Arrow and rest problem.

[Daveinthebush]

I setup my new BowTech by myself since the nearest archery shop is 350 miles away.  It is the first bow I have ever setup from scratch.  I followed the Eastman Bow Setup Guide.

Problem: Every once in a while the arrows lift off of the rest, a Tiger Tuff.  I pull back and the arrow rises up slightly off of the rest.  I can sometimes wish it back on the rest but not always.  

I am thinking that the knocking point needs to be moved down a bit?

Does that sound correct?

Their moto: "Taking the arch out of archery!" is true.  One pin to 30 yards. :grin:

[WNY_Whitetailer]

Dave,

Do you have a nocking point above and below where you attach the nock to the string?  If so, maybe the points are pinching the nock and making the arrow rise up when you draw.  Could also depend on your hold or placement of the release if you are using one.  So I guess I need a little more info...Do you use a release?  Do you have two nocking points?  Is the string really tight inside the nock?  Does it keep doing this with the same arrow or does it happen occassionally with all your arrows?

[Daveinthebush]

Two knocking points, loop, release.  Happens on occassion.

I should probably remove on nocking point.

[willis5]

Either way, you need to eliminate that pinch. Lose a nocking point if you have two. if you only have one, widen the gap of the loop. cheers

[WNY_Whitetailer]

Yup, lose one of the nocking points and shoot some more to see if it happens again.  Try one thing at a time because the first thing you do may fix the problem...No need to make too many changes when it isn't necessary.

[Daveinthebush]

I removed one of the knocking points and it seems to have straightened the problem out.  

My next biggest problem is target panic.  That is just going to take practice in holding the new bow so the pin is alighned over the target when I pull back.  I just hope that the bears stay in long enough for me to overcome the target panic.  Funny thing though, I have never had any panic when on game! :wink:

[WNY_Whitetailer]

I bet that lazer zinger of a bow you've got makes the target panic worse.  That's something you can conquer with practice...Like you said, you have never had that problem with game.  Good luck...

[Daveinthebush]

As velocity increases so do the problems.  The slip from the factory said that with a 29" arrow it was shooting 322 fps.

The old Pearson that slayed so many deer in central NY only does around 210.  But at 80 pounds she was a hammer.

Thanks everyone for the help!