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Author Topic: Never ending nock high.  (Read 1376 times)

Offline Susquehannariverarcher

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Never ending nock high.
« on: August 30, 2023, 08:38:40 PM »
My arrows fly nock high pretty much wherever my nock point is. Even on fletched arrows. Could it be my form?

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Re: Never ending nock high.
« Reply #1 on: August 30, 2023, 09:34:21 PM »
I'm not the best person to ask but I'm guessing arrow spine.
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Offline Jock Whisky

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Re: Never ending nock high.
« Reply #2 on: August 30, 2023, 10:52:10 PM »
When all else fails try raising your brace height. Worked for me
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Offline JohnnyBa

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Re: Never ending nock high.
« Reply #3 on: August 31, 2023, 05:14:59 AM »
Too low of a nock can cause a nock high indication. I can screw up many a shot with my bad form, but that’s is almost always a left, right, high, low arrow result, but my bad form doesn’t give a nock high result. I think, if you are nock high at impact, go back to 1/2 above for split and 5/8’s for 3 under and start again. Seems u have something going on where arrow is bouncing off shelf to give that result.

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Re: Never ending nock high.
« Reply #4 on: August 31, 2023, 06:54:19 AM »
Post all the specs on your equipment.
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Re: Never ending nock high.
« Reply #5 on: August 31, 2023, 08:32:28 AM »
Post all the specs on your equipment.
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Re: Never ending nock high.
« Reply #6 on: August 31, 2023, 11:50:31 AM »
I see you have just one post. As mentioned above a lot more info is needed.
 How long have you been shooting along with ALL the equipment specs and your age is also helpful. Why age you ask? If you are say 14 you're a sponge for learning. An old fart like some of us can be hard to break old habits but we are here to help.

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Re: Never ending nock high.
« Reply #7 on: August 31, 2023, 02:46:39 PM »
Bow arrow specs would be helpful. I had a similar experience until I watched a video by Ken Beck from Black Widow. He mentioned torquing the string with ring finger causing arrow to bounce on shelf which resulted in nock high. That was my issue and I make sure my hand and string are lined up. It does require a deeper hook on string.

Offline Gordon Jabben

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Re: Never ending nock high.
« Reply #8 on: August 31, 2023, 06:17:03 PM »
When carbon arrows came out and everyone started tuning, I noticed my nocks being high.  I guess they always have been(40+years).  I lowered my nocking point and unlike you, brought the nock in line but my accuracy seemed to suffer especially at close range.  I went back to my old nocking point and haven't worried about it.  I can see with some poorly designed broadheads it might be a problem but I don't think I would worry too much about it. 

Offline Archie

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Re: Never ending nock high.
« Reply #9 on: August 31, 2023, 06:31:37 PM »
Same here.  A trad bow guru told me that since I have a decent callous on the ring finger of my shooting hand, I'm putting excess pressure there, and that also indicated a likely high elbow.  For me... bingo.  At his suggestion, I put an elevated rest on my bow, and again... bingo, the arrows flew like darts.  I always use an elevated rest now, on all my bows.  As a matter of fact... this very week... I became the happy owner of a brand new 56" Cascade Archery Whitetail Hawk that the semi-retired Steve Gorr just made.  Tried shooting it off the shelf, but it was a constant nock-high.  I put a rest on it, and, you guessed it... bingo.  And what a sweet bow that is... but that is off-topic.
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Re: Never ending nock high.
« Reply #10 on: September 01, 2023, 09:27:53 AM »
When I had that problem it was to much FOC.
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Re: Never ending nock high.
« Reply #11 on: September 01, 2023, 01:19:04 PM »
Of you shoot split finger, it's fairly common for finger pressure to cause downward pressure on the arrow at full draw.  This will cause the shaft to flex, and in release it rebounds and bingo, nock high flight
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Re: Never ending nock high.
« Reply #12 on: September 08, 2023, 02:08:35 PM »
I suffered with nock high for a few years and since it was only a two inch tear i let it be. Then Mike palmer said try shooting cock feather in and like magic perfect bullet hole in the paper. Apparently the quil of the feather was hitiing the shelf and popping the arrow up a bit. Try shooting cock feather in and see if that helps.
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Re: Never ending nock high.
« Reply #13 on: September 10, 2023, 05:51:34 AM »
Guys understand unless you have good form or at least consistentsy, and that’s questionable, you can’t even begin to tune. Everything else but a guess
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Re: Never ending nock high.
« Reply #14 on: September 11, 2023, 08:15:30 PM »
Shoot it with feathers and the broadhead you want to hunt with, if it flies good then forget it and go hunting  :thumbsup:

I get nock high sometimes when I bare shaft, I used to spend countless hours trying to get that perfect bareshaft. You have to remember we're not machines, and almost no matter what you do not every shot will be the same. Plus we don't shoot our hunting arrows bare shaft with a field point.

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