Feathers cutting my hand

[Sticks2117]

I am shooting a GN critter gitter. I am having trouble with my arrows cutting my bow hand. I have matched arrows that shoot well. I have adjusted the nock to the proper position. I have tried two under and three under and cant seem to alleviate the problem just wondering if any one has any other  ideas  

[miklvines]

go to home depot and get a lite pair of pig skin and breathable web material for the bow hand.  If everything else is good, why change it?

[Sticks2117]

Thanks Mike I'll just continue to shoot with the glove on my bow hand.

[Looper]

I get cuts with my Hill longbow if I use right wing feathers (I'm right handed). I don't have that problem with left wing.

You could also rotate your nocks.

[Sticks2117]

It happens with 3 feathers or 4 feathers I have always shot left wing due to rotation. The handle is hill type not indexed like my bear patriot.

[eric-thor]

sometmes it happens to me in sperts im not sure why must have something to do with how i grab the bow some of the time .its been a while synce its happend but ive been changing allot of things in my form and all aspects there of . gl play with how you hold the bow its probably a very small adjustment .

there is a tendency to lift the index finger with a straight or dished grip for some.  If you are a lefty right wing feathers will be better for this, if you are righty with left wing fletch you can rotate the arrow counter clock wise to the nock a little to turn the bottom feather into the bow.

[Doc Pain]

Like pavan says, sometimes a slight nock rotation will take care of it.  Also make sure you add a drop of glue to the end of your fletch so the feather quill doesn't bite you.  If all else fails, just wear the glove.  Many self bow shooters use a glove because most shoot off the top of their nuckles and it works great for them.

[Orion]

A dab of glue on the front edge of each feather is a good idea as Doc P suggests.  Might also raise your nock point a little and/or shoot cock feather in.  Each of those provide more feather clearance.  Can also simply position your hand a little lower on the grip.

[bowbenderman]

You can also raise your bow shelf by adding something like a piece of leather, then putting anytype material you would normally use on your shelf.

[forrest-hunter]

I had same problem with a Hill bow. Never did solve the problem. Got rid of the bow when my shoulder started giving me problems (to heavy). The glove sounds like the best solution.

[faustus]

Yups ... I have the same problem ... the feathers cutting into my index finger on my bow hand.

I have been shooting with a leather glove ... and as you can see after two years of shooting the feathers are starting to rip the glove apart ... I guess I need a new one ... ;-(


I am shooting a Tomahawk SS longbow ...

   

[TheFatboy]

I use a golf glove  

[jsweka]

Try shooting cock feather in.  I know it goes against everything we were ever taught and intuitively seems like a bad idea.  I was having that problem with one of my bows and flipped the arrow over and problem solved.  No ill affect on arrow flight.

[sbschindler]

increase your brace height a tad

[Bruce Prosser]

I have found in my selfbows that I shoot off of the hand that if I raise my nock point a bit higher that I bleed less. Been looking at a shooting glove marketed by Three Rivers that might help.

[Sticks2117]

Thanks fellows with all of your help I am shooting this bow without a glove (on my bow hand) and it has become a shooter!!!      

Thanks to all of you

[The Butcher]

had the same problem, ask the same question.  rotating the nock helped mine go away, per advice here.  thanks to all who answered my question also

[jeff mullis]

i asked a bowyer about it and he said to serve under my nock and i hardly ever touch it anymore

[MSwickard]

I have only experienced this with RW feathers.  I'm a right hand shooter.  With LW never a problem.

Mike