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Black Moshannon:

--- Quote from: Hawkdancer on May 22, 2020, 11:41:04 pm ---No pictures?!  It didn't happen! 

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Hawkdancer:
Mean't to add:  (lol) (lol)!  Pat B has some real good advice. But if you can shoot very good at 40-50#, and does the job, why go heavier?  Good luck with your program, and only eat on the days you practice >:D (-P (lol)
Hawkdancer

Black Moshannon:

--- Quote from: Hawkdancer on May 23, 2020, 12:12:17 pm ---Mean't to add:  (lol) (lol)!  Pat B has some real good advice. But if you can shoot very good at 40-50#, and does the job, why go heavier?  Good luck with your program, and only eat on the days you practice >:D (-P (lol)
Hawkdancer

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The reason I wanted to shoot sixty pounds is rather convoluted and personalized. I decided to stick with just shoot shafts, around here in Central Pa rose is everywhere, so that’s what I use. Now it has this pith through the middle. I was making arrows which I was sanding down close to the correct spine for fifty pounds. This pith was making me uncomfortable because the diameter was so small by the time the arrow was finished, it left the walls around the pith too thin. I did sinew wrap some of them and I never had one split out, but it made me nervous. Further, the finished arrows are heavy, like in the 650-700 grain range. And some of the arrows “clacked” off the side of the bow, which I heard meant overspined. So I made some arrows with safety in mind and shot them from my sixty pound bows and they shot great, no clacking and clanking, right straight. So yes, I know I could solve the spine problem by making my arrows longer or upping the head weight, but I’m pretty comfortable with the head design and arrow length which flies well out of a sixty pound bow. I decided to just put in the work to use the heavier bow.

Black Moshannon:
Update: I have killed two groundhogs so far this summer. I have lost a little of the panic but I still shoot poorly when making the final shot. I am now making the shot 10 yards or less or I won’t shoot at a groundhog.  Further, I am taking one shot per hour in practicing to attempt the first shot as a perfect one. None of them have been so far. The first shot of my practice shots is always the worst. Also I have been making groundhog stew.

Pat B:
Try thinking of each aspect of your form on to your release as it is taking place. If something interrupts, thoughts or deeds, start over. Concentrate on where the arrow WILL go, feel the string at the beginning of the draw and as tension increases through the draw, feel your anchor and allow the string to SLIP from your fingers all the while concentration where the arrow WILL go. 
 Also try going through your draw sequence and when you hit anchor hold for a second then let down slowly. Don't release the arrow. Do this 10 times and on the 10th draw concentrate on where the arrow WILL go and release.
It seems to me you aren't concentrating on the important stuff while you shoot. Try to eliminate everything else in your vision except where the arrow WILL go.

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