Point on insanity

[Trumpkin The Dwarf]

after that video it seems I have a short forearm a shorter draw has my elbow out in front of my shoulders

I am the same, and have a long point on distance as well. It's very hard to get the arrow close to the eye without a ridiculous amount of cant for L/R alignment. I'd sugest trying riser gapping instead (use the top of your strike plate as your vertical aim point, and just reference the line of the arrow for L/R.

 

[Wilderlife]

I started doing something similar with my bow recently, as I've been trying to shoot more in the middle distances without using my crawl. My gap is enormous, but there is a washer at the top of my quiver mount that seems to be in a spot that has my arrows landing roughly where they need to when I line the top of that washer up with the kill zone on the target. It's a difficult sight picture to get used to at first but once I've got it down it should work just fine. I'm going to a shoot on the weekend so we'll see how it works out, but from what I can gather it's different rules to what I normally do and the max distance is about 30 metres.

 

[rabbithuntr]

Yeah, I tend to shoot a little right [lefty] when I have too much tension in my forearm. When I focus on back tension, locking my scapula and really feeling the entire pull with my back, I am more accurate.

Arne Moe on YouTube has a video where he is working with the DIY guy on this....it explains it better. Arne- RIP- recommends a rotational draw that can help you get into your back and feel back tension.

When I started, I didn't know what back tension even felt like It turns out, I had been drawing a compound with arm/shoulders. Tension in your arm/hand isn't as big a deal when shooting a release, its a big deal when shooting fingers. It probably took me a year to develop my back strength and feel the back tension.

Thanks I’ll have to watch that sometime.

 

[rabbithuntr]

I am the same, and have a long point on distance as well. It's very hard to get the arrow close to the eye without a ridiculous amount of cant for L/R alignment. I'd sugest trying riser gapping instead (use the top of your strike plate as your vertical aim point, and just reference the line of the arrow for L/R.

This was my solution however my grouping is much better when I can put my point on a spot.

 

[bowhuntercoop]

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This was my solution however my grouping is much better when I can put my point on a spot.

You can always use the highest anchor you are comfortable with then use a fixed crawl.

After a lesson with Tom Clum sr a few years ago and really learning how to tune an arrow, my point on for the east coast is 20 yards. Granted I have a short draw length, and cut my arrows as short as possible. It’s bad medicine for a stick bow. From 0-25 yards use the tip of my arrow and it’s always on a deer or pig.

It took a solid year to ingrain my higher anchor instead of index finger in the corner of my mouth, but the accuracy and results on game was worth it. Now it feels so weird to anchor lower and I can’t even shoot a compound since the anchor is extremely low compared to a stick.

 

[Beendare]

Good post Coop.

 

[bowhuntercoop]

Good post Coop.

Can’t take the credit, I learned a pile from your post years ago when I started down the stickbow route haha.

Forearm tension is my biggest issue. If I don’t shoot for a couple weeks it’s very apparent when I draw a bow back if I’m shoulder pulling or using back muscle. That’s the main thing I see with guys is shoulder pulling. Once they learn what back tension feels like it’s like a light bulb goes off. You really don’t need much tension at all in ur hand with a decent hook, the bows come back easily with with higher draw weights when using proper form imo.

 

[rabbithuntr]

You can always use the highest anchor you are comfortable with then use a fixed crawl.

After a lesson with Tom Clum sr a few years ago and really learning how to tune an arrow, my point on for the east coast is 20 yards. Granted I have a short draw length, and cut my arrows as short as possible. It’s bad medicine for a stick bow. From 0-25 yards use the tip of my arrow and it’s always on a deer or pig.

It took a solid year to ingrain my higher anchor instead of index finger in the corner of my mouth, but the accuracy and results on game was worth it. Now it feels so weird to anchor lower and I can’t even shoot a compound since the anchor is extremely low compared to a stick.

I watched Arne’s video and also video of tom clum on back tension and target psych stuff it was good definitely stuff to work on. I tried drawing a little in the last night it seemed a lot harder to tell if I rolled my shoulder back than without a load. I also noticed when I pulled my my shoulder back I want to pull my bow arm shoulder back as well. I haven’t had much time to work on it yet though.

 

[bowhuntercoop]

I watched Arne’s video and also video of tom clum on back tension and target psych stuff it was good definitely stuff to work on. I tried drawing a little in the last night it seemed a lot harder to tell if I rolled my shoulder back than without a load. I also noticed when I pulled my my shoulder back I want to pull my bow arm shoulder back as well. I haven’t had much time to work on it yet though.

Scrunched up bow shoulder is very common for guys first staring out or to much draw weight, or just not setting it up properly in the shot sequence.

Tom goes over that in a few different videos and in person. One of the recent push archery videos has shot breakdowns of archers who submitted videos to the channel. He shows how to set the bow shoulder low and proper from the start of the draw. It will also help high low misses imo.

Tom told me 5 years, it takes 5 years to really dial everything in and be able to shoot to one’s ability, once you hit that mile stone it’s just minor tweaks here and there, always striving to get better.

I don’t really shoot critters over 25 yards, elk, moose, bear being the exceptions because they are bigger targets and don’t really jump the string, but from learning proper form and tuning, I tune all my bows with bareshafts at 25-30 yards and shoot pretty damn good out to 40 yards practicing.

Give it time, ask any questions ya need! Trad community is the best. Enjoy the ride!!!