I shoot a compound bow and took part in a tournament today, comprising some rounds at 60yards. Everything went quite well for me until the very last end, when one arrow missed the target. Prior to that, every shot had been either in the gold or red axcept for about two wild blues. The miss totally baffled me. The arrow landed about thee feet behind the target and about a foot to the right of the target. What makes it weirder is that the wind was coming from the right, so I cannot attribute the miss to a freak powerful gust of wind. It looked like a perfect shot at the moment of execution. Can anyone suggest what may have happened? There was nothing wrong with the arrow that I can detect. I thought it might have been due to the wind blowing the arrow off the arrow rest just prior to release - but if that was the cause, the arrow would almost certainly have flown to the left rather than the right, since the wind was coming from 1:00 to 2:00 o'clock.
AL wrote:> I shoot a compound bow and took part in a tournament today, comprising> some rounds at 60yards. Everything went quite well for me until the> very last end, when one arrow missed the target. Prior to that, every> shot had been either in the gold or red axcept for about two wild> blues. The miss totally baffled me. The arrow landed about thee feet> behind the target and about a foot to the right of the target. What> makes it weirder is that the wind was coming from the right, so I> cannot attribute the miss to a freak powerful gust of wind. It looked> like a perfect shot at the moment of execution. Can anyone suggest> what may have happened? There was nothing wrong with the arrow that I> can detect. I thought it might have been due to the wind blowing the> arrow off the arrow rest just prior to release - but if that was the> cause, the arrow would almost certainly have flown to the left rather> than the right, since the wind was coming from 1:00 to 2:00 o'clock.>
Thanks....... >
Al
Could the arrow have dropped off the launcher caused by an effect from the release jaws or release string.?
On Sun, 22 May 2005 22:18:18 +0100, Tuck <bellshooter99@tiscali.co.uk> wrote:
Could the arrow have dropped off the launcher caused by an effect from >>the release jaws or release string.?
Hi Tuck, I use a D-loop and the nock sits inside the D during the shot. I can't see any way that anything happenning at that end of teh arrow could cause it to drop off the launcher. The wind could have done it, except that the wind was coming from the wrong direction; the wind would have caused the arrow to fall off to the left of the rest, and that would have made the arrow fly to the left. It flew to the right. I'm still stumped by this one!
In article <gn33915r2ih0bjn8jt59kgqhtcoirmmqss@4ax.com>, Murray Elliot <too_much_spam@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:> A switch in the earth's magentic field? ;o)
Magentic field? Would that affect aluminium/carbon arrows - unless, of course, they were coloured purplish-red. 8-)
On Mon, 23 May 2005 11:39:40 +0100, Brian Bailey <bbailey@argonet.co.uk> wrote:
In article <gn33915r2ih0bjn8jt59kgqhtcoirmmqss@4ax.com>,> Murray Elliot <too_much_spam@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:>> A switch in the earth's magentic field? ;o)>
Magentic field? Would that affect aluminium/carbon arrows - unless, of>course, they were coloured purplish-red. 8-)
Jim Breckenridge 23 May 2005 17:25:05 [ permanent link ]
AL wrote:> I shoot a compound bow and took part in a tournament today, comprising> some rounds at 60yards. Everything went quite well for me until the> very last end, when one arrow missed the target. Prior to that, every> shot had been either in the gold or red axcept for about two wild> blues. The miss totally baffled me. The arrow landed about thee feet> behind the target and about a foot to the right of the target. What> makes it weirder is that the wind was coming from the right, so I> cannot attribute the miss to a freak powerful gust of wind. It looked> like a perfect shot at the moment of execution. Can anyone suggest> what may have happened? There was nothing wrong with the arrow that I> can detect. I thought it might have been due to the wind blowing the> arrow off the arrow rest just prior to release - but if that was the> cause, the arrow would almost certainly have flown to the left rather> than the right, since the wind was coming from 1:00 to 2:00 o'clock.>
Thanks....... >
Al
Came off the rest. Just because you didn't see it, doesn't mean it didn't come off on the right side. Last arrow, tired, not paying the same amount of attention as all the rest. The nut on the string.
"Jim Breckenridge" <jsbnospam@shaw.ca> wrote in message news:RQkke.1455422$8l.1007626@pd7tw1no...> AL wrote:>> I shoot a compound bow and took part in a tournament today, comprising>> some rounds at 60yards. Everything went quite well for me until the>> very last end, when one arrow missed the target. Prior to that, every>> shot had been either in the gold or red axcept for about two wild>> blues. The miss totally baffled me. The arrow landed about thee feet>> behind the target and about a foot to the right of the target. What>> makes it weirder is that the wind was coming from the right, so I>> cannot attribute the miss to a freak powerful gust of wind. It looked>> like a perfect shot at the moment of execution. Can anyone suggest>> what may have happened? There was nothing wrong with the arrow that I>> can detect. I thought it might have been due to the wind blowing the>> arrow off the arrow rest just prior to release - but if that was the>> cause, the arrow would almost certainly have flown to the left rather>> than the right, since the wind was coming from 1:00 to 2:00 o'clock.>>
Thanks....... Al> Came off the rest. Just because you didn't see it, doesn't mean it> didn't come off on the right side. Last arrow, tired, not paying the same > amount of attention as all the rest. The nut on the string.
Would it be possible that the wind caused just enough push on the fletching, to the left, to turn the front of the arrow to the right, the shaft then following the new line to a point just to the right of the target?
Richard Kawamura 25 May 2005 05:06:37 [ permanent link ]
"AL" <ALY1205removethisfirst@aol.com> wrote in message news:4290e743.19745176@news.individual.net...> I shoot a compound bow and took part in a tournament today, comprising> some rounds at 60yards. Everything went quite well for me until the> very last end, when one arrow missed the target. Prior to that, every> shot had been either in the gold or red axcept for about two wild> blues. The miss totally baffled me. The arrow landed about thee feet> behind the target and about a foot to the right of the target. What> makes it weirder is that the wind was coming from the right, so I> cannot attribute the miss to a freak powerful gust of wind. It looked> like a perfect shot at the moment of execution. Can anyone suggest> what may have happened? There was nothing wrong with the arrow that I> can detect. I thought it might have been due to the wind blowing the> arrow off the arrow rest just prior to release - but if that was the> cause, the arrow would almost certainly have flown to the left rather> than the right, since the wind was coming from 1:00 to 2:00 o'clock.>
Thanks.......>
Al
Check for a broken string strand. Are your arrows now hitting center?
On Tue, 24 May 2005 21:06:37 -0400, "Richard Kawamura" <rkawa@concentric.net> wrote:
Check for a broken string strand. Are your arrows now hitting center?>>
Richard
Hi Richard, Admittedly there are a couple of broken strands in the string. However, my shooting is generally accurate; it was only that one fluke shot that was wildly inaccurate. I think the arrow MUST have come off the arrow rest...
Richard Kawamura 2 June 2005 00:55:43 [ permanent link ]
"AL" <ALY1205removethisfirst@aol.com> wrote in message news:429c1150.1896337@news.individual.net...> On Tue, 24 May 2005 21:06:37 -0400, "Richard Kawamura"> <rkawa@concentric.net> wrote:>
Check for a broken string strand. Are your arrows now hitting center?> >>
Richard>
Hi Richard,> Admittedly there are a couple of broken strands in the string.> However, my shooting is generally accurate; it was only that one fluke> shot that was wildly inaccurate. I think the arrow MUST have come off> the arrow rest...>
If the strand broke as the arrow was fired it would affect the flight. I saw this happen to another archer once.
