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"Shooting and Hunting" Maybe I should learn how to shoot
Arthur Herrmann:
I do not have $100 bucks sittin around to buy a spine tester. How do I make a home-made one?
Kegan has a technique of shooting from a really far distance, but it is hard for me to find a good lane to shoot in, where I have a backstop.
Also, is Instinctive the best method? I'd be happy if I were accurate at 30yds, so Instinctive could work for me. Could somebody explain how to do it in detail?
People say you just concentrate, then shoot. If that's it, then how do people write books on how to shoot instinctively?
huntertrapper:
Arthur i dont have a spine tester either...now i bought shafts from a dealer that sells them tested already and i "spine" mne by seeing how they shoot...instinctive...i cant explain, i would try but i cant think about it for some reason...i just do it...someone on here will know
Pat B:
If you have other arrows of different spine you can use, you can make a simple spine tester that will get you in the ball park. Drive 2 nails in a board(edge of work bench) 26" apart and level with each other. Place an arrow of known spine on the 2 nail and hang a weight from the center(officially you will need a 2# weight but for comparison it doesn't matter as long as it is constant) and mark the deflection. That will be your mark for that spined arrow. Then do the same with a different spined arrow, and so on.
For correct spine reading your arrows should be 28" from the nock to the back of the point. Any length over or less than the 28" you subtract or add 5# of spine weight per inch. Also this spine weight is calculated with a 125gr point there is a value to add or subtract with points that are less than or more than 125gr. but I'm not sure what those values are.
Instinctive shooting is being able to look where you want your arrow to go without outside conscious reference points. Like throwing a baseball or football. You look where you want it to go and that is where it goes when you throw it. It is hand/eye coordination. I believe G.Fred Asbell's book about instinctive shooting is one of the best out there. Instinctive shooting does take lots of practice and patience but it is something that anyone can do if they put their mind to it. I like instinctive shooting because I don't have to think about yardage except what is too far away to shoot at. You must first get the fundamentals of shooting down first so you don't have to think about them when you shoot. Pat
stiknstring:
I read Kegans way of spining arrows by shooting them a hunnerd yards or so and taking the ones that go left or right blah blah blah. You gotta have good form already for that to work and be able to repeat your hold and more importantly your release time and time again. Until you do have that build a spine tester or do as was suggested and get some arrows of known spine, try a few to figure out which fly the best at a closer distance and then match the rest of your arrows to that one.
Arthur Herrmann:
Pat B- What are the fundamentals of shooting?
My parents won't let me buy again until Christmas. So I will have to make a spine tester.
I made a green stick bend with shoe string rope, and called it my first bow. Now I have tools, machines, and a total of 4 working bows. I have yet to read fundamentals, or these other concreate ideas that every shooter must know.
So I was hopin you guys could help.
Oh, and I no longer use green wood, or shoe strings.
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