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learning to shoot- am unaware of anchor point etc, have questions

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Kegan:
Just find somehting that's comfortable with you, and go to town on it! I have bad eyes, so instinctive doesn't work well for me (can't pick that little spot so well), so I use Hill's split-vision. After a while I ggot comfortable and started shooting quicker and with less thought. My record so far is about 53 yards and sunk the arrow where I wanted it :o!

Pat B:
What got me more interested in instinctive shooting(many years ago) was a kill I made with a c*mpound bow. I always had all the bells and whistles on my wheel bow. Had a small buck come in to a scrape I was sitting over. I remember standing, concentrating on my target, putting tension on the string...and the next thing I remember is a bloody arrow sticking out of the ground and the deer running off. After that I figured...why bother with all that other crap when I didn't need it in the first place.
   When I shoot, I'm not aware of my bow or arrow, just what I AM gonna hit.   I read G. Fred Asbell's book"Instinctive Shooting" and got a lot of good info about truly instinctive shooting. In the end, the more you shoot and the more familiar you are with your equipment, the better you will get.
   A few years back I bought a Treadway Glass longbow. I estimated that in one year I put 10,000 arrows through it. I was shooting 30 to 50 arrows a day and almost every day. After you get all that instinctive information embedded in your brain, just let your brain do your shooting for you. You'll never miss. ;)     Pat

El Destructo:
I shot Compounds for years...with Peep Sights, Scopes, Releases and Stabilizers..........forget all of the Crap you learned from doing this....a Stickbow is not a Deer Rifle..do what has been stated in this Thread....use what ever is comfortable to you....it is no different than making a fist and pointing you finger .....your mind and body will point that finger at what you are looking at....just like throwing a Baseball....it takes a lot of Practice....but your hand and eye will cooperate on getting the Arrow where you are looking...I don't Instinctive Shoot....at least not on purpose..I just look at my Target using my same comfortable Anchor Point.....and Shoot..and 7 out of 10 times I can hit the Mark.........I concider this a lot bigger accomplishment than getting a 290 or so at a 3D Shoot with my $900 Bowtech Rig!!! And a whole lot more Enjoyable too..........

richpierce:
Thanks, guys.  I'll just keep shooting and not worry or think about it too much.

TRACY:
Practice, practice, and then practice some more. let your mind and body tell you what to do. The more I think about it the less I can hit. Like Pat B said one minute your watching a deer and the next your looking at a bloody arrow and a deer running off. Not sure what happened inbetween but the mind and body reacted without you realizing it. No need for me to analyze that any further. Good luck!

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