Turning Head In....

[NDTerminator]

When shooting my 60" bows or canting more than a few degrees, I find myself turning my head into the string at full draw.  The result is a string ding to the side of my nose and usually a shot that hits right (I'm left handed).

I suspect this if a factor of bow length/string angle, as I rarely do it with my shorter bows (I'm 5'9").

Seems more pronounced when using a 60" bow with a fully loaded bow quiver, so I use a side quiver whenever possible for hunting.

This is normally something that happens when target shooting.  It's rare when stumping.

Wonder if anyone else catches themselves doing this?

[Jacko]

Back in the 80's it was actually how I thought I  shot best , skin off nose equaled high score.Changed my anchor slightly and kept both the good score and the skin off my nose .regards Jacko

[JC]

When I had problems doing this I found I was "overdrawing"...my elbow was past the alignment point and with my anchor point at the corner of my mouth, it naturally turned my head a bit more. I'll bet if you do a video and watch it, you'll see you are physically turning your head as you draw...the head should stay stable and in one position...the anchor should come to the head with the head staying immobile through the entire shot.

[NDTerminator]

Thanks guys.  I bet that's the answer JC.  I'll check it out when I get off duty this afternoon...

[NDTerminator]

JC,
just got done shooting.  Your fix was just what the doctor ordered.  Thanks!...

[JC]

Happy to help Jon, that's what this brother hood is for! Somewhere around here, there's always somebody to say "Hey, I screwed that up before and know how to fix it."