Cant question

[kfili]

I posted in another thread that canting lends me to missing to the right (Im a right handed shooter). For you canters; do you adjust your aim to compensate for the cant or is there something I am doing wrong while canting that causes the right miss? I would like to be able to cant the bow for practicality purposes in a hunting scenario if possible, but dont want to have to compensate my aiming as that would be difficult at varying distances.

 

[bjfoxhoven]

I’ve been told by people who have been shooting trad for a long time that it will affect it some. For me I haven’t noticed it much though, but I don’t alter my can’t dramatically most of the time unless we are messing around with really weird angle shots or shots under stuff (not long shots usually). I assumption would be that you may be collapsing some when you can’t the bow, under drawing it, changing dynamic spine a little and quite possibly releasing the string a little different. It may change the sight picture some too so you aim is a little off, kinda like you aren’t aligning up your peep right on a compound bow. Can’t wait to hear other people thoughts, hope I’m not too far off.

 

[North Idaho Stickbow]

I can’t cant. I can’t get a constant anchor, or a locked in bow arm, or back tension doing that. People that do cant amaze me, and there are some incredible shooters that do!

 

[Wrench]

It's going to be super dependent on your setup. If you shoot bullet holes it will not drift.

If you watch a slowmo of paradox you can understand that your POA and where you hit are equal to where the paradox recovers.

With that said, if that is dialed AND your nock elevation is bang on....it is so close you can't likely shoot the difference.

Now....the real issue may be how you aim. Canting gets some people's eye over the arrow better and allows easier aiming. Some guys can't hit without string blur.

 

[JohnnyB]

If you’re going to cant, try a heavier foc.

 

[Beendare]

I shoot both ways.

I cant my bow while hunting for a better view of the animal.

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[dallas.kc]

Something could be off with your tune slightly, or you are collapsing just before release. It can take a bit of shooting to get used to canting. I can hold my bow vertical or shoot with it almost completely horizontal and get relatively similar impacts (within a softball/pie plate kind of grouping)

 

[kfili]

I shoot both ways.

I cant my bow while hunting for a better view of the animal.

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Are you huching your body also or just canting the bow?

 

[Beendare]

Are you huching your body also or just canting the bow?

No. I'm assuming by hunching....you mean the Fred Asbell style of shooting. No I don't do that.

I do try to set my shoulders forward a tad vs perfect posture so that when I come to full draw I feel the expansion better. Jake Kaminki describes this in his vids. I don't know that I do it exactly like he does....but his is a good explanation.

I can shoot with the bow plumb too....and I recommend learning that as it teaches you string split and good alignment. When I first started I had problems getting my eye right over the non....shooting vertical helps that....plus it gets your anchor in the right spot.

I cant when hunting or shooting 3D because my eyesight is blurred a little shooting vertical.....I really want to see that animals body language....then bore in on a spot when hunting.

 

[kfili]

went out today and practiced canting some without changing much of the rest of my form, got the shots more in the middle, inconsistent, but in the middle. Glad I got that figured out, I am going to keep practicing more getting my regular form totally dialed then will circle back to canting as i progress

 

[Fire_9]

I’ve got to cant my bow because I can’t seem to keep my schnoz out of the way...

 

[Gen273]

I do some bows more than others. However, I am an instinct shooter when it comes to trad gear. So I have to shoot a bow a lot before I feel like I know it well enough to hunt with it. I hope this makes sense. I cant some bows more than others.

 

[Poeschel]

My problem with canting is I tend to cant the bow but my draw hand doesn’t follow causing string torque and the shot goes to hell.

 

[neverquit]

I have found that if my arrows are borderline weak and I can’t then my point of impact is way right
Once I have proper spine arrows I can cant

 

[pcf]

I shoot instinctively and cant my entire upper body along with the bow. That is just the way I learned many years ago and it works for me.

 

[LanceM]

I'm new to this, so take this with a grain of salt. I cant my bow 100% of the time. I have no issues keeping the shot centered while canting the bow. The best way I have found to explain how I keep aligned is that I'm pointing my arrow like a shotgun (although you would be looking at the top of the rib on your barrel, instead of looking down a flat plane and not seeing the top of the rib). I use my arrow tip as a reference for shooting different distances... +9"@15yd, point on at ~22, -12"@30yd, etc. I do struggle with stringing my shots vertically, which I believe is due to an inconsistent draw length. The next 2 weeks I am going to dedicate to ensuring proper form with fully engaged shoulder blades and possibly a clicker.

 

[Warmsy]

I had the same problem after I learned better form. I had purchased arrows and components based on my very collapsed form several months ago, and had pretty much ignored the nock-high condition of bareshaft tuning.

I've been shooting about a year. In the last few months, after shooting st least 100 arrows/ day, I've got my form down and properly tuned my arrows... and my nock point! I messed with the nock point for about 2 hours and 200 arrows. I no longer have the problem of left misses while canting the bow.