Too much of a good thing?

[BillJ]

Been practicing with my Dryad (I tillered it from one of their BBO blanks).  When I finished it, it had a slight positive tiller and shot well.  I had put at least 100 arrows through the thing before I finished it, and the tiller wasn't changing.  So I finished it.

I'm noticing now that the positive tiller is increasing.  (I hope I'm defining positive tiller properly - top limb bends more than the bottom is my understanding of positive tiller.)  After shooting it again tonight I popped it back onto the tiller tree and it is 1 inch positive now.  In other words when I pull it to my draw (28 inches), the top limb pulls 1 inch further than the bottom.

So now I'm wondering if this bow is worth using to hunt?  It seems to shoot ok - I took out a dandilion at 15 yards tonight, but don't want to waste time practicing with the thing if it's gonna be toast half-way through a hunt.

Opinions?

BillJ

[Osagetree]

If you're shoot'n fine with it and it is legal weight, I see no problem.

[mmgrode]

Measure positive tiller at brace height not full draw.  Anything around a 1/4" is just fine, otherwise you will get unruly handshock.  With that said, if it shoots fine the way it is why mess with it? Cheers, Matt

[BillJ]

Thanks for the input guys.  I was just worried that maybe it was an indication of something dire about to happen.  If that's not the case, I'll just keep shooting it!

[insttech1]

Call Dryad!!