Bow cant and string slap

[Jakeemt]

I really enjoy shooting my bow canted but it slaps the heck out of me a lot of times. When I shoot it vertically it rarely happends and I can tell my release was poor wehn it does. Bow is a 64 inch recurve braced at 7. I can go as high as a 9 inch height. Any tips or suggestions.

[damascusdave]

I have about a 30 inch draw length which gives me a 21 inch power stroke with a bow braced to 9 inches...I tend to brace my bows (I think I have about 15 right now) high for that reason...a couple of my bows are pretty close to the 9 inch mark...brace 'em high I say...and see if that helps

DDave

[petalumapete]

you might look at how you hold the bow to see if maybe you are torquing the riser.
kind of sounds like that might be the problem.
I'm no expert but I normally adjust the brace height to find the spot that has the least hand shock and is the quietest shot.
In my opinion the brace height has nothing to do with arm slap.

[Arkansas Osage]

Brace height doesnt matter, its all in your grip and elbow positioning. Roll your elbow out, and lay the bow against the muscle of your thumb. If nothing else wear an arm guard.

[gringol]

This might belong in pow-wow?

Brace height can make a difference, but most guys set brace height in order to tune the bow, not to avoid string slap.   Ever heard a wheelie guy complain about string slap?  It almost never happens with compounds because the brace heights are much higher than they are on most trad bows.
If you can raise the brace height w/o sacrificing tune it's worth looking into imo.

That said, usually grip is the problem.  Try rotating the heal of your bow-hand away from the riser a bit.  Your elbow will rotate a bit with it and that may be all you need.

[Arkansas Osage]

Originally posted by gringol:
... usually grip is the problem.  Try rotating the heal of your bow-hand away from the riser a bit.  Your elbow will rotate a bit with it and that may be all you need.

QFT.

[Jakeemt]

Looks like I need to check the mirror. My grip when bow is vertical is good maybe I am altering it slightly when canted.

[Arkansas Osage]

Its most likely that when your vertical you hold your elbow out, and when you cant the bow over you straighten your elbow out, pulling it closer in to alligning with the string and riser. Really try to not straigten your arm out when its canted and roll that elbow out.

[NBK]

Originally posted by Arkansas Osage:
Brace height doesnt matter, its all in your grip and elbow positioning. Roll your elbow out, and lay the bow against the muscle of your thumb. If nothin
g else wear an arm guard.

Yep.

I never wear an armguard.  Rotate that elbow out and you are good to go.

[Arkansas Osage]

Originally posted by NBK:
 

Originally posted by Arkansas Osage:
Brace height doesnt matter, its all in your grip and elbow positioning. Roll your elbow out, and lay the bow against the muscle of your thumb. If nothin
g else wear an arm guard.

Yep.

I never wear an armguard.  Rotate that elbow out and you are good to go. [/b]

I don't wear an armguard with bows that have brace heights of 7.5+ but on bows, like my osage selfbow that has a brace height of 5.5" you bet your sweet bippy I wear an arm guard, and you would too. It doesn't matter how you hold, grip, or position your elbow with that brace height, its gonna gitchya right above the wrist.

[NBK]

His brace is 7.