Seeing the arrow point when you shoot

[Chad R]

I never paid much attention to the point of my arrow when shooting.  Then after watching both of the Masters of the Bare Bow videos I started paying attention especially on longer shots.  

I am right handed shooting a Great Northern Fireball hybrid longbow and notice that if I squint my left eye and sight down my arrow I will shoot right of the spot I am aiming at by about 8" at 25 yds.  On the videos they make it look like their point is always lined up left to right on the spot they want to hit.  

Does anyone else have this happen?  Maybe is it because I am canting my bow?  I think Rod and Larry held their bows straight up and down.

Thanks!
Chad

[Curtis Haden]

Chad, I'm certainly not in the same league with the folks on the MBB videos, but I've always "sighted" down my arrow shaft.  I don't conciously "gap" but I certainly take the windage out of the equation with my arrow shaft/point.  After that, it's just the elevation to get right.  As long as I do my job on alignment and release, it goes right where it should.

If memory serves, I think Rod and Larry both shoot 3-fingers under, which gets the arrow up higher, and closer to their eye.  I have a lower anchor point, and shoot split fingers, so like you, I tend to cant my bow some to get the arrow right under my eye.  I shoot with both eyes open, and focused on my "spot".  (I believe this is commonly referred to as "split-vision" but I just call it "what works for me"...)

By squinting with your left eye, you  may be messing up some visual references, or distorting your sight picture enough to cause the "right" misses.

Good luck, and good shooting!

Curtis