the bow 12 as seen in fig1 or the rod 17 may be attached to the bow by inserting a forward portion 42 thereof into the rod hole 22 of the mounting block 16 which is mounted on the bow 12 and tightening a set screw 24 as more fully explained below the rod 17 has a first generally horizontal section 28 attached to the mounting block 16 and extending rearwardly therefrom in a generally horizontal plane to a point within the wrist region 30 of an archer grasping the bow in shooting form extending upwardly from the rearward point of the first horizontal section 28 is a generally vertical section 32 of the rod 17 the generally vertical section 32 extends the rod 17 to a point at the height of the wrist region 30 in order to place the rod 17 at the height of the bow arm 13 for the protection thereof extending rearwardly from the vertical section 32 is a second generally horizontal section 34 the second horizontal section extends the rod 17 to a point beyond the elbow region 36 of an archer grasping the bow in shooting form at the rearward end of the second horizontal section 34 is a bent section 38 curving further away from the midline of the bow 12 and therefore towards the elbow region 36 of an archer grasping the bow in a shooting form the rod 17 ends in a rounded tip 40 so as to comfortably contact the bow arm 13 and easily deflect the bow string 26 should the string strike the rounded tip 40 the first horizontal section 28 has.