shooting wood / carbon / wood / carbon / wood question

[Chad R]

I have been switching back and forth between wood and carbon.  I was shooting wood tonight and noticed that my arrows were all hitting a foot high at 8 yards.  This has happened before after shooting carbon for a while.  My wood arrows are 11/32 and my carbons are 9/32.  Does this happen if you are shooting totally instinctive?  Could it be I'm looking down the arrow more than I think I am?  I am wondering if it is just me or if this happens to others.  It takes me shooting dozens of arrows to get adjusted back.  Could it be my nocking point has to be moved?  I think they both paper tune good.  Any thoughts would be appreciated.  

Thanks,
Chad

[ishiwannabe]

Different weights? Lighter woodies hitting high?

[Chad R]

Good thought on the weights.  They are about the same.... around 435 grains.  Cedar with 125 grain tip and Epic 600 with 225 grain tip.  The carbon is a lot more weight forward.

[Cherokee Scout]

The fact that the woods are thicker results in them sitting higher on the shelf. But I think a foot high at 8 yds is unusually high.
I suggest you raise the string nock point when shooting the woods.
Also, are they the same length. If you use point of aim, and the woods are shorter, that will make you shoot higher.

[bentpole]

Yep you should have to raise your nock point a bit. The arrow is fatter than a carbon.I would find which ones fly the best out of a particular bow and stick to those out of that bow. If you raise your nock point for the woodies[and they do in fact hit right on afterwords] in theory then your carbons should hit low with the new nock point. Why not try it?

[Chad R]

Thanks guys.  I'll try moving that nocking point up and see what happens.

[Chad R]

SRTA - in this case the arrows are the same length, but I can see where that could make a difference  if you were using the point as a reference (whether you knew it or not).  Thanks! - FB

[wingnut]

remember the nock thickness is a lot different too.  The thicker nock and shaft will make the bow shoot nock low and force the arrow high.  Hard to shoot both with the same tune on the bow.

Mike

[SteveB]

Are the arrows the same length?

Steve

[dan ferguson]

Chad, I did the same thing last year and I set up a string for each, took a different nock setting, when I did this there was no transition, what I ended up doing though is going strictly to woods.

[Chad R]

Steve - they are the same length in this case.

Thanks for all the great ideas.  I didn't think about the nock being thinner but it sure is.   I think I'll end up like Dan going with shooting strictly wood arrows, but having 2 strings would be easier than trying to move the nocking point (I use dental floss).

[Chad R]

Wow.  I adjusted the nocking point and really started focusing on the spot I want to hit and those wood arrows were flying great last night and tonight.  Thanks for all the help guys!  FB