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Pat B:
Sounds more like a release of form problem than an arrow problem.

DC:

--- Quote from: Pat B on November 15, 2017, 08:31:38 am ---Sounds more like a release of form problem than an arrow problem.

--- End quote ---

That's what I thought. The short drawing does make some sense though and I have been guilty of that. I just thought that since the symptoms were almost exactly same every time that it might help nail down the problem.
A few weeks ago, all of a sudden I started shooting very well. For three days I was shooting 5-6" groups repeatedly. I could feel that everything was right. I thought that all I had to do was practice steady for a week to lock whatever I was doing into my muscle memory. It rained hard for four days. By the time it cleared up the feeling was gone. I was that close :(

bradsmith2010:
DC, good suggestions from above,, usually when I shoot left, it is alignent,, or the arrow is not under my eye,,
I forget are you right eye dominent,, and if my finger pressure is not consistant they go high and left,,
this is what I do when I shoot the best,,
1 pre aim the bow( point it where it need to go and hold it there throught the shot process)
2make sure I am pulling the arrow under my eye
3make sure I am pulling with back tension as I hit anchor
4pull through the shot( dont just let it go keep pulling)
5 make sure my bow arm remains steady,,

sounds easy right,, well when I do that,, I am pretty consistant,, if the arrow goes off,, I didnt do something right,,usuall short draw with no back tension,, if I short draw with good back tension it will still hit pretty good a close range,, but on longer shot you are losing cast and it will drop low,,

maybe video  yourself ,,, easier to see what is off on the bad shots,,

k-hat:
DC, I am by no means a marksman and you're probably more accurate than me, but I'll share some marksmanship advice given by a good friend.  He is in the army and was telling me about an excellent teacher he had.  Teacher said it's typical for a person to "force" themselves into an unnatural alignment, and thereby produce inconsistencies.  His advice to my friend was: (something like this)
--set up and aim like your going to shoot, then close your eyes and relax.  Open your eyes and without moving look through your sight and see where you're aiming. 
He found that the muzzle tended to drift left a touch.  So rather than change his aiming, he rotated his body/stance to the right and boom, precision increased dramatically.  If your force your body into an unnatural stance it will fight it.

Might I suggest that you may need to do similar,  and it may be on those days you had consistent accuracy you may have accidentally adjusted your stance some.

Just my worthless 2¢ ;D

Eric Krewson:
When I hit left I am getting into my arm guard with my string. I made an osage bow with the string a little to the left, I shot it a bit, everything was OK, that is until I shot it in a tournament. Every few shots I hit a foot or more left and realized what I had been doing. With uphill, awkward stance shots I was hitting my armguard. I changed to a bow with with the string more centered on the handle and stopped hitting to the left.

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