Easy way to shoot a traditional bow.

[Batjac]

Here is a video I just released on an easy way to shoot a traditional bow. I hope you guys like it.

 

[go4thegusto]

Nope, I will stick with the Asbell instinctive shooting. Look at your target, draw to a consistent anchor point and shoot. All that gap nonsense may work on paper but when the Thirty Pointer is 15 yards and your adrenalin is redlined I couldn't add 2+2! IMO

 

[GLB]

I do the same as described in the video. I set my bows up for a 25 yard PO and hold under (subconsciously) the same at any distance under that. I shot instinctive for over 20 years then gap (hard aim) for about 3 years to this that I also call gapstinctive. The only thing about the video that I don’t do is set a high nock height. I set the nock height where the bow wants to tune.

 

[FLS]

That’s pretty much how I shoot. I’ve done it so long I don’t even think about it anymore.

 

[Batjac]

Nope, I will stick with the Asbell instinctive shooting. Look at your target, draw to a consistent anchor point and shoot. All that gap nonsense may work on paper but when the Thirty Pointer is 15 yards and your adrenalin is redlined I couldn't add 2+2! IMO

It's not nonsense. I have killed a lot of deer using this technique. How many 30 pointers have you shot?

 

[Batjac]

It's not nonsense. I've killed a lot of deer using this technique.

 

[go4thegusto]

It's not nonsense. I have killed a lot of deer using this technique. How many 30 pointers have you shot?

Ha, you got me there! Still trying. This one only had 8

 

[LostArra]

Ha, you got me there! Still trying. This one only had 8

I love big 8's

 

[Batjac]

Ha, you got me there! Still trying. This one only had 8

Nice Buck! He's got really tall tines.

 

[Patriot2]

I tried Asbell's method the first couple years of shooting trad bows and it never was accurate for me. I now see my point in the periphery of my vision and I just visualize the arrow's trajectory and when the visualized trajectory meets the target area I pull through a release. I do not in any way quantify the distance or have any set amount to hold over/under based upon some given distance to the target. I think it is closer to what Byron Ferguson described (Become The Arrow is a good book!) . Worked great for me for three decades. I think the process described in the video is a great way to start and get people at least hitting the target butt!

IMHO and based upon observations at the Missouri UBM Bow Jam the last two years, the best shooters are overwhelmingly those that come to anchor, lock in, and then release. I see many "instinctive" snap shooters and for the nmost part that never truly reach an anchor - their accuracy is very poor and they are often releasing 1-2" before their draw hand reaches their face. It may work for some, but there are other ways that are every bit as effective.

 

[Batjac]

I started out shooting Fred Asbell's way back in the '80s when he came out with his first book. Sometimes I could shoot really good and sometimes not so good. If I practiced every day I could get pretty good. My hit rate has gone up immensely once I started hunting with this technique. It's just another Good way to shoot if somebody wants to try a different technique. Thanks for watching.