countryboy89 Posted August 29, 2010 Report Share Posted August 29, 2010 Hey guys so the other i was shooting my bow and noticed my arrows were fishtailing when i was shooting at 25yds. I thought my arrow was hitting my drop away rest like the timing is off but there was a area were it was hitting the velt so i trimmed it up and it is still doing this. i have no clue what the problem is i have a trophy taker drop away and shooting easton axis 340s with blazer vans shooting 100 grains any advance would be great since the season is knocking on the door. I dont notice it as much from 15 yds shooting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig mack Posted August 29, 2010 Report Share Posted August 29, 2010 Your spine might not be right for your set up. Someone on here should have a link to the easton arrow chart. Also your bow maybe out of tune. I know there used to be a link for properly tuning your arrows. If I find it I will send it your way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluelund79 Posted August 29, 2010 Report Share Posted August 29, 2010 2 things to check. You still may have contact. Put some spray foot powder on your fletchings or use lipstick. That'll tell you if you have contact as it may not be with the rest, it could be with the cables. What is your draw weight and draw length. As stated, you may not be correctly spined for your set up. Best case scenario, you can up or lower poundage on your bow, or adjust the point weight on your arrows, worst case, you need new arrows....Are they fishtailing with broadheads or field points? Have you tried other BHs if you are shooting those? Is your bow set to factory specs and is the rest in time, bow tuned? Lots to start checking on.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Posted September 3, 2010 Report Share Posted September 3, 2010 first thing i would check is to make sure your rest cord hasnt slipped a little. either the knot where its tied to the TT or where its tied to your string would be my first spots to look. i had this happed this year to my new bow. i didnt get the cord tied on tight enough and it slipped up a hair. a good thing to do is once your TT cord is tied to the bows cableis to mark it with whiteout or a black marker to tell if it ever slips. that way you have a visual check. then the footpowder on the fletchings like was suggested will tell you if the fletchings are making contact. if thats not something you want to do, then a quick couple of shots though paper like for paper tuning will tell you if the arrows are actually fishtailing. sometimes when i shoot i catch the flight of the arrow and sometimes it looks funny. but i know its ok. i shoot nothing but TT on all my bows and i love them, there are simple, bullet proof and easy to adjust. Tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leo Posted September 3, 2010 Report Share Posted September 3, 2010 When the fletchings are hitting a drop away, this is true most of the time. Your rest height is wrong. And/or your nock height is wrong. In many cases both are too low! Try raising the rest height some and raising your nock point. Most bows (not all) like a slight downward angle at full draw on the arrow with a drop away rest. Walk back tuning is a good way to set nock height. It is possible to make some drop away rests drop too fast but the trophy taker is not one of those rests with that issue as far as I know. The rest that is most notorious for being setup to drop too fast is the Muzzy Zero Effect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backwoodsbowhunter Posted September 8, 2010 Report Share Posted September 8, 2010 my buddy was having the same problem check your knocking point if its not lined up right it will make your arrows kick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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