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Title: How many anchor
Post by: dtarbell on July 26, 2009, 02:45:00 PM

How many anchor with the index finger in the corner of their mouth ? Ive always found this more comfortable but when shootin from a tree stand Im for always shooting high,anyone else had this problem?thanks Dave.

Title: Re: How many anchor
Post by: Ybuck on July 26, 2009, 03:23:00 PM

i do. all good from the stand for me.

Title: Re: How many anchor
Post by: moebow on July 26, 2009, 08:45:00 PM

Index finger in corner of mouth lowers the nock end of the arrow and shooting downhill (or up hill) shortens the horizontal distance the arrow flies.  All that leads to high shots.  Depending on how you shoot, you must aim lower and one way to do that is try middle finger in corner of mouth.  One of the popular videos shows this effect by using a ball on a string as the aiming point on a horizontal shot, then when you get above the target, the ball appears much lower to the eye.

Title: Re: How many anchor
Post by: dtarbell on July 26, 2009, 10:16:00 PM

Thanks for the replys,Iappreciate it,Dave

Title: Re: How many anchor
Post by: KSdan on July 31, 2009, 01:50:00 AM

For what it is worth. . . I don't shoot high on the angles.  I learned from John Schulz 20 years ago- cant you bow more on close and treestand (angle shots) and you won't shoot high!  Worked for me.

Title: Re: How many anchor
Post by: reddogge on July 31, 2009, 08:39:00 AM

I've always found middle finger in corner of mouth works better for close in work and I bend at the waist and cant bow more for treestand shots.

Title: Re: How many anchor
Post by: amar911 on July 31, 2009, 10:43:00 PM

I have been shooting with my index finger in the corner of my mouth for more than half a century, so I am the dog who is too old to learn new tricks. Shooting at steep angles has to be practiced no matter where you anchor or your shots will tend to be high because your mind will always try to shoot the actual distance to the object rather than the horizontal distance.

Allan

Title: Re: How many anchor
Post by: Don Stokes on August 01, 2009, 08:35:00 AM

I try different anchors from time to time, but I always come back to index in mouth corner. Like Allan, I've been doing it too long to change, knowing I'll likely revert in a tense situation. I did middle finger for quite a while, and then noticed one day I had spontaneously gone back to index. Good habits are hard to break, too!

You just have to practice those steep shots and learn the right "sight picture".

Title: Re: How many anchor
Post by: dtarbell on August 01, 2009, 03:30:00 PM

KSdan that was some real fine advise,started working on it that way and it has improved my accurace on steep angled shots,greatly appreciated,Dave.