Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Shooting and Hunting => Topic started by: DC on April 10, 2016, 02:09:39 pm
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After a few days off due to rain. I went out and shot my usual 72 arrows. I was using the same bow, same arrows but now most of them hit about 6" to the right. Three days in a row, still to the right. Obviously I'm doing something wrong. Any ideas?
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Aim 6" to the left! ;D
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I've been doing that :) I'd hate to retrain my old brain and then find out what I was doing wrong and then have to retrain it again. It's about that far from being wore out and I don't want to waste any :D
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Right left misses consistently would bug me too. My thought would be cant the bow more than normal and see what happens. If you are a straight up taget shooter I would make sure I was not canting a little.
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I am a target shooter and I do cant a bit but I always have. I don't think I've changed that.
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Right impacts can mean a weak spine. If your arrows were "on the edge" to begin with simply drawing the bow 1/2 or 3/4" farther will weaken the spine enough to cause right impacts. Just a guess.
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That's a thought. I have been working on my anchor point. I'll rumage through my pile of arrows. Might have to make some heavier. The last couple of times out I have just held the bow with my thumb and forefinger. That seemed to help a bit. Maybe I'm torquing the bow. I have a bit of arthritis in my middle thumb joint and maybe I'm heeling a bit to take the pressure off. I know it hurts when I just use thumb and forefinger. I'll take some painkillers a while before shooting next time, see if that helps.
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Draw to normal anchor, aim/focus/do your thing, then pretend to close a door you just walked through with your elbow. The motion uses perfect back tension and if you don't double clutch the string makes the smoothest release. If they're all hitting to the right then your release is now flawed or you were plucking the string before. Don't think it's the arrows if they worked before. Maybe try some blind bale shooting and really feel the form.
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maybe you are not keeping the arrow under your eye,, :) and pulling through the shot
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Whatever it was seems to have faded away. I'm back to my usual one or two to the left, one or two to the right etc. The odd one in the middle(ish) ;D
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for me : left is a pluck, right is a collapse or canting too much. i dont hardly cant at all any more just for consistancy sake so when i do i miss right a tad. as for collapse i find i collapse if i grip the bow rater than shooting with an open ish hand. no idea why but thats just how it is for me
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What do you mean by collapse? Sounds like something I could do ;)
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I mean the oppisite of a pluck. Draw up, and upin release your draw hand comes forward, your posture collapses as if and involuntary slouch, and your bow hand moves slightly rightwards (if you are right handed). If your always a little right tho you can try slightly higher spined arrows or less weighted tips to accomplish the same effect
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Thanks, don't think that's it.
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itd be hard to tell without seeing your form. especially seeing your form when your hitting where you want to be and when youve been off it for a while and hit right.
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I have been shooting alot lately getting ready to shoot at a turkey I hope, I can tell when I shoot to much and am a bit tired,, consistancy goes down, I shoot a bit high and left,, if my form is good they go down the middle,, and yes I have my shots that could go anywhere,,
but as I practice every day,, the form is getting better and I am more consistent hitting where I look,, it just takes more practice than you think to get there sometimes,, sometimes I can't figure out what is wrong, but the next day it is gone,, you got to just keep at it,, and sometimes the progress is very slow,, I shoot two different ways and shoot alot of different bows,, with different draw lengths, so that is not helping sometimes,,the shorter bows, I snap shoot, and I like that,, the longer draw bows,, I hit anchor and pull through the shoot,, at close range,, accuracy is about the same,,, as I back up,, a longer more deliberate draw seems to work better,, but I like being able to do both,, and to tell you the truth ,,enjoy the snap shooting the most,, :)
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This happens to me time to time,shooting left or right. I find it mostly has to do with being tired or something on my mind.
My eyes drift, grip changes and gets tight. I have less then perfect form and release. Next time out all is better.
I shoot best at dusk when no one is around and the woods are quite.
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I shoot best at dusk when no one is around
I've notice the 'no one around' thing. I shoot way better in my back yard than I do at the range. But I've been a "choker" all my life and I'm used to it(sorta) :-\ :-\
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If I'm shooting to one side or the other,(with a pre-tested bow/arrow match-up)it always ends up being a form issue. Make sure your drawing arm/hand are in alignment with the arrow,and that following the release ,the drawing hand is behind your anchor point,and not going up ,down or out to the side. I have to check myself regularly for "over-drawing",which always ends up to the side . I believe this problem is a result of shooting bows in the lower 50# range. I have shot for over 50 years and made the decision a few years ago to drop 10# off my draw weight to help my joints last a little longer. JMHO God Bless
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State of mind like said means consistency or not for me many times.That's why one day seems to be better than another.Full concentration on the target.Deliberate draw/anchor and release.Doing it the same every time for consistency.Go to shoot with just 3 arrows.It's better that I shoot 3 deliberate shots instead of dozens at a time.Everyone misses no matter what's been said.Confidence builds and when it hits it's supposed to.
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I'm right-handed. Assuming arrows are spined reasonably. Shots hitting right are generally due to my release. Shots hitting left are caused by moving bow hand. That's been my experience. YRMD.
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One thing I have noticed is even after shooting a bow a few hundred times it will take a little more set that will throw off your accuracy. I usually trim the front of the fletching to reduce contact with the handle. And sometimes you may inadvertently be pulling back on the string to the right as I do often.