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First try at Osage
Muskyman:
Okay, so I’m dredging up this post. I let this bow sit for a few months to dry. Harvested in late September last year. Was a piece of scrap from my harvest.
Anyway I finished it off tru-oiled it and it’s pretty nice but, it shoots left constantly left. I have two test arrow kits from 3 rivers from 35 to 80 lbs. all shoot left. Some nock left and some nock right. Always to the left regardless of nock position. Is it me or the bow? I can’t my bow pretty good and am going to set my phone up so I can see myself at full draw to check my alignment.
Could it be the bow itself? Seems to shoot good, the few shots I’ve taken. 55 to 60 lb arrows seem to stick in the target the straightest. Bow is around 46-48 lbs. shots were from about 20-24 feet. Raining here today so shooting indoors. Maybe it’s my form but never had a problem before. Made a hickory bow about the same weight and it seemed to shoot straight enough.
bentstick54:
My handles are very similar to yours. Handles are 1” wide, fades are 1-1/2” at widest point. The arrow will point hard left when sitting on the string at brace. I shoot a 12 strand D97 string, and have a full 28” draw.
Shooting DF, I cut my arrows 28-1/2” to back of point, and run 35/40# spine out of my 46# bows,and 40/45# spine out of my 50# bows. This is with 125 gr points, and 3-3” feathers.
When I first made the switch from recurves to this style of selfbow, shooting instinctively, I would always shoot left 4-6 “ depending on shot distance. I had to learn to look down the entire length of the shaft consciously to get things moved to the right. Eventually my brain recalibrated to subconsciously point the whole shaft to the target, and not just the end of the shaft.
Not saying this will work for you, but just my experience.
bentstick54:
Here’s a photo of my last bow, for handle comparison.
Muskyman:
Thanks bentstick.. I’m not 100 percent sure what I’m doing while aiming, I’m pretty much instinctive with shooting. I do see the arrow with my peripheral vision but don’t consciously site down the shaft. Probably line the tip up but, I think my shooting form is more of how I line my arrow up. Never really thought about it much honestly. I did make a discovery today, I think. Had a test kit of arrow tip weights and put a 190 grain tip on. Old ones were 125. I’ve only shot 1 shot so far but it seemed to shoot pretty much right on for left and right. Seemed to have a little nock high. Still have to do some more shooting but hoping it does the trick
Thanks for the reply though. Let you know what I find out later today if I can do a little shooting.
bentstick54:
Nock high should mostly be string nock adjustment, or possibly brace height adjustment.
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