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iowabow:
I got help from Ron White and that has made a big difference in my shootin. I have been shootin 50 to 75 arrow on one day then the next day about ten to 20. My form and accuracy has improvied better than I ever thought possible. Now I am noticing the correct back tention and length of draw are translating to a left right drift. I think this is because it changes the spine when the arrow is not always at the same draw length. So my question is what is your trick to get the exact draw length each time. Ron told me that the modern bows use a clicker but do we have a trick to do  a similar thing but in a primitive way? The more suggestions the better!

gstoneberg:
John, I'm wondering if you're overdrawing the bow as your back muscles develop and losing the straight line that should be from the arrow point to your elbow.  Overdrawing the bow with back tension can lead to the bow arm torquing to the left at the shot on a right hander.  It's very common with our wheelie friends when they go to a back tension release.  I always shoot best when I relax a little as I anchor.  Also check your anchor point.  When you're using your back hard it's very tempting to lengthen your draw length an inch or 2 to pick up the speed that comes with it.  If you aren't careful it'll mess up your form/accuracy, especially when you shoot in uneven terrain (or out of a tree stand).  I have never seen where drawing an arrow too far (or too short) with good form did anything but raise or lower the impact point.  Inside 15 yards it has very little effect.  Beyond 25 yards or so it has a much larger effect.

There is a product called the clickity click (from 3Rivers) that works with traditional bows, but it most certainly isn't primitive.  Unless you shoot off your knuckle so you could feel the back of the broadhead, or an index mark on the arrow, I don't know how you'd check draw length on a primitive bow. 

Good luck,
George

iowabow:
OK I like the index idea. I do shoot off hand and could feel a marker. Now the question is what would I use... toothpick shaved down? bead of glue? groves in shaft?
In order to determine where it should go I was going to mark off in increments the arrow and fire ten times while running a camera.  Center shoots would indicate when the bows poundage matched the spine.
Right now at 15 yards I am drifting 2 inches often to the right of dead center. My guess is that I am pulling at times just a little to hard. Last night I focused real hard and dropped 3 arrows, one after the other 1/2 from center. At that point I realized that I was always going to be drifting unless I had some kind of "index".

gstoneberg:
Try a sinew wrap?

G

iowabow:
yes! and it could be the wrap behind the arrowhead. Ok I will give it a try.

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