Arrows clacking or bow

[Fox]

Why are my arrows so loudly clacking off my bow? There shooting good so I don’t think it’s a spine thing? Although doesn’t arrows clacking off the bow mean there stiff?

[Lehtis]

Yes, your arrows may be too stiff, too high spine… or very low. In case the spine is quite correct, check your string height also; too low and the arrow does not have enough time for the famous archer’s paradox and does not pass the bow cleanly.

[Fox]

Thank you ! It’s very likely my string hight then, as I just checked it and it’s shifted a bunch and now is quite low!

[bownarra]

Yes always check brace height when you string the bow.

[Eric Krewson]

Sometimes torqueing the bowstring on release can cause arrow clanking, I do it every now and then. If I gear a clank I concentrate on a firm anchor point, building back tension just before the release and a smooth follow through.

[Black Moshannon]

Mine were doing that one time and I checked em on a spine checker and some of them were spined at like ninety or so I sanded them down and they stopped clanking and the flight was really straight

[PaSteve]

Does it happen every shot? May be a few arrows are too stiff. If it doesn't happen every shot and your arrows are close in spine it my be torquing the bow string (as Eric stated) or possibly gripping the bow too tight. Try to concentrate on your form & release and if it continues it's probably a spine or brace height issue. Good luck.

[Eric Krewson]

Steve has it down, just what you should check.

[Fox]

Thanks guys. Raised brace hight slightly, deepened arrow pass slightly to make more center shot, and paid attention to my form, after making the bow more center shot it seemed to stop clacking arrows, so must’ve been to stiff of an arrow.