draw check using your broadhead

[Charlie Lamb]

Been hearing the old fear of overdrawing a broadhead forever.
I've got a couple of questions about it...

1.What is the bow weight that is so easy to "accidently" overdraw by an inch or more?

B.Do other people not touch their anchor point,but  pull the bow toward their ear when in front of game or what?

If you over draw with an extra long arrow, the chances are that the shot will not only go high it will also go off line because it was either not pulled to the cheek or there is some serious off line rotation going on.  A more common problem is tucking into the shot too far and under drawing which will cause a low hit and still the possibility of being somewhat off line.  It is really very easy to stop the draw at the slightest touch from the broadhead on the finger.  It just takes a few practice shots to get the feel of it.

[dink]

thanks for the replies i believe it better than one refrence point my pap shot like this for years intill his passing he was they best shot i ever seen i will still use the featheras a primary anchor but the broadhead will make sure i dont lean in with my bow arm i have a problem of bending my bow ram more sometimes witch even with my feather touching my nose and anchored to the corner of my mouth still short draw myself without realizing it. i was just always scared of over drawing and cutting myself but with these wider sharks a dont thingk i have to worry

 the way i think i will try it is draw to my back anchor like always then while im focusing on my spot slowly titen up my back till i just feel th e back of the head then release the only problem i see is how to pratice with this with field points. my pap always shot with broadheads he always said thats what i hunt with so why bother with anything else.

[Terry Green]

There are other ways to get a second reference point.....

I don't like using the equipment to do so...head touching or feather to nose.  I use a double anchor...so know matter what/whos bow...or what/whos arrow...I do not have to worry about 'stuff' touching me.  I also don't like the distraction of 'countin' on stuff to touch me.  

Once you groove in a double anchor, ...its there for life.

Charlie....believe it or not...YES...I know someone that did overdraw like that once...and he dry fired his bow, broke his arrow, and was thankful the bhead didn't come back and kill him.    

[Steve H.]

I don't think the important part is as a double anchor but a SENSUAL-based mental stimulus.  If a person understands the concept of a clicker this is a "feel-based" clicker as opposed to "audio-based" clicker but you so have to train yourself in the proper usage of the technique..

[Charlie Lamb]

Steve understands the concept. A draw check, whether clicker or broadhead is used to assure full extension and lack of creep in the shot.

 The arrow should be cut so that anchor is reached with no problem. The last 1/16" of draw should require just a little extra tension in the back and shoulders.

Soon as the broadhead touches the finger or the clicker clicks the arrow is released.

Major help for those who tend to snap shoot or have trouble with target panic/buck fever.

Terry... I think your friend needed a heavier bow.
   :D

[Steve H.]

You better be shooting so your elbow is pointing straight back to be initially set up in the right configuration so that it will even be possible for back tension to be used to "trigger" the shot.

Over the years I have had many well intentioned (but wrong) archers think that a "clicker" was for precise draw length but that is only an incidental benefit and not of foremost concern.

As a side note, yep Charlie, a few of that have been around Mrs. Hoyt, err I man ANN know about such things! (BTW, Ann chewed my A$$ once for callig her Mrs. Hoyt) Oopps!  Actually I do mean EARL this time as Earl once told me that Ann was the ONLY archer that he ever witnessed that could perform world class archery (talking Olympic stuff here) without a clicker, her form was that flawless.  I'm just sure that is why he married her!

[Bud B.]

1. Middle finger to mouth corner.

2. Index finger base knuckle to cheekbone.

Double spot your anchor and it does stick with you.

Repetition ensures it's there without thinking.

[primitivealltheway]

my broad head touches the back of the shelf ,put a piece of felt to protect the finish.i know im at full draw.

Your draw length can still vary with a double anchor, I have always used a double anchor.  Slight changes in open stance can produce varied draw lengths, the bow shoulder jamming up or goose necking  can change the draw length more than most realize.  It was said that Hill drew to the back of the head. Quite often in the videos, one can see him draw a bit short, not reaching his finger to the broadhead draw length, perhaps that is why short recurves did not work as well for him. I would think that one is really jerking on the draw if one could jerk the arrow off the string on broadhead contact.  I shoot pretty fast and it is not a problem for me. But like I said before it easier with woods, they are easier to get the length exactly right.