shortly.

[SveinD]

from the sound of it, your arrows are wrong^^
Do you know the specification of the arrows?

[Jesse Peltan]

Your arrows are stiff, and your nocking point is low.

[wildcat hunter]

The arrows are Easton 2219 ( 30") and Terminator 4560 ( carbon ). One bow is a Wing at 36lbs and the others I'm shooting are homemade. They all pull more than the wing.

[Don Stokes]

The 2219's are way too stiff. Don't know carbons.

[wildcat hunter]

Thanks

[Rob DiStefano]

try aiming the arrow, not the bow.  sight down the arrow, use the lie of the shaft to line up with the mark.  doesn't matter what arrow spine, either.

[jcar315]

What eye is your dominant eye? Are you left or right handed?

[wildcat hunter]

OK; when the rain stops I'll try a different shooting style. My right eye is dominant, I'm a right handed shooter.

[shaddow_knyght]

this may just be me, but I have a bad habit of jerking to the left slightly on release, which will send my arrows to the left; A fellow shooter caught me on it and pointed it out so I could watch for it; I also have developed a new bad habit of rying to anchor away from my face, which will also send my shots willy-nilly. I guess always check your form

[shaddow_knyght]

Also those carbons sound too stiff to me

[eric-thor]

http://bowmaker.net/tuning.htm

[Chuck Hoopes]

If you were shooting a 65-75# bow your arrows would be just fine.   You are WAY OVER spined for your bow. Try some cedars spined for your bow poundage.  My experience, particularily with longbows that are not center cut - that lighter spined arrows work better.  For example: if your bow is 50# - arrows spined at 45# are better than those spined at 50#.  Of course, you can find light spined aluminums-- but they don't smell as good as cedars when you break 'em--which isn't often, as they are alot tougher than alums ---Carbons are the toughests. Personally, I only shoot woodies-In my 40yrs of shooting, my experience is that they perform up to about 98% as well as the artifical ones.

[stickbowmaniac]

Defintly sounds like your way over spined to the poundage your shooting.

[kodiakkid]

This is just my opinion but I would ignore the above advice that arrow spine doesn't matter. Arrow spine is very important. I would say that both your arrows are to stiff. Paul<><

[Tom-Wisconsin]

Wildcat
I have a forty pound bow and am using spine .600 Predator II 20/40 lb. carbon arrows bare shafts fly straight with 125 field points. Bare shaft tuning will tell you if your arrows have correct spine.

Tom

[eric-thor]

well just for the record of my experiences. i do believe in shooting the right shaft for your setup,,,, but i have to side a little with rob on this ie....i practice from time to time with a 12 lb bear ranger recurve and shoot 2216's with 125 tips cut 28.5... "if" i shoot good form and a real clean release they fly strait and on target. comon on over ill show ya if u dont believe me.