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Main Boards => The Shooters FORM Board => Topic started by: Sticks2117 on May 23, 2010, 06:04:00 PM
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I am shooting a GN critter gitter. I am having trouble with my arrows cutting my bow hand. I have matched arrows that shoot well. I have adjusted the nock to the proper position. I have tried two under and three under and cant seem to alleviate the problem just wondering if any one has any other ideas :help:
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go to home depot and get a lite pair of pig skin and breathable web material for the bow hand. If everything else is good, why change it?
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Thanks Mike I'll just continue to shoot with the glove on my bow hand.
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I get cuts with my Hill longbow if I use right wing feathers (I'm right handed). I don't have that problem with left wing.
You could also rotate your nocks.
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It happens with 3 feathers or 4 feathers I have always shot left wing due to rotation. The handle is hill type not indexed like my bear patriot.
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sometmes it happens to me in sperts im not sure why must have something to do with how i grab the bow some of the time .its been a while synce its happend but ive been changing allot of things in my form and all aspects there of . gl play with how you hold the bow its probably a very small adjustment .
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there is a tendency to lift the index finger with a straight or dished grip for some. If you are a lefty right wing feathers will be better for this, if you are righty with left wing fletch you can rotate the arrow counter clock wise to the nock a little to turn the bottom feather into the bow.
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Like pavan says, sometimes a slight nock rotation will take care of it. Also make sure you add a drop of glue to the end of your fletch so the feather quill doesn't bite you. If all else fails, just wear the glove. Many self bow shooters use a glove because most shoot off the top of their nuckles and it works great for them.
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A dab of glue on the front edge of each feather is a good idea as Doc P suggests. Might also raise your nock point a little and/or shoot cock feather in. Each of those provide more feather clearance. Can also simply position your hand a little lower on the grip.
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You can also raise your bow shelf by adding something like a piece of leather, then putting anytype material you would normally use on your shelf.
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I had same problem with a Hill bow. Never did solve the problem. Got rid of the bow when my shoulder started giving me problems (to heavy). The glove sounds like the best solution.
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Yups ... I have the same problem ... the feathers cutting into my index finger on my bow hand.
I have been shooting with a leather glove ... and as you can see after two years of shooting the feathers are starting to rip the glove apart ... I guess I need a new one ... ;-(
I am shooting a Tomahawk SS longbow ...
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I use a golf glove :)
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Try shooting cock feather in. I know it goes against everything we were ever taught and intuitively seems like a bad idea. I was having that problem with one of my bows and flipped the arrow over and problem solved. No ill affect on arrow flight.
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increase your brace height a tad
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I have found in my selfbows that I shoot off of the hand that if I raise my nock point a bit higher that I bleed less. Been looking at a shooting glove marketed by Three Rivers that might help.
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Thanks fellows with all of your help I am shooting this bow without a glove (on my bow hand) and it has become a shooter!!! :archer2:
Thanks to all of you
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had the same problem, ask the same question. rotating the nock helped mine go away, per advice here. thanks to all who answered my question also
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i asked a bowyer about it and he said to serve under my nock and i hardly ever touch it anymore
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I have only experienced this with RW feathers. I'm a right hand shooter. With LW never a problem.
Mike
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I have that problem when I first burn new arrows. I found that if I hit the feathers with light sandpaper or a small file after I burn them that seems to take the bite out of the feathers also.