So, where do YOU gap?

[BAK]

I've read a number of threads time to time where folks are talking about gaping 18" or some such.  I enjoyed shooting with a number of very high end archers over the years who "gaped", but they didn't gap "at the target", meaning they didn't estimate 10, 15, 20 inches etc.

They all gaped at the tip of the arrow.  Their gaps were measured in fractions of an inch, 1/8" below the bull, 1/4" below the bull, etc.

Much easier to judge the difference between such distances at 28 inches than inches at 30 or 40 yards.   

[the rifleman]

I gap at the bow.

[YosemiteSam]

Target.  Though one of my bows that has an 18" gap also has a cheater mark on my riser to help me out a little.

[McDave]

I gap at the target.  However, I gap off the strike plate rather than the point for distances from 10-30 yards, which keeps my gaps 6” (plus or minus) or less at those distances.  I gap off the point for 35 yards or more, which keeps my gaps at 6” or less up to 45 yards, and about 2’ at 50 yards.  I am point on using the strike plate at 20 yards, and point on at 45 yards using the arrow point.

[kat]

I hear what you are saying, and it is a matter of choice. I like gapping at the target; such as 10" below the 'x' on the target at 20 yards. Others like say. 1/2" below the point they like to hit at the same distance.

[Captain*Kirk]

I no longer gap, preferring to shoot instinctively. But when I was gapping, it was by using the arrow point in inches from the bottom of the target butt (straw bales). I quit that after reasoning that wild game in the woods does not stand in front of a stack of straw bales and wait for you to shoot.

[Friend]

Have used many gapping methods.

What has been personally best for hunting:

25 yard point-on
1/2" gap at 15 yards and in...approximately 6"s below the 'X'
1/4" gap at 20 yards...………..approximately 4"s below the 'X'