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Offline JINKSTER

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Anchor Developement...
« on: November 23, 2011, 06:42:00 PM »
anybody agree with or experience this..i'm developing my form in the instinctive arena and as a result have been experimenting with numerous anchor points and what i seem to be discovering is this..i started out shooting

1. split finger with index finger to corner of mouth then..

2. 3-under with index finger to corner of mouth then..

3. 3-under with middle finger to corner of mouth, cock fletch touches nose and gone..

and it seemed that the further "UP"  and closer to just under my eye i got the arrow?..the tighter my instinctive groups got..well..following that ideology?..tonight i moved my anchor/arrow even further up the side of my face closer too just under my eye with..

4. 3-under..with index finger and middle finger straddling the radius/high-point of my cheekbone.

and that #4 there allowed me to look almost straight down the top of the shaft and "pull through the shot" easier (for some reason) and gave me some stellar results grouping wise but i only got a few groups shot like that before the sun went down so dont know if it was just a fluke or if this is really working out..as it seems..the closer i get the arrow shaft itself to "just under/alongside my eye"?..the more intuitive my instinctive shooting seems to become..am i imagining this?..or has anyone else experienced this same phenom?..cause the last couple groups i shot at 15yds like this tonight were some real feather wreckers. LOL!     :)
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Offline njloco

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Re: Anchor Developement...
« Reply #1 on: November 23, 2011, 07:07:00 PM »
I would think the answer is yes, and if it works for you, do it.

I shoot split with my middle finger at the corner of my mouth and the feather touching the side of my nose. One must find what works best for their physical make up without breaking the form rules too much.
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