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Yesterday I took a bow out for a shooting session. I was making a bad release on 40% of my shots. This is not normal for me. I would estimate i have a bad release more like 5% of the time.
what would you do?
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TGMM Family Of The Bow Posts: 15029 | From: Fibber McGee's Closet, VA | Registered: Mar 2003
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I always try to finish with a good shot, therefore, I would have to shoot through it.
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I voted quit immediately but I am probably more likely to continue shooting till I give up in frustration! I have occasionally just moved right up to my target and concentrated on getting one arrow away cleanly, but probably should just quit till tomorrow!
Posts: 328 | From: New Zealand | Registered: Jul 2008
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For me it would be a combination of both answers.
When i realize somethings wrong, i quit shooting for say an hour or so. Then i restart and try to figure out what im doing wrong and work through it.
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I've worked in various mechanical trades for almost 30yrs and when I was young and things would start going wrong I'd fight it but it normally ended up the harder I tried to figure out what was wrong the more mistakes I'd make. As I matured I realized if I'd go grab a cup of coffee or soda and either sit down for a bit or go to another project the answers to the problems would come to me if it were a diagnosis issue and if it were a frustration issue I would return with a calm head and could work through the problem. I have applied this to everything in life from family issues to shooting firearms and archery equipment. I've found you normally start overthinking your problem and just make it worse if you don't walk away and clear your head.
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I just Relax and figure I will live longer.
Couldn't help it Charlie.
But I am more in Killie's camp on this one. A bad release seems to be my norm
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"Our greatest fear should not be of failure but of succeeding at things in life that don't really matter.” Francis Chan http://twotracksbow.com Posts: 4859 | From: Michigan | Registered: Feb 2009
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Shoot a different bow. Switching to a bow I haven't shot in awhile always seems to get me refocused.
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Stop shooting. Work on something else. Fletch some arrows, sharpen a knife....whatever.
Come back to it when your mind is not on your release.
I'm betting you rarely have a bad release when hunting....too much going on in your head. get to THAT place.
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I couldn't end a shooting session with a "bad shot"... Maybe it's just me but I'd need to work it out right then and there...
Sometimes we are just tired from a days work or upset with life that day and need to hide within ourselves and shoot some arrows... Then, because we are not in a relaxed state of mind, we mess up... There are those who say "put the bow down for now" and I can understand why... Not me though... I'll slow it all down and feel better after a few good shots...
It's All Good Charlie! Hope to see ya soon.
... mike ...
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George S. Patton Posts: 3385 | From: new york | Registered: Oct 2006
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I have learned to stop, and immediately CHECK MY BRACE HEIGHT. My release is not perfect, but it is consistent. I've learned to have some confidence in that. Every time that I get weird arrow flight lately (and probably for the recent past), it has been due to my brace height creeping down on me. A week ago I was picking targets the size of ping-pong balls and hitting them reliably. Then 2 days later... arrows banging off the bow and flying like a plane with no rudder. I immediately measured brace height, and it was low. 3 days ago I went outside in the dark, set up an 8" ball to shoot at, took 3 shots at 30 yards and hit it each time, then went to bed. Last night, terrible accuracy... until I checked my brace and it was low again. (New string settling in.)
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