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M-P:
Howdy,   I normally shoot off the hand, so I'll add my two cents.  Hand placement becomes automatic.  I can't say how much practice it takes, but it happens.  Of course by the time it becomes instinctive there will be a wear mark on your bow, so that may be part of it.  You can add a maker's mark at the arrow pass, or add an insert.  ( As an aside, I point out the the dadoe for the insert removes far more wood than years of wear could.)  Handle shape may also influence consistent hand placement.  A handle wrap gives a good visual and tactile feedback to aid hand placement.  A more shapely grip with a  "pistol grip" will guide the hand to the same place time after time.  I often add a nocking point to the string, but unless you shoot three fingers under, the mark need be nothing more than a very thin wrap of bright thread.  ie. a visual mark and not a thickened bead.   Ron

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