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Main Boards => PowWow => Topic started by: jkcerda on September 18, 2012, 07:27:00 PM
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I suck at it w/o the sight.
still trying to get the strength & not shake that much at full draw, tried using the tip of the arrow as a guide, but I shake a bit at full draw.
any tips on how to really get "instinctive" w/o cheating with a sight first?
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Nothing wrong with a sight. But what pound draw is your bow?? Shaking is often a symptom of too much weight and it is REALLY hard to learn to shoot that way.
Arne
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If your shaking too much sounds like your over bowed.
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Sorry Bud, sounds like you're pulling too much weight.
After many years I've gone down to 30lbs. Just to re-establish proper form.
If you're shaking very much decide if it is nerves or strain.
If strain, lower poundage is your friend.
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Look at the target, not the arrow. Start at 10 yards and practice technique. If you're holding the shot more than a second - let down and try again with a faster release. Pause at anchor just a heartbeat and release.
If you hold longer you'e probably aiming.
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It is hard to describe. When you throw, you don't line everything up. When you shoot a handgun real close, you point it, not aim it. When you use a pea shooter you just blow it out.
As above. you have to look at what you want to hit, a small piece of it, and your mind takes over.
Try making a smaller mark on your target to aim at. The term aim small / miss small comes from that and is very real. Stay very close until you master that range, then extend by playing.
and. . there is nothing wrong with aiming techniques
ChuckC
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If you want to shoot totally instinctive than shooting at the smallest spot you can see will be the best thing you can do. If you are shaking a lot though at full draw you are probably overbowed and it will be hard to learn proper technique.