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iowabow:
Finally some improvement tonight. For the past couple of days I have been working my bow arm trying to keep it down and that is becoming more natural. With the back tension already working I decided to put the index tape into  play. So here is the play. First grip light and knuckles at 45, shoulder down, draw to 3/4 and pull with back tension till index hits finger and release. It was real hard to put it altogether but I just shoot 8 arrows at 15 yards into a 3" circle. This is the best and most consistant shootin I have ever done. I am hoping that tomorrow will be as good. Thanks everyone for all of the input. It will take a lot of practice to get it down to where it feels natural.

gstoneberg:
Sounds good John.  Just be careful to not fixate on group shooting so much that you stop shooting at other ranges.  I really think you ought to alternate your form practice with some stump shooting so you don't lose your distance eye (and maybe you are and just not talking about it).  Shooting a really tight group is a LOT less important than putting a single arrow into  a paper plate sized kill zone when the pressure's on.  If you plan to hunt from a tree stand you need to also be practising from an elevated stand.  You do need to perfect and lock in your form, but paramount is developing your confidence to the point you're sure that arrow's gonna go where you want at whatever range you shoot.  Then when you hunt you won't need to worry about it at all.  You will shoot your deer and then realise you don't remember aiming, anchoring, form or back tension, nothing but watching the arrow drop right in to where you were looking.  It gets almost zen like.  It's very cool.

George

iowabow:
Thanks George
You are correct I need to do a lot more work now on realist 3d shootin with only 2 months left before deer season. I am goint get a stand to shoot out of the backyard.

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