Talk about shooting form .

[Pine]

Reading the threads on here lately , got me thinking about my dad and how he shot his Ben Pearson recurve .
When he was in his mid 40s , he was having an awful time with bursitis .
He could hardly draw his bow , let alone shoot much .
This one afternoon we were shooting out back and he said ," If I could only have this bow in front of me with it sideways and pull it to my hip like this , I could shoot all day . "
So being a smart alec , he let one go at about 20 yards and missed the bullseye by about a foot .
He then walked the next few shots to a group size about a little bigger than a softball .
He shot that way for about two years , until his shoulder healed up .
Beats me how he could do that , I've tried and I usually hit about 4 feet in front of the backstop .
Oh well it's a neat memory for me .      

[katman]

Memories with family and friends are the best. Love the sig.

My guess he had exceptional hand eye coordination and determination. Look at gunslingers shooting from the hip.

[Sam McMichael]

Yes, it sounds like your dad had very good hand/eye coordination. When his shoulder healed, did he have a difficult time reverting back to standard archery form?

[newhouse114]

Pulling the string into the upper chest was a traditional anchor for some native groups. I've tried it and can do well out to 10-15 yards, past that and things go south for me.

[Pine]

http://tradgang.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=141117#000000
This is a link to a thread about my dad .
Yes he got back to shooting normally just fine .
He was one of those people that didn't shoot very often but could still hit what he was looking at .
The story on this link can sure sum it up .
At the time of the story ,he hadn't shot a bow for more than 20 years .
Thanks for reading .

[maineac]

Might have to try that one