About to give up, again.

[Bowwild]

Jose,
I don't doubt that you are having difficulty and trying hard to figure this out. It's just a wild coincidence that just an hour or so before reading your post I read a post on "Tuning".  So many of things you've done to set up your bow are right on that well-respected fellows advice.

Of course you've already stated that you've tried a variety of nocking points.

As I asked above. I assume your palm pressure is equally spread over the entire face of the grip and that you aren't heeling the bow instead of relaxed throughout the release?

[Jose Rios]

Kirk, unfortunately no one is here to get shots of me at full draw.  I did go take a few quick shots to check my grip at your advice.  Most of the weight is on the meaty part at the base of my thumb and in the deepest part of the grip.  I also tried a few shots with a high wrist but it didn't seem to help.

Kawika, right now the brace height is around 8 1/4".  It seems to be the quietest/smoothest spot.

[Jose Rios]

Thanks Bowwild, just wanted to make sure someone didn't think I was actually giving a quiz or looking for attention.  The internet is wide open to all sorts and I have seen crazier things.

[Mojostick]

Sell or trade the bow, get another.  

[Bowwild]

Maybe I can't see it clearly but it appears that shelf pad is quite thin?  I wonder if the shaft is bouncing a bit because it isn't cushioned enough?

[Jose Rios]

I did try a feather rest to get better clearance but it didn't help.

[kawika b]

If you change one thing it affects another so you should have raised your nocking point with that feather rest. When raising and lowering your nocking point did you do it in small increments?

You could start from scratch and give this a try...  http://bowmaker.net/tuning.htm

[CoilSpring]

Jose, do you cant the bow, and if so, do you cant your face and the back of the drawing hand to the same cant angle?  I sometimes torque the string by not canting my hand to the same bow cant angle, and it especially causes more flight problems on lighter weight bows, for me.  I get much better flight when the back of my drawing hand is parallel with the string, whether canted or not.

[JamesKerr]

It sounds to me like the arrow is sliding down the string upon release. Try putting a nocking point below the arrow as well as one above it.

[ChrisM]

I had that same problem on a Bob Lee short riser.  Could not get it too shoot and always hit in that spot.  I traded out my riser to a regular one and problem went away.  All I can figure is that it was a combination of finger pinch and poor string fingers.  Longer bow made it go away.

[Jose Rios]

Thanks, I truly appreciate the input from all.  I have checked all/most of the advice posted but still have had no success.  

At this point the only thing I can think of is I was getting tired yesterday after loosing a few hundred arrows and I missed the proper setup.  I'll start again from the beginning tomorrow and see if I can work it out slowly during the week.  

Thanks again, Jose

[kawika b]

Originally posted by Jose Rios:
 I'll start again from the beginning tomorrow and see if I can work it out slowly during the week.  

That sounds like a plan... let us know how things go for you.

Best of luck.