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Title: Can a Northern Mist be shot with a vertical bow position?
Post by: longbow fanatic 1 on April 07, 2014, 05:41:00 PM

I recently received a Northern Mist Shelton. I noticed the shelf is very narrow and appears incapable of holding an arrow on the shelf when the bow is in the vertical position. Is it possible to shoot this bow in the vertical position or is it only designed to be shot in a canted position?

Title: Re: Can a Northern Mist be shot with a vertical bow position?
Post by: Terry Green on April 07, 2014, 06:45:00 PM

Any bow can be shot vertical or canted....or even reverse canted....its all in how you position your fingers on the string before you draw the bow....

Check this thread out from 2006 (http://tradgang.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=6;t=003728#000000)

Info on how to grip the string before you draw is on page 3.

Title: Re: Can a Northern Mist be shot with a vertical bow position?
Post by: David Mitchell on April 07, 2014, 07:30:00 PM

Dennis, you certainly can. No trouble shooting mine that way even though I prefer to use a bit of cant.

Title: Re: Can a Northern Mist be shot with a vertical bow position?
Post by: longbow fanatic 1 on April 07, 2014, 07:34:00 PM

Thanks, Terry. Dumb question, I know, but it really seemed difficult to do so. Thanks for the link, T!

Title: Re: Can a Northern Mist be shot with a vertical bow position?
Post by: longbow fanatic 1 on April 07, 2014, 07:41:00 PM

QuoteOriginally posted by David Mitchell:
Dennis, you certainly can. No trouble shooting mine that way even though I prefer to use a bit of cant.

Excellent, David. Thx!

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