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Mesophilic:
Been post this for a while but thought maybe I could work through it.  I've noticed over the summer my release changing and wanted to see if you guys think I developed a bad habit.

I shoot instinctive and like everyone, have good and bad days.  I try to pull through with my drawing hand as I release.  I've been noticing that my drawing fingers are slapping me on the side of the cheek bone upon release.

Often it's just annoying, but sometimes it starts to give me a bit of a headache if I shoot enough.

What do you guys think?

DC:
I went through this a while back. I felt like Nelson was saying,"Why are you hitting yourself?" I have no idea what I did but it went away. I know that's no help. :D If I had to guess I would say that it was my stance closing up. I found that my bow arm was swinging left a bit.(I'm a righty) It was also shortening my draw length.

Mesophilic:
Haha, now I'm going to have the Simpsons in my head every time I go to thr range for a while.

I'll watch my stance when I shoot tomorrow,  see if there's a connection. 

I know I'm only using just a smidge over 27 inches of my 28..5 in draw length, but figure after the elk hunt I want to change thungs up, spend some time working with 3 under and that'd be a good time to make other corrections as well.

Pat B:
Sounds like you are plucking the string and not letting the string slip from your fingers. Try holding at full draw then lowering your draw without releasing. Do this a few times then draw and release.
Do you hold at full draw for any length of time or release when you hit full draw?

Mesophilic:
I hold at full draw for just a fraction of a second.  Since originally posting I've been working hard at being aware of my release, and I think you're right, I think I'm a plucker.  Been getting better this last week,  and not noticing the Nelson Muntz factor as much.

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