feather hitting hand

[skinner biscuit]

#7335

Hello, been shooting my new predator hunter bow. Ive bare shaft tuned it and getting good arrow flight. The fletching is hitting my bow grip hand and after awhile is drawing a little blood.Am I doing something wrong, is this from the bow being cut past center shelf? Should I use a elevated rest? Never had this problem with my other bows.Please advise. Thanks!

[Troy Breeding]

#60698

If your drawing blood, it sounds like you might need to raise your nocking point a tiny bit. The only way feathers would ever touch your hand is a low nocking point. This causes the arrow to ride too long on the shelf.

Troy

[skinner biscuit]

#60712

My nocking point is set at 3/8″ with a bow square.At a 1/2″ I was getting nock high.

[Raymond Coffman]

#60725

skinnerbiscuit —

the only time I have had this happen to me was when i shot right wing helical fletched arrows [ I am right handed]. they hit my bow [left] hand {1st finger} if I choked up too high on the handle—-it does not happen with left hel – for me anyway

Scout

[Troy Breeding]

#60731

skinner biscuit wrote: My nocking point is set at 3/8″ with a bow square.At a 1/2″ I was getting nock high.

Are you shooting carbon or alum. with uni-nocks?

If so just twist the shaft a little bit so that the cock feather is either slightly higher or lower instead of sticking straight out.

Troy

[skinner biscuit]

#60790

I am shooting right wing helical easton alum. with snap on nocks.Hate to have to get a left wing clamp for my bitzenberger as I have a bunch of ring wing feathers..oh well.

[Raymond Coffman]

#60806

skinnerbiscuit

try shifting the shaft/nock slightly as troy mentioned.

I have also heard that one can just turn the cock feather in { towards the window }and it will shoot fine and not bite. worth checking – especially if you have a lot of right wing feathers

Scout

[skinner biscuit]

#60834

I might add that I have shot cock feather in and still got a bite.To be honest I could live with it as long as it isnt effecting my arrow flight.

[Hiram]

#60948

Arrow too stiff? not making the proper S curve around the window?

[Troy Breeding]

#61505

No need in buying another clamp. I shoot arrows fletched both ways and have never had a problem with one wing or the other drawing blood.

If you feel the bearshafting is good then it has to be some micky mouse problem that can be solved.

Sometimes something as simple as raising the brace heigth of the bow can solve a slight problem with out changing the tune enough to notice.

Troy

[Stephen Graf]

#62338

I had a bow that bit when first set up. I had to lower the nock set on the string to achieve good arrow flight, and the bite went away…

[Troy Breeding]

#62401

Steve,

Hahahahahaha!!! Just goes to prove nothing in the line of archery is written in stone. What works for one may be just the opt. for someone else.

Troy

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#62433

I think I figured it out. I was holding the grip with my hand right next to the shelf. I changed my grip just slightly and dont have a problem anymore .Thanks for all your input!

[bruc]

#62664

What would be wrong with just elevating the rest an 1/8 or a 1/4 with some of the self-adhesive rest material?

Bruce

[Troy Breeding]

#62816

Bruce,

Wouldn’t hurt a thing. Sometimes that is one way to lift the shaft off your hand without have to change your grip.

Troy

[skinner biscuit]

#8435

I dug through a box of old arrows givin to me and found a 2018 and a 2016 easton alum. Cut the fletching off and shot bare shaft. The 2018 gave perfect flight, I could hit my aming spot at 25 yards with no flecthing.Ordered some will see how they go with fletching.

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