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Longbowgilly:
I want to learn how to shoot "in the bow" but as a 51 year old woman, its not easy to convice people that you actually WANT to shoot heavier bows, my current bow is a 55lb 68in Yew longbow and I love it but I really want to challenge myself.
Can anyone advise me on the best technique to use for accuracy? I usually shoot 3D targets at various distances.

peasant1381:
You don't have to convince anyone of anything. If you want to challenge yourself go for it. There are ladies that I know of in England and Australia who are shooting around 80lbs. I shoot in the bow all the time whether it's a 40lb Kassai horse bow or a 130lb longbow. As Ian mentioned the disco dancing on the loose really does add distance. I've shot for distance with both static and dynamic looses and I've always shot further doing the Blitzkreig Bop. It's not supposed to happen but it does. However it's about as accurate as an economist when it comes to hitting the mark. So for accurate shooting just carry on with how you're shooting now. The only difference will be the drawing of the arrow further back than what you're used to. I took part in a field shoot at Massey Archery Club in Auckland a few years ago. I used a 100lb bow shooting at a mixture of 2d and 3d targets. I still drew the full 31 3/4" of the arrows and finished in the top 5 of the open longbow section. My best shot was a dead centre heart lung shot at 25m.

Longbowgilly:
I do intend to go for it!
I get asked a lot why I want to shoot heavier bows, this is usually from guys shooting lighter than me and usually half my age! ;)
I have been looking at various videos of people drawing warbows and it does seem to have a lot to do with the elbow going a bit higher then down into normal position, this I assume opens the chest up more.
Can anyone confirm that that's what I should be trying to do?

Ian.:
What your normally see is that people that are the same size and have same length arms shoot the same and also if you are naturally strong or not. Best thing to do is get a bow that will draw far enough depending on your reach normally 32". Then practice, but as you say the arm high then going down is the common way to do it.

Longbowgilly:
Thanks Ian, I will give it a try tomorrow and will let you know how I got on!

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