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I wish I would have tried it before
crooketarrow:
FIRST OFF YES my hand dose move backwards at my release. If it stays aginst your face your snapping your fingers open. George everyone has there own form even you, you do the same thing over and over thats form. EVERYONE DOSE IT A LITTLE DIFFERENT. But theres basics. You should do what comes natural to you. But you start with the basics weather you know it on not. The people that refine it shot better PERIOD. I KNOW THIS THROUGH HUNDERDS OF THOUSANDS OF ARROWS.
I suck and can pin point arrows but I can and do hit when in and 1 or 2 inchs EVERYTIME I'll say that again EVERYTIME. And it's through form compounds, long bows, recurves,selfbows even shot guns and rifles all start with the basic form. Ilove to shoot someone at 500 yards thats only shot a rifle a coup,le times a year. I shot bench rest rifles for 25 years. So I know if you don't have good form you won't stand a chance.
Heres another plus of good form people with good bow form. There bows shoot QUITER. I've shot off the wood for as long as I've shot selfbows. And I shot DEAD QUITE. Had lots of people shot my bows and have the arrow clink of the shelf.
I know you all have had someone pick up a bow draw it and you know right away if he shoots a bow. People that do have the basic form down and you can tell.
FOLLOW THROUGHS EASY. When you pick your spot at your release DON'T DO ANYTHING untill your arrow hits. To do this NEVER-NEVER stop looking at your spot untill your arrow hits. No matter where it hits. This is one of the most things that happens.
You don't want to watch your arrow fly you drop your bow arm out of the way to see. Touble with this is you drop your arm before your arrow has'nt compleaty left the shelf hand for some. If oyu want to watch your arrow fly flight shoot and give up hunting.
crooketarrow:
I could say this for years my hand stayed agaist my fact. But ( COUPLE SUMMERS BACK) it's just more natural for my hand to move backwards at my release a COUPLE INCHS. If you release like I said before third finger first to can't pluck the string WHEN YOUR HAND MOVES BACKWARDS. This works good with a dead release also. I did it for years but you can pluck the if you creep forwand.
WHEN YOU RELEASE. With letting your hand move back at the release your always have back tention as you draw and release. so you never have creep which you can get with a dead release
If any of you get and arrow now and then to the left 5 OR 6 inchs it's then your letting your bow creep forwand that time. Just feels more natural to me to let my hand slide backwards at the release. Like I said release third figger down first you can help but do the same everytime.
LIKE I SAID DO WHAT COMES NATURAL after you learn the basics. Because if you have to think about doing any part of your shot when you do it. Your not shooting truely instintive. Your total concentation meaning you should only be thinking of picking your spot.Not if your ankors right or about your back tention. You shold'nt be thinking of anything put your spot. When to do this your form addapts to the shot. THIS IS WHY INSTINTIVE SHOOTERS CAN HIT AT DIFFERENT BODY ANGLES AND NEVER THINK ABOUT IT.
I ONCE SHOT A 10 POINT RUNNING BY A 5 YARDS. IT HAPPEN SO FAST I ONLY GOT TO HALF DRAW. Still got a middle of the deer lung shot. I also shot a buck out of a tree when he came up I could come to full draw because of a limb. I still hit him right whee I was looking.
crooketarrow:
GUS no I don't do the waying thing. But my hand dose move back a couple inchs but not much.
Gus:
Okay,
I will focus more attention on focusing my attention and let my natural form sort itself out.
:)
May your string never break and your arrows fly true.
-gus
crooketarrow:
Split finger and instintive shooting comes way more natural the qitetness just comes along with it.
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