Shooting high needs some input

[RunninWild77]

I dont know what it is but whenever i shoot my longbows, one at 65 the other at 70, i tend to shoot high. Like really high, about a 1 1/2' high. If I aim what I feel is dead center on my bag, I'll stack my arrows together all about a foot and a half high, its a great group, just directly above from where  I wanna hit. It cant be my form, but its frustrating me because when i try to compensate for it I'm all over the place maybe like I start getting a little target panick. Should I try moving my nocking point? I used to shoot my recurve because it was the only bow I had, and that drew 49#. All ranges are typically 25 yards. But this is really starting to frustrate the hell outa me and I really wanna take to woods this spring for turkeys with the LB but if I cant get this strainghtend out I'll switch back to my recurve.

[moebow]

Wild,  Not really enough information.  Are you shooting from an elevated arrow rest on your recurve?  Are you shooting instinctive or gap?

I'd suggest starting at ten yards, get the sight picture correct there then move to 15 and then 20 etc.  I don't think that it is nocking point for that much deviation (1.5 ').  

With that much weight change from 48# to 65/70# you will have significant changes in your sight picture not to mention the change from recurve to longbow.  Start close and re-learn the bow's performance.  Watch your form, that much weight change will play havic with your form if you are not careful.  Good luck.

[NBK]

Good advise above.  Something I would add is that going up in weight that much sometimes results in our raising our drawing arm elbow which then throws our alignment out of whack.  You said it wasn't a form issue and it may not be, but just check if your elbow is higher and your bow arm then dropping some on release with those heavier longbows.  BTW: I have a 60# SS and it has alot of preload in those limbs so 60# feels like 60 and then some!

[Bill Skinner]

If you are getting a callus on your ring finger, your drawing elbow is too high.  Bill

[RunninWild77]

thanks guys, im shooting off the shelf. I like to shoot instinctive, but when I start shooting high I'll notice that I'm going back to gap shooting and thats why I think I end up all over the place.

[rightminded]

Off the top of my head i would say too much weight has caused a change in form or not being able to concentrate on the spot you want to hit.  You are probably not even aware of a change.  Did you take a lot of time from the heavy bows over winter?  When i shoot high by a large amount i probably did not take the time to pick a spot.

[Greg Skinner]

I have to agree with rightminded regarding the change in form.  When I go to my 60# bow after shooting a 52# for a while I find I have to be careful to maintain the same form with each. The extra draw weight takes more effort.  If I let my bow arm relax the least little bit it causes me to collapse and pulls the shot high - oftentimes very consistently.  I try to focus more on a solid bow arm and pushing with the bow hand through the shot as I increase my back tension.  The jump from 49# to 70# is substantial.