Why is snap shooting more accurate for me vs holding?

[Meflyfisherman]

after returning to trad gear after 40 years Im really struggling to find my style.  I have a 69", 33# tamerlane that as soon as I hit anchor and the site picture/feeling is right, I snap shoot and it works pretty good.  With my 58", 50# bear grizzly, if I try and snap, my follow through sucks and im all over the place at 10 yards.  If I hold for a three count, the extra weight on the string helps me with a smooth release and Im good to go.  Does anyone use both styles of shooting???

[McDave]

Originally posted by Meflyfisherman:
after returning to trad gear after 40 years Im really struggling to find my style.  I have a 69", 33# tamerlane that as soon as I hit anchor and the site picture/feeling is right, I snap shoot and it works pretty good.  With my 58", 50# bear grizzly, if I try and snap, my follow through sucks and im all over the place at 10 yards.  If I hold for a three count, the extra weight on the string helps me with a smooth release and Im good to go.  Does anyone use both styles of shooting???

I think it would be pretty normal to struggle for a year or so to find your style after a 40 year absence.  Even after you think you've found it, leave your mind open to changing it again later on if something comes along you like better.  33# should be a comfortable weight to hold, or you could snap shoot it.  Keep trying them both for a while; pretty soon you should gravitate to one or the other without having to force it.  My experience is that once you settle in to a style, you will tend to shoot that way more and more until it becomes awkward to shoot any other way (without going through a retraining period).

[KeganM]

Very well put, McDave. Hard to beat  experimenting until you find what gives you the best accuracy.

[Meflyfisherman]

well, as im learning more about deep hook and other release elements now I think that the fact that im using the pads of my fingers (with a glove) is the reason for both styles working.  enough time before hunting season to work on that crucial element.  Im shooting ~ 150 arrows a day so im hoping im at a solid 20 yards by then, first arrow in the kill zone.