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Canoe:
Howdy Group,

Recently, I've made a few boo arrow shafts.  And, a whole ago, I made a half doz. Red Oak dowel arrows. 

When shooting these arrow shafts, I am consistently hitting the target sideways with the feathered ends leaning toward the left. (Note: I am a lefty.) 

To my knowledge, this would suggest that my arrows are too stiff - over spined.  Is this correct?  Or might there be be some other factor(s) at play here?  Could it be something like the string rolling off my fingers?  (Or perhaps, there's some other questionable style / shooting technique at play here?)

The shafts have a fairly wide range in spine, (tried as I did to make them consistant.) 

Of the two boo shafts (without feathers) the first one was spined at about 60# over its 30" length.  (This arrow cracked after just four shots.)  My second boo shaft was spined at about 55# over its 30" Length.  (This shaft cracked after about 20 shots.)  And yes, I knocked these shafts so that the stiffest side was against the strike plate. 

Similarly, with my Red Oak dowel arrows (with the feathers on) are also all hitting the target with the feathers leaning strongly to the left.
The spine on these Oak arrows range from 45# to 65# with most of them between 50# to 55#.  Yet, again, all of these arrows are leaning strongly to the left.

I'm shooting from six yards out, and my bow is 47#@28" with about 66" length.  It is a well tillered, stiff handled, Red Oak, board bow.

My shooting style seems to be ok.  I'm pretty new to prim. archer, although I have been shooting wheelled bows for about 30 years.

Why is this happening?
Any questions / comments are great welcomed, and thanks for reading,
Canoe

FlintWalker:
Too stiff.  How heavy are the tips?

artcher1:
How wide a handle are you shooting around?  Six yards is mighty close for all but a perfectly tuned arrow to recover, and that's with a great release. You sure you got your bow straight? String out of alignment will cause you problems as will limbs twisting. Could be your arrows but wouldn't hurt to take a closer look at your bow IMO. Are you drawing a full 28"? ART B

markinengland:
Where are you drawing to? Under your eye?

Might be worth resurrecting a release aid if you have one and see if the problem goes away. This might show it to be your release.

Also worth asking a friend you trust to shoot your bow and arrows. If the problem goes away it is you, if not it is probably the gear!

Canoe:
Howdy Mark, Artcher, sawFiler, and Group,

Well, thanks for the reply, guys... 

My tips are 125 gr. 

My bow has a cut-in arrow window which puts my arrows about a 1/4" from on-center.

I'll back up to 10yd. to see if things straighten themselves out.
 
I'm sure there's no limb twist, and I'm sure the string is running true through center.

"Are you drawing to full 28in."  That's a really good question.  I may be drawing only to 27" or 26-1/2".  Would that make a whole lot of difference?

I'll pull out my old mechanical release and see if that makes a huge difference.

Thanks again for the replies / suggestions.  I'll go out and do a little experimenting and then get back to you all.

Canoe

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