Anchor point

[Ronaldlee]

I am having a problem with consistency and I think one of my problems is the anchor point or lack of one. my natural draw seems to bring my string fingers to somewhere between my cheek bone and ear where there is nothing much to locate on. Any advice is welcome.
Thanks, Ron

[moebow]

Ronald,  NEED pictures.  It sounds like you are too far back but without actually seeing it is impossible to tell for sure.

I can say, that by getting too far back, so the string is on the side of your face, that shots tend to be to the left for a right handed archer.  The string is recommended to be in your vision and the nock of the arrow under your eye, not off to the side.  Not saying that what you may be doing won't work, just that it could be problematic.

Need to see your "natural draw" too, as that could mean a lot of things.

Arne

[Ronaldlee]

Thanks Arne. You know I did have a heck of a time shooting to the left,but got around that finally by canting my bow so I could get my eye over the arrow. I tried drawing to the corner of my mouth and it does put the nock under my eye like you said, but it seems like my arrows lost a lot of zip, maybe just imagined,so I went back to my cheek.

[TaterHill Archer]

Arne,
Thanks.  I may have just had a partial epiphany.  After watching the Olymoic archery shooters and reading this, I've been thinking about my form. I've been trying to draw as far back as possible and tend to get the string way back on the side of my face.  I'm rt handed and I tend to miss left.

Going to try changing things up a bit and see how it goes.

[Brazos]

I anchor a little further back past the corner of my mouth, on my cheek.  I have messed with different anchor locations but I  shoot much better this way and it seems natural.  It's not exactly a solid anchor though.  I am no expert but I have thought about it some and I think my natural full draw just locates my anchor point on my cheek.

[Ronaldlee]

Well so far putting the nock under my eye has worked out well. Top finger stops solid on my cheek bone and middle finger lands on the corner of my mouth. Seems to be a good solid anchor. I was worried about shortening my draw but it doesn't measure more than about a half inch and can't tell any difference in penetration on my target. I am fairly 'green',but my consistency seems to be better and no more raking my eye brow with the bow string! Thanks for the tip Arne

[moebow]

Good to hear Ronald.  Many times, much is sacrificed on the altar of performance.  In reality, more often than not, you get more performance out of good alignments and an efficient release than you loose by a lessening of draw length.

Arne