The Fixed Crawl

[olddogrib]

If you prefer to tune your arrows to a 3 or 6 o'clock hold like I mentioned, you can orient a blade vertical or horizontal to use just like a front sight at your PO range.

[Tradcat]

The white tape idea is awesome !

[ThePushArchery]

I can't take credit for it, it is on MBB Volume 2 or 3.

Denny Sturgis Gap Shooting trick for hunting.

I love it.

[TC209X50]

I would like to try this as a split finger shooter but have a couple questions.
If I shoot this 3 under what finger do I anchor with?
About How far down the string does your "crawl" nock end up being on 50# @28" and around a 500gr. arrow for 20yrds.? Just an approx. want to know about where to start.

[longbow fanatic 1]

I shoot three under and I anchor with my middle finger at the corner of my mouth. A good starting point to tie your nocking point is 1/2"-3/4" below the arrow nock. You can adjust from there.

[McDave]

TC, one of the main points of the fixed crawl is to use the same anchor you normally use, so you don't have to re-think too many things in a hunting situation: just move your grip on the string down under the fixed crawl nock and draw to your regular anchor.  As a split finger shooter, I guess you would also have to get used to drawing the bow without the feeling of the arrow nock between your fingers.  There are a few other differences anyone has to get used to, such as having a different sight picture, etc., that are mainly psychological.  Before you go to the trouble of tying on a new nock, I would just play with it for a while, and grip a little below your regular nock, as Dennis says, and notice where the arrow hits when you place the arrow point on the spot.  You should pretty quickly get an idea of about where your fixed crawl nock should be to get the point on distance that you want, and can fine tune it after you tie on an adjustable nock.

You will essentially be switching from split to 3 under when you use the fixed crawl, and then switching back again when you use your regular nock.  If you can adjust to that, fine; if not, you could try moving your anchor rather than your nock point.  You would still be changing just one thing, and would be shooting split for both aiming points.  For example, if you now use your middle finger in the corner of your mouth, you could try using your ring finger, or just getting some new anchor altogether higher on your face.  When I tried this, I developed a pretty good anchor using my first two fingers on the top and bottom of the bone under my eye socket.  Another advantage of this is that it would still be legal in some tournaments that forbid string walking.

I have been doing quite a bit of experimenting with both the fixed crawl and using a different anchor lately, and am actually leaning in the direction of changing my anchor point rather than using the fixed crawl, since it would be legal in the tournaments I shoot.  Both seem to require about the same amount of psychological adjustments to get used to.

[TC209X50]

Thanks McDave and others, I tried the fixed crawl and could make it work but in the end I decided it wasn't for me and decided to stick with the split and my traditional form. It's good to experiment from time to time and try new things and I may revisit this again someday as I recently discovered by making a hybrid anchor of my compound anchor and my Trad setup I have found something that is really working for me as of late.
Dan