I was just practicing with my fifty four inch Black Widow PCHX and was noticing I shot a lot better group at twenty meters with it slightly canted.
Is it better to shoot a short bow canted because of the small sight window.
thanks
Matt
Many people I know, myself included will cant short bows due to their usual short sight window. By canting, it 'opens up' the sight window and gives a much better view down range of the target.. That's just my perspective
That makes sense to me. I'm shooting a longbow now, not much of a sight window to speak of, and I shoot it better canted. It also puts the arrow nock directly under my eye.
Getting the arrow under the eye is key. Some find that the posture of shooting with a canted bow is more conducive to bowhunting shots versus a more straight up and static target shooting posture.
I agree. I've owned recurves that were cut 3/16" passed center, and I still had to shoot with a cant. I just have a wide face I guess!
Thanks for advice guys, I have five short bows and love shooting with them. Two Black widows and three Cascades, the BW PCHX has a low wrist grip which l really like,having shot longbows for years.I have a wide face as well and short arms and I have had my left arm which l hold the bow with broken twice and cannot fully straighten it.
Matt
I experimented the other day with all kinds of cants between Olympic and 45 degrees. Slight cant like 5 to 10 degrees money.... Olympic uncomfortable. And over to 45 degrees arrow veered left and hand to compensate. I guess it wasn't underneath my eye.
I can shoot either way and I practice both ways but I prefer to cant my bow a little. Widow
I forgot to say I shoot short bows Blackwidows CHX. WIdow
54" KB and I cant the bow. Better sight picture & hand/eye/arrow alignment for me... I can shoot more or less cant as needed.
I cant all of them, short or long. I usually cant the bow more when I'm closer to my target and less at greater ranges.
I cant my 54" Thunderchild. I found I shoot longbows better that way and recurves straight up.
I just naturally cant the bow when i shoot. Longbow, recurve, no matter. We were at a christmas party and one of the games involved a marshmallow bow, canted that too! Just the natural way i shoot now after all these years.
I have found shutting my eyes and then holding both arms horizontal out in front of me,when I open my eyes both hands are canted. I have to think and twist my wrists and forearms to get my hands vertical. Its even the same when throwing a punch, you will unconsciously cant your hand to throw a punch.
i cant my bow as it is natural as i shoot a horse bow and i automatically do it without thinking
Feels more natural to me than straight up and down.
The trick is to make sure that BOTH hands (that includes your draw fingers) cant at the same angle...or expect some plucking to happen. That's especially true if you use a 'deep hook' on the string.
TSP can you enlighten me on the difference between a deep hook and a shallow hook. I hold the string in the first joint of all three fingers.
thanks
Matt
It's not allowed. You can't cant your bow !
:laughing:
ChuckC