In the field, and especially while hunting, I rarely carry my bow square. A while back I got into the habit of putting a thin black line at my brace height when I crest my arrows. No matter where I go, or what the weather conditions may be, I always have a fast and easy way to check that my brace height is correct. Recently I stopped doing this and have missed having the mark on my arrows while at shoots, so I thought I would start again and share the idea with you.
The procedure is very simple:
- I check my bow with my square to make sure the brace height is properly set.
- I nock an un-crested arrow and make a mark at the brace height with a pencil.
- Then I transfer this line onto my cresting pattern so that all the arrows will be marked in the same location.
While cresting, I place a super thin black line at the brace height. Make sure to check the first arrow on your bow before cresting all your arrows.
Now when I’m in the field, and my arrows are not performing as expected, I have a fast and easy way to confirm that the problem is me and not my bow! Happy shooting everyone.
I just use my hand. Clenched fist with thumb extended
Great Idea, I will start doing that myself. Something so simple I never thought about. Thanks for the tip.
Would not work for us sickos with multiple bows and varying brace heights for each. Same spine so I shoot the same arrows in six different bows.
Same here for my longbows
Hand and thumb
That is a great idea and works well. Thanks for sharing.
My fistmele is my closed right hand with thumb extended…handle to string is exactly what Dave Windauer as it should be on my TD longbow
Have been using a Sharpie reference on crest free shafts for years. Helpful when shooting/streching in a new string.
Great idea, just bought some new wooden shafts and will make that mark. Thanks
That is pretty slick, one more line to add to my cresting.
Great idea!!!