bridge said:
I am kind of new to the bow hunting scene and i haven't had much luck with my recent investment.I got a fred bear code with a whisker biscuit rest and set it all up at the local shop only to find that no matter what i do my nock flies left while my point is straight and so i paper tuned it to see if i could do any adjustments to it but no such luck. It continually no matter which way i moved my rest gave me a 1-2 in. tear to the left and it is driving me nuts. I talked to all the local guys and no one can think of why. My arrows are easton epic st 400 and i am only shooting 59# and my draw is 28.5. so if anyone has any suggestions or experince in this field please help me out.Thanks.
Welcome to ArcheryTalk.
You left out a bit of information.
So, here goes. I had to guess at some things.
Fred Bear Code
59 lbs for draw weight
28.5" AMO draw length
Easton ST Epic 400 shafts
Assumed the raw shaft length (tube length) = 28.5 inches
Assumed you are using 100 grain field tips.
Assumed you are using 2-inch Blazer Vanes
Assumed you are NOT using an arrow wrap.
Your arrows are a touch on the stiff side.
I would try a 125 grain field point.
If you can max the bow out at 60 lbs, that will also help.
You may also want to take one arrow
and cut off all the vanes to make it into a bareshaft.
Setup a bullseye at your shoulder height.
Stand 10 feet away.
Use a foam target or a layered foam block target or
use a straw bale at the range. These targets will preserve the angle of penetration for the bare shaft. A bag target will not.
Aim at the shoulder height bullseye.
You must have the bareshaft perfectly level, when at full draw.
A friend can watch you to make sure you are not aiming downhill.
Launch the bareshaft into the bullseye which is set at your shoulder height.
If the bareshaft is nock high,
try lowering your d-loop.
If the bareshaft is nock low,
try raising your d-loop.
Keep adjusting until you have the bareshaft stuck in the bullseye
at your shoulder height, and the bareshaft is perfectly level.
Now, try walk back tuning to set the arrow rest horizontal position.
Like others have said,
see if you have any arrow rest contact using the powder test
or the lipstick test. You can spread lipstick on the edges of your vanes.
Check your cam timing.
Make sure the tiller is even (limb bolts maxed out, and then turn back the same number of turns).