Coming Un-nocked

[bowonly]

:sad: Need help folks! Been bow hunting since, I was a wee lad and just recently switched from fingers to a release! I went with a copperhead release and the drop-zone for an arrow rest. On my trip out west I drew on three shooter bucks only to have the arrow come un-nocked and fall to the ground. Well I thought I had figured it out when Sunday night it happened again. I like the accuracy I'm getting during practice rounds and it never happens in the backyard! Does anybody have an idea on what I'm doing wrong! Ready to go back to my fingers! I lose the arrow about three quarters of the way back in my draw!

[StumpJumper]

Sounds like if you have a loop that it's too tight and pinching the nock off when you draw.

Does this happen when you practice also?

[bowonly]

No!!!!! And yes I do have a loop on the string to attach my release too. I there a better system I'm game for anything at this point!

[StumpJumper]

No, I guess make sure your nocks are tight on the string. If your loop is even a little close to being tight on the nock when the bow is not drawn it will pinch your nock and pop it off when you draw. That is usually the cause of that.

[Ninja]

Also...check your nocks...they tend to open up and get loose after shooting them quite a bit.

I use a loop, with 2 string nocks inside of it....that solved the problem for me.

[tjfishinboy]

i dont even shoot with a loop i put my fletchhunter right below my arrow

[GVDocHoliday]

I've never heard of a dloop being so tight as to pinch the arrow off of the string?:dizzy:

Usually a tight dloop will just lift the arrow off of the rest. Sounds like you may have worn serving, loose nocks as KD stated(my first guess), or is there anychance that your arrow is too short and that during the moment of truth you may be pulling a little too hard into the backwall causing the blade of your broadhead to snack on the rest lift arm (or arrow shelf possibly) and popping the arrow off of the string???!!

You may not notice it during practice if you're not practicing with your broadheads but there's a good chance that your broadhead is hitting the riser of your bow or your rest and that in itself is causing the arrow to come off. Give that a major look!

[StumpJumper]

I've never heard of a dloop being so tight as to pinch the arrow off of the string?:dizzy:

Usually a tight dloop will just lift the arrow off of the rest. Sounds like you may have worn serving, loose nocks as KD stated(my first guess), or is there anychance that your arrow is too short and that during the moment of truth you may be pulling a little too hard into the backwall causing the blade of your broadhead to snack on the rest lift arm (or arrow shelf possibly) and popping the arrow off of the string???!!

You may not notice it during practice if you're not practicing with your broadheads but there's a good chance that your broadhead is hitting the riser of your bow or your rest and that in itself is causing the arrow to come off. Give that a major look!


He's probably right. I never thought of the broadhead hitting the riser..

[SHANK]

I've had the same thing happen before I put a loop on. I was on the ground and inadvertantly used my release to help pull up the bow for a shot. The release, on about a 45 degree angle, pushed the nock off the string. A loop solved that problem.

[TnRidge]

Add a nock above and below your arrow ,inside the D loop . This will reduce the string angle ,and keep the arrow nock on the string .

[GVDocHoliday]

Add a nock above and below your arrow ,inside the D loop . This will reduce the string angle ,and keep the arrow nock on the string .

Yeah but it'll also rob him of about 10fps...like I said, having too tight of a dloop will only effect the arrow coming off the rest, it can't squeeze it out of the dloop and off of the string like a zit. Especially since this does not occur during practice, which still leaves me to believe it's a broadhead issue.

[archerjustin]

It's not your loop. You said it never happens durring practice sessions (I'm asuming you are using field tips when you practice). Fire a few broadheads into a target. I'd be willing to bet your broadhead is hitting your riser shelf on your bow. The Drop Zone is located so far back that sometimes the lift arm doesn't rise soon enough before your broadhead hits your arrow shelf on your riser. This is the reason I shoot a QAD Ultra Rest. It locks in the upright position and falls away when you shoot.

[Michihunter]

How's your center serving? Test your nocks by nocking an arrow and holding your bow with arrow pointing down. Slightly "pluck" the string to see if the arrow releases. It should release rather easily. If the arrow releases before "plucking", you have either a worn serving or worn nocks. Easy enough to fix either. Doc made a great suggestion though as well concerning the BH possibly catching the shelf.;)

[bowonly]

I went to my local achery shop, had a new loop put on by Ted Brooks, he said the other was pretty tight. And in the process I bought new carbons because I was down to three aluminum arrows. After shooting my new carbons I tried one of my hunting arrows and the feathers where sitting on the rest. (6in with a right twist) My new carbons must be three or four inches because I have a 1/4 of inch to spare, from the feathers to the rest. The fletch on my practice arrows is not in the same shape as my hunting. I always keep my best tuned arrows for hunting only. Will have to wait for the next shooting opportunity to see if it works. thanks for all the replies