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Throw the bow on the ground and stomp on it. All kidding aside; I know how you shoot, and a bad release is not common for you. I like to go back to basics and try to figure it out. Usually that works and sometimes it doesn't. If I am starting a 40 target 3D round, I am not going to quit for the day. See you Saturday.
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Dr. Saxton Pope Posts: 2293 | From: Montreal, Quebec | Registered: Jan 2006
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I get an awful release about one in 50 shots, and find if I concentrate on getting a deep hook, I remedy the situation.
Quitting and coming back later is not an option since your brain "may" remember your last shot which just perpetuates the malady. Work through it and quit only after you are happy with your release(s).
-------------------- Lon Scott Posts: 4400 | From: Auburn, Washington | Registered: Mar 2003
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I would stop and work on Jay Kidwells drills. The floating anchor and the move through the target drills. Personally, I get way better results by doing these drill than the blank bale stuff.
Posts: 309 | From: Big Creek, Kentucky | Registered: Feb 2010
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Go take the dogs for a walk or chase the wife around the kitchen table. Then go try it again later. Talk yourself thru the shot, focus on back tension and a steady bow arm.....you'll be fine!
-------------------- In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities. In the expert's there are few...So the most difficult thing is always to keep your beginner's mind...This is also the real secret of the arts: always be a beginner. Shunryu Suzuki Posts: 9482 | From: tribes hill , new york | Registered: Jan 2008
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Thanks for the answers fella's. Chuck, You are right I need to relax.
Mikey and Ken hit the nail on the head as I know they know some of my daily work frustrations. If my mind is "buzzing" from a tough day/week. I am shooting like crap.
For me its like ron say's. I have to calm down, and come back with a clean slate. Sometimes though for me, it can take a day or two.
I was just curious if people can work through it or if the problem would only get worse. personally I think I could potentially develop a bad habit If I try to physically work it out!
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I build and help guys with shooting big bore hunting handguns and it's the same thing. If they start having issues (normally flinching) and keep shooting they start to develop a permanent issue that is alot harder to break than if they just walk away for a bit.
I won't be wronged. I won't be insulted. I won't be laid a-hand on. I don't do these things to other people, and I require the same from them.- John Wayne Posts: 321 | From: Tillamook Oregon | Registered: Jul 2012
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Whats a good release I might quit and come back. But if Im just funning around ,I just relax and do it.(shoot the target with my shot gun.)Can't do that im in town.
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I agree Grinch, Sometimes we are in a funk and really don't know it. Little things screw us up in our heads. I have tried to fight through it and I seem to just get worse as time goes on. If I put my bow down for even and hour or two and comeback it is a world of difference
-------------------- “Respect nature and its ways, for it will teach you more than you know.” M.P. Posts: 264 | From: NY | Registered: Jan 2012
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If I quit when things weren't right I'd never get to shoot. I work through it trying to find what the problem is and very seldom quit on a bad note.
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I'm an NRA certified and 4H rifle instructor and I always tell my folks that "perfect practice makes perfect". If you're having a bad day and bad habits are causing poor shooting, whether it applies to rifles or bows, quit! Come back later when those bad habits have subsided.
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