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Main Boards => The Shooters FORM Board => Topic started by: rdrace on February 11, 2008, 10:37:00 AM
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I finally got my arrows shooting perfect bullet holes thru paper all the way to 20 yards. I shoot carbon arrows that weigh 482 grains at 30.5" and shoot a right handed 55lb Bear Montana long bow. This is my problem I shoot three fingers under and when I aim down the arrow which seems to work for me I shoot high left all the time if I aim 5" over and 6" down or at 5 o'clock and then I hit buyeyes. If I aim at a deer target I have to aim under the belly to hit the heart at 20 yards. But at 10 yards I aim dead on and it hits dead on. I don't know if it a form issue because I know with my compund problem become larger at further distance. Is this normal or does anybody have an idea what I might be doing wrong
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You might be left eye dominant. When you aim down the arrow, you might think your right eye is doing the aiming, but it may be your left. Try closing your left eye and see what happens.
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I don't shoot well enough and my release isn't crisp enough to paper tune my recurves and longbows. Any arrow should make a bullet hole at 15 to 20 yards no matter how terrible the bow/arrow is tuned. I have to bare shaft tune my bows.
Nothing wrong with the distance. Your gap would be less at 10 than 20. The right/left issue could be many things; arrow not directly under your eye; arrow too stiff, and other things as well.
If you find your point-on distance, you can easily plot your gap from zero to that point-on distance. At 1/2 of your point-on distance you can measure your widest gap and plot it from there.
Jim