what happened???

[runamuk]

i picked up a longbow two years ago and loved it the moment i picked it up..
so i just jumped in head first started making my own strings,picked up some choppers, started grinding my own fletching, all the little things you can do..
and i shot my bow,,,,and shot,, and shot,,
every morning every evening.
but i could never improve, i was able to tune my bow and arrows,, my arrows would fly straight and enter the target straight,, but i could not get a group to save my life..EVER!!!!!
so after about 14 months of that i just hung my bow up,, i knew i didn't want to quit but i just had to give it a break for a while..
So the past few months i started shooting a little bit,, same old story,, VERY FRUSTRATING!!
so today i cut my finger next to my pinky...so when i shot my bow it was kind'a painful..
so i dropped that finger and just shot with two,,
BOOM!!! I instantly shot a group of three arrows
i could fit my fingers around, then just kept doing it over and over,,with very few stray arrows.  i am thinking man this is unreal..
after about forty shots my arrows started to spread so i gave it a rest for a couple hours then went back and did it all over again,, i just can't stop grinning..
it  just blows me away that such a little change could make such a huge improvment so INSTANTLY....
any thoughts on why???

[b.glass]

Maybe you were holding the bow too tightly before and to compinate for the cut finger had to losen your grip. Maybe you were torqueing the bow before.
It's great the way it has worked out for you! Enjoy!

[woodchucker]

You've been "thinkin' to hard".....  

[Shawn Leonard]

Yup, just the way you were applying pressure to the string gave ya some torque. Shawn

[Rob DiStefano]

With a split finger string grip, the vast majority of string pressure falls on the middle finger, the other fingers are more or less along for the ride.