Don't really even know where to begin. So I guess the beginning is best. I started out with a trad bow about 7 years ago with a 50# Bear Montana.
I like many others starting out was over bowed, recommended the wrong size shafts, didn't know the first thing about tuning a longbow. Within about a month, I was fed up with it. I simply could not shoot a group for the life of me and returned the bow.
A year later, I picked up a recurve. I shot decent but not great, didn't feel consistent and gave up again just to buy another bow. I have had about 20 different bows since. My most recent being a Maddog Prairie Predator 43#@28.
Initially when I got the bow, I thought I shot decent. I understood how to bareshaft and tune due to all the knowledge and reading I have done here on Tradgang. But was still inconsistent with the bow. I was shooting woodies and had everything from 35-55lb spine and multiple point weights.
I met up with Hermon who lived a few miles from me. I was looking for some heavier points. While I was at his place, I shot a few of his GT 1535's with 175 points and started to see the light. They flew better, faster and started to build my confidence.
I ordered a 6 pack of blems from big jim. Cut to 29.5 with 175 grain tip, I thought I was on my way to finally figuring this out. I kept shooting and got better but never got a real consistent 3 arrow group. One day, I felt as if my bow arm was not steady.
The next day shooting, I decided to try split finger, as I had always shot 3 under. I shot really well, actually great. I had 3 arrows touching at 15 yards on my 2nd group. I shot again and still had a good group and put the bow up for the day.
Sitting on the couch, I started thinking about the change from 3 under to split and how it felt. My anchor felt more solid, I didn't feel like I was man handling the bow. BUT.... I did still feel like my bow are was not steady enough.
That night, when I went to work. I found a video that Moe? from the site posted. I talked about your bow arm, rotation and positioning as well as a red line drawn on his arm. I was going to place post on here last night about the improvement I had made, but decided to wait until after I shot again and utilized what I had learned on the video. Just to make sure it was not a fluke.
well, today I went out nocked an arrow and utilized what I had learned from the video. The first couple groups it felt different but stable. I kept shooting ad was able to maintain a 3-4" group through out the session of 25-30 shots in 3 shot groups.
I am very thankful for the help I received from the members on this site. After 7 long years of frustration and trying to shoot a decent group, I think I am finally starting to figure it out. I was blaming it on everything, the arrows, the bow etc. When really it was me and my form.
Topic: Something is starting to click? Part of my Journey (Read 388 times)
