Why am I veering right?

salzo

Im new to hunting above ground. Been practicing a lot, have a few tatgets set up in my backyard, 10, 20, 25 yards. Been shooting very well, ten feet off the ground.
I took a few shots from the ground, and I am wayyy off target. Was hitting very far to the right. To make a long story short, I have been going through hell the past couple of weeks because I cant get any consistency on the ground. I stayed out of the trees, practiced on the ground, got inside a 4 inch target consistently out to 25 yards. I go back up in the trees, and I am am hitting a good 4 to six inches right. What is it that is causing my windage to be so off when I am elevated. Any suggestions would be a big help. By the way, I am left handed.

"Waiting tables is what you know, making cheese is what I know-lets stick with what we know!"
-Jimmy the cheese man

buckeyboy

Could be your broadheads are plaining differently on an angle[:0] Try shooting a feild tip from the tree see what happens, then shoot a broadhead from the tree. Then get on the ground and repete the process. This will give a better idea of what the heck is going on. P.S. be concious that your not tourqueing the bow in the tree. let us know[8D]

salzo

I dont know if this was the problem, but I think it might have been a couple of arrows that were off. I was shooting five at a time. I started to notice that 3 arrows were always way off, while two were pretty close. I numbered each arrow, the best one being one, the worst five. Mixed them up, shot them without knowing which one I was shooting-1 was always best 2 was always close to one, and the other three were off. I checked the broad head, all three had either a cracked tocar, or the blades were seriously bent. Put different tocars and blades, gonna try again this afternoon.

"Waiting tables is what you know, making cheese is what I know-lets stick with what we know!"
-Jimmy the cheese man

gogolen

Sounds like you solved your own problem. Are you shooting aluminums or carbon?

salzo

IM BACK IN THE ZONE!!!!(I hope).
I am not sure if the equipment was contributing to my bad shooting, but I know my form was.
When I shoot from the ground, I always raise my back elbow to the point where I can feel my back arm muscle. As soon as I feel that pull, that is where I set my draw arm.
Since I have been shooting from an elevated position, I didnt notice that my draw arm was not going as high as on the ground. I guess the fact that I am shooting downward, and have had to shift my stand a little, I didnt notice the arm situation. When I got back on the ground, I was doing the same thing-I guess the bad arm was more forgiving when elevated, because on the ground, I was all over the place.

"Waiting tables is what you know, making cheese is what I know-lets stick with what we know!"
-Jimmy the cheese man

idsman75

salzo--sounds like your problem is solved. I have found that my arrows will go right when shooting from awkward positions. Seated facing 180-degrees away from the target, 90-degrees from the target and kneeling/crouching. This is because I have a tendency to peek to see if I made the shot when I should be watching the flight of the arrow thorough the sights.

toocarz

One more thing....if you are shooing comfortably on the ground, your bow is most likely level. If you are in a tree, or another position, you may be tipping your bow a bit. That will cause the arrow to be right or left of target, depending on which way your bow is cantered.