Tuning with vertical or canted bow.

[Sirius Black]

I shoot with close to a 45 degree cant because it gets the arrow under my eye. Should I tune my arrows this way? I'm asking because I've heard it's right to tune with a vertical bow, but that puts the back of the arrow out from under my eye and I hit left. My bare shaft seems to fly well, no nock right or left in flight. Thanks!

[giff]

tune the same way you shoot normally. if you tune vertical, you will be off when you go back to canting.

[VictoryHunter]

If it's a recurve or r/d longbow and you shoot with a canted style it shouldn't matter because the grip is centered in the bow. The only time I think this would matter would be when tuning a Hill style longbow.

[Blaino]

I have herd it both ways. Some say vertical is correct and others say tune the way you shoot.  I have tried both ways. What I have found is if you bareshaft with your natural cant nock height is very critical and magnified if off just a little.

I have been trying to find an answer for myself for a few years now because shooting a bow perfectly vertical is like puking.... It just feel unnatural!

If an arrow is truly in tune with the bow and your shooting style it makes no difference how the bow is canted. The arrow will fly true.

[Sirius Black]

Thanks for the responses so far! Do you guys always shoot with the arrow directly under your eye?

[McDave]

It's important to always shoot with the arrow in the same relative location wrt your eye. I think it eliminates some variables if that location is directly under your eye.

[atatarpm]

First I am a lefty. However I tune my bow vertical I shoot with the bow canted to 11 o'clock. When Storm (my bow) fliies her arrows perfict from the vertical possition it only takes me two or three shots to adjust to the new piont of impact. I've found for myself that the further left I lean her the further left she will hit. How ever the verticle to the target remains the same.

[Easykeeper]

Tune your bow the way you shoot.  It's a little easier to interpret what's going on with a vertical bow but that's not how you shoot and if you try to shoot that way it will throw off your shot...and your tuning procedure.

[jkm97]

Timely thread, I was just wondering the same thing.