Watching the arrow fly

[bsoper]

Watching my arrow, how should I see it fly to my target? Should I just see a straight path, or will there be some wobbling due to the paradox? My brother said when standing at the side, he can see it bend and flex on it's way to the target. I'm hitting my target but, I don't know if there should be any bending or if it should just fly absolutely straight and my tuning and form needs adjustment.

[PrarrieDog]

When I have a perfect release, I see nothing but the nock with the edges of the feathers turning.
Unfortunatly I don't always have a perfect release.

[McDave]

You would have to have pretty good eyes to see the wobble due to paradox.  If you see wobble, the chances are your arrows are not tuned well for your bow and you should spend some time with arrow spine and nock position, and/or your release is not as good as it should be.

[bsoper]

Hmm the arrows shot perfectly for the guy who made me the bow, so it must be my release. I will work on that. Thanks guys.

[McDave]

Another possibility is that the guy who made you the bow has a different draw length than you do, or possibly one of you has a dynamic release and the other doesn't, or one may have shot split fingers and the other 3 under.  Any of those could result in an arrow being spined correctly for one person and not the other, or the nock point being correct for one person and not the other, even though both people had clean releases.

[Don Stokes]

If you're trying to watch the arrow flight, it may be affecting your form. You should just shoot naturally, remembering to follow through on the shot, and if you see wobble something needs adjustment.

[BobCo 1965]

Originally posted by Don Stokes:
If you're trying to watch the arrow flight, it may be affecting your form. You should just shoot naturally, remembering to follow through on the shot, and if you see wobble something needs adjustment.

Yup, that's for sure.

Maybe try to have someone else watch the arrow or even better video it if you have the means. Personally, the arrow only enters my sight picture in my peripheral vision and my concentration is on my form and target.

[wtpops]

We canot see paradox. You should see a nock with feathers spinning around it.

And as said dont peek around to see your arrow.

[bsoper]

Thanks for the help guys. I'm pretty sure it's a release/form issue. I didn't even think about peaking at the arrow ruining the shot. I will go to work on this stuff today.

[longbowguy]

Maybe not. I do my final arrow tuning at around 20 yards with the setting sun behind me. I like to set the nock height so I can see the arrow rise and begin to turn over to horizontal. By focussing my eyes in space short of the target I can sometimes see the arrow still wig-wagging a bit. Trust me, they are still wig-wagging at that distance, it is just that most guys cannot see it.

But mostly, with good tune I see the arrow come up and level off then show just a glimpse of a whirling ball of feathers as the target stops it. - lbg