We shoot an indoor bowhunter league.  Last week I watched everyone shoot paying attention to  shooting form and mechanics.  I noticed just how much the shooters differed in canting the bow. Lets find out how much "we" cant the bow.

Plese just reverse the numbers for left handed.

Hill said the amount of cant cuts down on the Visual distance to the target

I voted the 1 o'clock position but I can't really say because I don't pay attention.  I just hold the bow however it feels right at the time.

As much as the situation calls for.  I practice everything from horizontal to a reverse cant

I'm a one o' clocker.I just cant enough to open up my sight picture.

I voted one o'clock as well.. I practice for everything but would say my "style" is just far enough off vertical to get everything out of my line of sight...

I guess I am a "straight up" kinda guy.

Winterhawk1960

About 1 as a natural cant.  That is about what works for the way everything lines up with a fairly upright head and standing position.  I like to shoot a lot at about 1:30-2, but with a waist bend.

2:00

Couldn't vote.....I'm with Jeremy......whatever it takes at the time.

Wow cool poll!  This is interesting! I'll need to watch to see what comes out of it!

QuoteOriginally posted by Buckeye Trad Hunter:
I voted the 1 o'clock position but I can't really say because I don't pay attention.  I just hold the bow however it feels right at the time.

Ditto

it's all subjective stuff to one degree or another 'cause all that matters is accurate, repeatable consistency of your body mechanics, aim and release.

a bowhunter needs to be accurate no matter what the bow's position, or the hunter's position.

watch the vid of terry repeatedly nailing a foamie while facing AWAY from the target, and note the distance to the target.  look closely at his form, aim and release.  now THAT's good shootin'!

I shoot all of my bows straight up except for my Lee. I cant it about 1 o'clock.

check out this thread and the last vid, 'over the pond' ....

 http://tradgang.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=17;t=000081

there's a WEALTH of info to be had here at trad gang, some of it ya gotta dig a bit to find it.

Ive tried and dont like the idea of trying to change my "natural" cant...i dont want to even think about it... i want to concentrate on the "spot" and let everything else happen..I think Terry would call this your "backyard shot"...the backyard shot is what i want in the woods with me.... I dont want to have to worry about whether my bow is vertical or not.

'cant' ain't even in a bowhunter's vocabulary, nothing to even think about, just look at this vid ...

Over the pond

Isn't 3 o'clock gangster style?    :D

Around the clock for me. Or 1:30

Geesh Rob- if your shooting that good - you might as well shoot a compound !!    :(    :(