From: Knifeguy
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Date: 28-May-19 |
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So the other day I was shooting my 44# 1957 Bear Kodiak using some POC arrows that I made last year that spine 50-55# and average 475 to 490 grain. I grabbed 4 arrows, 3 of which went into the kill zone on the deer target face and a 4th that went into the butt area. Naturally I thought it was me. I pulled the errant arrow out and shot it first the next time around. Same results, it went way left into the butt and the other 3 were “kills”! So I tried again after marking that arrow, shot the 4 arrows again and one went left into the butt again. I walked up and sure enough it was the same arrow. So my next thought was that I really couldn’t explain it to myself. So I took said left flying arrow, looked at a spot 10” or so to the right of the kill zone, let loose and the arrow went to the kill zone. Then repeat, same result. Shot again concentrating on the kill zone and the arrow went left into the butt again! Any thoughts! The arrow is “retired” as of now. Thanks, Lance
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From: dean
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Date: 28-May-19 |
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Nock crooked? Turn it 180.
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From: dean
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Date: 28-May-19 |
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Flare grain? Turn the nock to the left. 120 degrees. If it still shoot ten inches off, cut it net length and call it a bird arrow.
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From: Dennis in Virginia
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Date: 28-May-19 |
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I would check for a bend just in front of or in the feathers before changing the nock orientation.
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From: dean
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Date: 28-May-19 |
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I think it is bouncing off of the bow. Bad flared out shafts can be one spine on one end and another spine at the other. I have seen two tapered shafts that the taper was off center, that is two out of hundreds. The reason they make good net length bird arrows is because you are probably going to miss by more than they fly off anyway, then when you cannot find it back, no harm no foul.
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From: aromakr
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Date: 28-May-19 |
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Have you checked the spine on all the arrows? You didn't say how far you were shooting. I too would try rotating the shaft 180 degrees without doing anything else.
Try flexing the shaft like you would do when straightening an arrow and see if the shaft rotates in your hand to a weak side, some times you will find a shaft that has a much weaker side than the other.
Bob
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From: raghorn
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Date: 28-May-19 |
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Check the spine with spine tester. Sometimes wood can spine different with a 90 deg turn of the shaft.30 years ago I had a wood arrow do that, it had a four fletch.... nock it one it flew perfect, turn it 180 and it would hit someplace else.
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From: DarrinG
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Date: 28-May-19 |
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I'd suggest the nock is on the shaft wrong with the grain, making it weaker, as Bob suggested.
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From: Jim
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Date: 28-May-19 |
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Sounds like crooked nock or a bad nock taper.
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From: crookedstix
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Date: 28-May-19 |
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Cedar makes a great fire starter...
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From: George Tsoukalas
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Date: 28-May-19 |
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It could be over spined. Try putting on a heavier point. Jawge
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From: Knifeguy
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Date: 28-May-19 |
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Thanks for the suggestions, there are a couple here that didn’t occur to me. I’ll start by rotating the nock. I spined all of the arrows, including turning them 180* and I thought they were alright. I’ll be in touch. Lance
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From: Dry Bones
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Date: 28-May-19 |
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Glad you are asking the question and doing the homework. I had one that would never go with the rest. It became "un-made"..
-Bones
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From: Grizzly
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Date: 28-May-19 |
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Bent shaft Incorrect spine
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From: Grizzly
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Date: 28-May-19 |
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Different point weight to the other arrows Shaft grain run out is different to the other shafts
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From: Grizzly
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Date: 28-May-19 |
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Nock is not orientated correctly against wood grain.
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From: HerbP
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Date: 29-May-19 |
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Shoot it into the horizon in memory of Bart Starr!!
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From: George D. Stout
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Date: 29-May-19 |
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There is no one here who can tell you exactly what's wrong Lance. You will figure it out, could be one of several things including an anomaly in the wood itself. Typically it's a spine thing, but those cussed dynamics can screw us up.
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From: Stringmaker
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Date: 29-May-19 |
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I once had a wood arrow that would shoot about 8" high every shot. Never did figure it out - spine, nock, straightness, everything I could check was checked. I believe like George stated, that every once in a while you will get a wood shaft with some anomaly in the wood itself that makes it do something different . . . that arrow didn't stay around . . .
Make them and shoot them before hunting with them to make sure you don't have an anomaly!
Michael
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From: Stringmaker
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Date: 29-May-19 |
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I once had a wood arrow that would shoot about 8" high every shot. Never did figure it out - spine, nock, straightness, everything I could check was checked. I believe like George stated, that every once in a while you will get a wood shaft with some anomaly in the wood itself that makes it do something different . . . that arrow didn't stay around . . .
Make them and shoot them before hunting with them to make sure you don't have an anomaly!
Michael
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From: Redneck Engineer
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Date: 29-May-19 |
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I think it is a very weak spine arrow shaft. I know weak spines shoot to the right and stiff to the left. But in my experience, that is only true if the spine is only off a little. If the spine is very weak, for a right eyed, right handed shooter, the arrow will shoot to the left and it can be 1.5 feet at 20 yards.
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