POLL - How do you shoot? Instinctive/Hybrid/Gap

Yellow Dog · January 08, 2009, 09:17:00 PM

I guess hybrid gap. The only time I see the arrow is when I start to draw, then I burn a hole in my target and don't see or pay attention to the arrow. Must be the push/pull method because when I start to draw I point the arrow at the target, focus more on the arrow than I do the target, but that changes about half way thru the draw and my focus shifts to the target and I don't see or pay attention to the arrow. Works for me. Instinctive? Gap? Hitting what I'm looking at, yes. I've tried to gap shoot 3 under and just couldn't do it. As long as I concentrated on what I was doing I was OK. Once I concentrated on what I wanted to hit my natural shooting style took over.

guspup · January 08, 2009, 09:39:00 PM

Just concentrate on the target, just like any other sport that involves an object you 'let fly'

bmb · January 08, 2009, 09:44:00 PM

i started out instinctive...then got TP pretty bad....went to a clicker on all my bows and i began what you call " hybrid" shooting form. it works for me. the first thing i do when i get a bow setup is find my point-on. after that i get accustomed to the arrows trajectory.

WIND WALKER · January 08, 2009, 10:50:00 PM

I like to think that your first shot is the only instinctive shot that you take. After that you have some sort of reference that you mentally use.

joe skipp · January 08, 2009, 11:00:00 PM

Where does split vision fall under...gap...

Night Wing · January 09, 2009, 12:08:00 AM

Instinctive. I never see the arrow and/or the arrow point. I just look at a spot on the target or animal and somehow the arrow gets close to where I'm looking.

SpikeMaster · January 09, 2009, 07:52:00 AM

I pick a spot to hit, draw, anchor, concentrate on that spot, release, and then follow through. The more attention I pay to the arrow the worse I shoot.

BRITTMAN · January 09, 2009, 08:24:00 AM

Hybird

Lindsay · January 09, 2009, 08:41:00 AM

QuoteOriginally posted by SpikeMaster:
I pick a spot to hit, draw, anchor, concentrate on that spot, release, and then follow through. The more attention I pay to the arrow the worse I shoot.

Have to agree, if I over think the shot it all turns to custard

sbschindler · January 09, 2009, 08:47:00 AM

I'd bet that most of the instictive shooters are really hybrid shooters,

PhilNY · January 09, 2009, 05:59:00 PM

Well Im still working on re learning, but what I did when I could actually hit stuff was practice, tune and shoot beyond 20 yards with point of aim (guess the gap and focus on a spot below or above what you want to hit with the point of the arrow based on yardage)POA not gap IMO.
Anything less than 15 yards just point and shoot,I dont even look at the arrow.
Phil

Kingwouldbe · January 09, 2009, 06:28:00 PM

INSTINCTIVE until I hit my point on @50yds then its gap.

J-KID · January 09, 2009, 06:49:00 PM

Thanks to all who have responded (166 and counting).

It's been very interesting. . . keep it coming.

Red Beastmaster · January 09, 2009, 11:04:00 PM

Thank goodness I didn't have anyone or any info to teach me how to shoot a traditional bow! I taught myself. I look at the spot and nothing else. I believe I'm a better shot for it too.

Just a few weeks ago I shot my backyard target with a Judo by mistake. I had no idea I had done it until I pulled it out.

I can't possibly hit a target if I even glance at my arrow. I've tried it a few times just to understand what gapping is. It was pretty wild!

At 50yd or so I do start to notice the arrow but try to ignore it. At longer ranges I actually look under my hand.

Been working pretty good for me so far.

wapitimike1 · January 10, 2009, 05:24:00 AM

I think Hybrid would be Howard Hills style of Split V. Hybrid works good for me.

Ray · January 10, 2009, 09:29:00 AM

Im a hybrid, with trouble.

NDTerminator · January 10, 2009, 09:41:00 AM

I've evolved from a Fred Bear-like snap/instinctive method (how he pulled that off so consistently I'll never know...) to a dedicated gap method, and eventually settled on the "instinci-gap" method I've used for the last few years. I'm aware of the arrow point in my peripheral vision, but it isn't consciously part of the shot anymore...

Kingwouldbe · January 10, 2009, 01:57:00 PM

Sorry I was not able to finish my first post

INSTINCTIVE until I hit my point on @50yds then its gap. I'll explain how I shoot.

I burn a hole through where I want my arrow to pass through and just keep pulling until my clicker makes a little bump, then the arrow hits the spot I was looking at.

Once I hit point-on, I gap, for one thing the arrow is covering the spot I'm looking at, if it's 55 or 60 yards the arrow is above what I want to hit and you cant help looking at the arrow in relationship to what you want to hit.

There are so many variables to how someone shoots it's hard to explain.

I think you should shoot to master a style that gets you the results your looking for, if it's not working, try a different style until you find one that works for you.

That's part of the fun

J-KID · January 10, 2009, 04:45:00 PM

That IS the bottom line. Do what works and what is fun for you!

cahaba · January 10, 2009, 04:57:00 PM

I concentrate on the target and am aware of the arrow at the same time. I anchor and adjust till it feels right. This happens rather quickly.I dont worry about yardage but do envision the arc of the arrow. I voted hybrid.