4 fingers under?

[Mojostick]

Anyone ever screw around trying 4 under?

I keep experimenting with different anchors, both split and 3 under. The other day in the basement, I figured I'd try 4 under just for the heck of it.

Well, after the 3rd arrow flew like a dart into the bull, I said out loud "my, my, my". I shot better than 3 under!

I did barely hit the exposed bottom end of my pinky with the string, but the arrow flew uneffected.

To remedy that, I slipped a larger, very thin tab on my middle finger, behind my Black Widow 3 under tab. No more pinky contact.

For my thumb, I tuck it into the palm of my hand, pointing down.

For anchors, I use the middle finger in the corner of the mouth, index finger in the corner of my nose and my nose touching the back of the fletching.

I know it must be odd, because I did 4 finger under searches and nothing came up. But it's shooting very well for me.

Has anyone ever tried this before?

[Bear Heart]

Haven't tried it but imagine that you would have to stick to longer bows to avoid finger pinch.  I do have a guy at my club that shoots two under.

[knobby]

I recall talking to Steve Gorr of Cascade Archery a number of years ago about getting control of the shot. He said there was a fellow that shot four-under and was an exceptional shot. You'd have to check with Steve but I thought he said the guy was a State Champion, possibly in Wisconsin. I don't recall the guys name, but I'm sure Steve would know it right away. By the way, Steve himself is enjoyable to watch shooting a bow. When I shot with him a bit back in the 80's, he had without a doubt, the most solid bow arm/follow-through that I have ever seen. Even with heavy hunting weight bows, the bow arm just did not move. Very impressive. Anyway, sure, four fingers can work for you.

[LP Kelley]

I remember back in the early 70's a fellow came to one of our shoots and he shot four under using a homemade tab. From the 20 yard line he was clanking arrows. Hard to recall, I think he was shooting a 60" Bear.

[Mojostick]

Bear Heart,
So far I've tried it with a 62" Thunderstick MOAB and a 62" Toelke Whip.