This was great. I also never thought to so consciously use my back.Should certainly help my struggle with traditional shooting. You mentioned seeing the "gap". Would you say you gap shoot or shoot all instinctively? Anyway will certainly check out the rest of your videos.
Bear with me as I'll try my best to explain my aiming system. I've tried all types of aiming systems in the past and so far this has been working the best for me in the field, but it has decreased my effective range.
I'll try to first explain a few things of how I understand them.
Gap at the Bow: Think about compound sights and how the gap at the bow's riser increasingly get smaller in relation to the arrow and the sights as the shooting distances increase.
Gap at the Target: This gap is different. At a close range, the gap will start off small then increase and then decrease until there is no gap or your arrow is point on. For example (this is only an example, I don't have any correct numbers at the top of my head) let's say at 5 yards your arrow is pointing 6" below the spot you want to hit, then at 20yds, your arrow is pointing 18" below the spot and at 40yds, your gap at the target is again 6" below the spot and maybe your point on is 45yds. This gap will vary on speed, arrow length, anchor, etc...
Instictive From what I understand, guys explain it as "throwing a ball", just look at your target and shoot. Some say that you never see your arrow. I've never been an instinctive shot by this definition.
For my aiming, I start with a pre-aim. I use my arrow to set my windage. Once that is on, I do set a gap, but this is where it gets weird. It's not a dedicated gap where I'm holding off target so many inches, I'm almost going by feel. The gap just looks right and feels right. I guess you could call it an instinctive-gap. LOL! I did have to learn this gap though. To learn or get a feel for this so called gap, you'll have to practice this pre-aim regiment. Set the pre-aim, go through your shot sequence, and you'll find if your elevation was too high or too low once your arrow hits the target. First I try to practice at dedicated yardages, then once I'm comfortable I'll only shoot one arrow and constantly mix the yardages on every shot. I also use really bright feathers, I'll set the gap, shoot the shot, then track the arrows trajectory until the arrow hit it's intended mark.(This is one reason that once I get a bow set-up, I don't like to change, unless I can get a very similar trajectory.)
Now back to my aiming process. So I pre aim, set windage, set my instinctive gap, then I'll continue to my shot sequence. All the while, I'm looking at the intended spot. Once I hit my face anchor, I start to refine my aiming. This is where most of my focus turns to the spot itself. Although I see the arrow, it's only in my peripheral vision at this time. If I let off a good shot, the split second before I release, my focus is 100% on the spot.
Sorry if this got confusing. I just took the fun right out of traditional bows... LOL!
