Had an interesting experience at the range this afternoon and wanted to share. I bought a Wildcat C5 this year for something different and thoroughly enjoy it so far. No deer yet but got a nice 125 pound sow on the first outing.

Anyway, shooting at the range I had one arrow that bounce the dirt in front of me and lodged in the wood target frame 25 yards downfield. Retrieved and inspected the arrow, no noticeable damage to arrow or to bow. Put it on and tried again and got a sharp slap to the face with about a 2 inch scratch. Inspected bow and arrow again and nothing unusual but put the arrow aside and continued to shoot other arrows with no problems (except trying to staunch the flow of a bleeding cheek ) Got home and inspected the arrow further and found that the fletching did not line up with the nock. It was off center and when I placed the vane in the rail and loaded the bow the nock was vertical to the string. These arrows were new Carbon Express Hot Rod 20inch arrows. I bought three and this was the only one manufactured off center. Reinforced what I should have already known - Besides getting the right vane seated in the rail, make sure the nock is fitted correctly too! Maybe someone else learns from this and glad the incident was not more serious!