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Offline Pinecone

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Re: Still hitting left
« Reply #20 on: February 14, 2010, 10:23:00 AM »
Lot's of good information on shooting form, so I won't repeat it.  That said, are you sure that your arrow is spined perfectly for your bow?  I have bows that range anywhere from 40# to 50# at my 27" draw.  For the bows 45# and under, the GT 35-55 typically flies stiff for me; even with a bunch of weight up front.  On the other hand, a Vapor 2000 and an 1816 aluminum arrow with heavy points fly perfectly.

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Offline dpowers311

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Re: Still hitting left
« Reply #21 on: February 14, 2010, 07:06:00 PM »
Could your head be turned to much. Make sure your chin is pointing toward the target.

Try this with out your bow.
 With your left eye closed point your left index finger straight out in front of you at your target or something on the wall start turning your head to the right and see how the spot you hand your finger on has no moved. This could be what is happening with your sighting.

Dave
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Offline wisconsinteacher

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Re: Still hitting left
« Reply #22 on: February 14, 2010, 10:39:00 PM »
I think it was that my right eye was not in line with my arrow.  I worked on a new anchor in front of the mirror last night and shot a lot better today.  My last two shots were inside a quarter at 6 yards.  I know it is close but we had a snow storm today so I shot inside.  Maybe tomorrow I can get outside.

Offline Yorktown5

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Re: Still hitting left
« Reply #23 on: February 14, 2010, 11:29:00 PM »
Hey, Wisconsin teacher.  Close to Hudson?  As a lefty my problem is the opposite.  Lotsa excellent advice here, but I too shoot in the garage and found that with certain combos of bow + arrow the arrow hasn't had enough distance to fully stabilize. You need to shoot further to ID if this is the problem.  I also ended up with a change to anchor point with outer thumb knuckle almost in my nostril.  Shortened draw length, but delivers a more "square-to-target" view and keeps the master eye directly over the arrow.

Lastly, try just one possible fix at a time so as to better ID the real issue.

Offline wisconsinteacher

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Re: Still hitting left
« Reply #24 on: February 22, 2010, 10:11:00 AM »
Just an update on the shooting.  I started to tilt my head more to get my eye over the arrow and at 20 yards, I am shooting a tennis ball most of the time.  If I start hitting left, I need to focus on my anchor and it goes right back to where I am looking.  Thanks for the help.

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