A strip of leather. I kid you not. I've got quite big hands and I was always struggling to stop the string slapping against my forearm a little on my bow.

An experienced archer strolled by and told me the throat of my bow was too narrow for me. So I just hooked it into the crook of my thumb and tried a few shots like that.

Well obviously it was a little uncomfortable pulling 60 odd pounds that way but they flew straight as hell, and the only sound was the string leaving the tab and the arrow flight.

Huh, so I thought about building my handle up a bit. Unfortunatley when one has a pretty bow like I do it seems criminal to just go tie some handle bar wrappings around it.

Option B, good ol' fashioned cow. Here's how it turned out.



I just can't beleive what a massive difference such a small thing has made. Anyone else had any "light bulb" moments like that which has just changed everything?

It's amazing when it all comes together like that!!! Keep up the good shooting

Nice.  Sounds like a winning idea.  Nice when the universe sends you such a direct message.

I may have to try that!