Cant Never Could

[Terry Green]

Yes....its explained in simple detail in The Bowhunters of TradGang DVD....with a little pinch on the nock with your fingers, it will stay....

I've actually taken several animals with reverse cant...a pheasant on the wing, a trotting hog, a stationary hog, and a couple of bunnys come to mind.

Macca....yeah...just order a $10 one and I'll mail ya one out.

[Macca]

Thanks Terry.

Cheers Macca.

[Josh Perdue]

Thank for the tips, nice shooting, i will practice canting at more extreme angles after hunting season. Can see how it can be a big plus while hunting.

[Skates]

Up for the guy asking about canting the bow.

[Diamond Paul]

Those vids were absolutely freaking awesome!  Unfortunately, I don't have that kind of talent, but it's fun to watch people who do.  I am a very mechanical shooter, good in my own way, but I am not that natural.  Very nice.

[Diamond Paul]

I will also say that I was drawn to trad archery because of seeing people who could shoot with such a natural, flowing rythym like that.  I was tired of being a machine.  Unfortunately, I don't shoot very well unless I work like a machine.

[Diamond Paul]

It also seems like only longbow shooters ever look that smooth and natural; I've not seen any recurve shooters duplicate the kind of shooting, in terms of relaxed smoothness, that I see on those vids.

[Terry Green]

Paul...I shoot recurves and selfbows the same way.

  I might change bows, but I don't change form or style.

[Diamond Paul]

It just seems like longbow shooters have a bit more flair, while recurve shooters usually tend to remain a bit more orthodox, Terry.  Something about the lightness and slim profile of the longbow, perhaps?  I never could learn to love the longbow, but l love to watch good longbow shooters.

[mgf]

I don't know...I think a lot of us (including me) shoot both recurves and longbows.

[Terry Green]

I heat ya Paul...I do prefer longbows by far.

Light in the hand, always seem quieter, and I don't need a stringer...can't keep up with one anyway, same reason I use a glove instead of a tab    

[Diamond Paul]

That is the main reason I never really tried to shoot a tab, other than the fact that they hit my lip, and I never could trim one so that it didn't.

[Ravenhood]

Terry , do you feel your eye to arrow relationship is the same however you Cant?

[Terry Green]

Yes...but the site picture is rotated either right or left or upside down.

[nhbuck1]

do you have to rotate the hand terry before you hook the string canting the bow?

Kyle,
Take some time to watch the videos carefully.  The answer to your question as well as many that you may have will be evident.  

This is a great resource for a would-be hunter having to improvise a shot...happens all the time in the real world.

[Terry Green]

Ah...yes...and I demonstrate in in The Bowhunters of TradGang DVD.  Some folks claim that canting to bow is for keeping the arrow on the shelf...that is only a band aid for an improper grip on the string.