I was just out in the back yard shooting my girlfriends bow (54 lbs) helping her sight it in and the first arrow of this session (we shot a bunch earlier today with the same arrows and no issues) sounded funny. It sounded like it had a ripped fletching or something when it left the bow and the arrow was fluttering. It didn't make the right sound when it hit either, but it made a sound and not the sound of hitting the target. Just all around off/weird sounding from beginning to end. I shot the next arrow thinking the fletching was just messed up on the first arrow and everything was normal so I shot 3 more and all were normal (in the center of the target). When we walked up to the target the fletching end and half the arrow was on the ground about 3' to the right of the target and 3' in front of the target. The fletching was normal and the nock was normal. We looked and after a little bit found the other half with the field tip about 3' in front of the target but in line. The field tip looked normal as well. I was expecting to find the arrow whole in the backstop with a messed up fletching.
I can only think of 2 things that could have happened. The first is the arrow snapped as I shot it. If this was the case, I was **** lucky. However, if this was the case, the sound when it hit didn't match where the pieces of the arrow ended up. The other thing that could have happened was I hit the pole the target was next to and the arrow shattered. It is an old metal clothes line pole. The hit sound kind of matches this scenario but there is no way I could miss that bad (over 3') and again the field tip isn't damaged. I also can't see the arrow hitting a round pole square enough to bounce backward, I would think it would deflect and keep going. Maybe whatever caused the "fluttering" sound leaving the bow caused the arrow to skew that bad from where I was aiming, but what could cause that? I'm at a loss though as these are both only guesses. Any other ideas as to what could have happened?
The arrow is a couple of years old but should still be good. The only other thing is I just refletched the arrow using the heat shrink veins. Maybe the boiling water warped the arrow enough to "throw it sideways" coming out of the bow. I would think I would notice if an arrow was that crooked but maybe it doesn't need to be that crooked to throw it off 3'+ at 30 yds. Again I'm only guessing.
I can only think of 2 things that could have happened. The first is the arrow snapped as I shot it. If this was the case, I was **** lucky. However, if this was the case, the sound when it hit didn't match where the pieces of the arrow ended up. The other thing that could have happened was I hit the pole the target was next to and the arrow shattered. It is an old metal clothes line pole. The hit sound kind of matches this scenario but there is no way I could miss that bad (over 3') and again the field tip isn't damaged. I also can't see the arrow hitting a round pole square enough to bounce backward, I would think it would deflect and keep going. Maybe whatever caused the "fluttering" sound leaving the bow caused the arrow to skew that bad from where I was aiming, but what could cause that? I'm at a loss though as these are both only guesses. Any other ideas as to what could have happened?
The arrow is a couple of years old but should still be good. The only other thing is I just refletched the arrow using the heat shrink veins. Maybe the boiling water warped the arrow enough to "throw it sideways" coming out of the bow. I would think I would notice if an arrow was that crooked but maybe it doesn't need to be that crooked to throw it off 3'+ at 30 yds. Again I'm only guessing.
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