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History of Canting?
Pat B:
By instinctive I mean looking at what you are going to hit and letting your brain take your body through the mechanics of the shot. Without any technical aiming technique. I believe it is a combo of hand/eye coordination and mental concentration. The latter being the most difficult aspect. ;D
El Destructo:
I beleive that We are all a bit MENTAL.....Pat!!!
zeNBowyer:
Canting seems intuitvely wrong, as if it should only add to the complexity of shooting, but in fact seems to do the opposite, at least within normal hunting ranges (30 yds or less),
Also I think we use various amounts of 'aiming' techniques and purely instinctive shots,
for instance at my 20 yd target I definitely practise split vision (as I understand the phrase) and line up my left eye, shaft and target in some way, while also viewing the target actively with my right eye (I are a lefty),
but at my 40 yd target it is much more instinctive as the window sighting is above the target now,
also I shoot with very little cant for longer shots, as it seems easier to judge the target distance
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both together make up real shooting imho
Rhinegold:
--- Quote from: Pat B on October 22, 2009, 08:11:02 pm ---By instinctive I mean looking at what you are going to hit and letting your brain take your body through the mechanics of the shot. Without any technical aiming technique.
--- End quote ---
The best example I've yet seen of this is not an archer but a guy with a slingshot.
He doesnt appear to aim at all by lining up anything visually.
Watch:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ieWrWLjii0
Pat B:
A sling shot, throwing a baseball, basket ball or football, hitting a golf ball, spitting tobacco and hitting what you are looking at...all instinctive shooting of a sort. ;)
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