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Bear:
Hey PA gang. Been a while since I posted here. Cranked out four bows real fast earlier in the year and think I needed a little break. Been having some real accuracy problems so I'm shooting more than building.

Anyway, my snake bow (Vodoo Child) required a bit more tweeking to get it closer to center. I have the string lined up real nice on the shelf now, but I'm still shooting way left. The good news is I can keep them all in deer heart group at 15 yds, but that group is 9" to the left and high of where it was supposed to be.

Vodoo Child has honestly turned out to be the most stabel and sweetest shooting bow I own, including glass bows. I put a 8 strand D97 string on it (padded in the loops of course), and man that thing smokes! And absolutely silent and dead in the hand.

It's about 52# at 29". My arrows are 50-55 with 125 up front. Could a much heavier point help? Weaker spine? Or is this just part of getting trained over to selfbows instead of glass bows? I remember Pappy once told me he could take his Widow out any time and shoot a tight group at 20 yds... a foot to the right, because of the difference in the way a selfbow lines up.

Any help would be appreciated.

El Destructo:
Does the Bow have a cut in Shelf?? If not 55 pound spine is way too high for a Selfbow shooting off your hand....try 45 pounds on the Spine....all of my Bows are 68 inches long and around 50-60 pounds and I shoot all of my Arrows at 45 pound Spine....JMO

GregB:
Hi Alex,
There is a definite difference typically between shooting a center-shot recurve and a selfbow. Your arrows may be spline a little heavy for the bow and a heavier point could help as you mentioned. Mainly as long as you're getting good arrow flight, I'd suggest only shooting your selfbow and getting used to the sight picture versus switching back and forth some if that might be the case. Pappy gets away with shooting multiple bows during the season, but they're all selfbows and shoot very similarly. I'm hoping to use three different selfbows myself this year if it works out that I'm successful with each.  :)

Hillbilly:
 I used to have the same problem when I started shooting selfbows. Canting the bow will help if you're shooting straight up. Probably just too stiff arrows. You can try a lower spine or leave them a couple-three inches longer.

FlintWalker:
If you're shooting high left it's very likely a stiff spine problem, especially if you're canting your bow.
 A stiff arrow will shoot left for a right handed shooter if you hold your bow perfectly vertical.  As you cant the top limb of the bow to the right (like most of us do), that left flying arrow becomes high left.
 If you do cant, try this.  Hold it straight and see if they still hits as high.  If it don't, I guarantee it's a spine thang. ;)
  I also agree with Micheal. About 45lbs spine would be what I'd use.

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