canting question

[nhbuck1]

ok so i was out shooting today and i was canting my recurve before and i was not as consistent. i tried shooting the bow vertical and my groups shrank quite a bit like alot. my question is why is this so? i shoot instinctive but my release and everything felt really good. Is this because i use back tension more? please critique. i would like to see who hunts with a cant on there bow or not.
thanks alot guys also will this mess me up with a longbow?
kyle

[slowbowjoe]

Curious to hear answers here too-I've been experiencing the same thing, except on closer shots, and out of ordinary shooting positions in the woods.

[nhbuck1]

just hope it wont effect my hunting out of treestands and whatnot.

[Orion]

Could just be the "I shoot better when I try something new/different" effect.  Probably easier to keep a lower drawing arm elbow, which gets more back into the draw and torques the string less with a vertical bow. That should increase accuracy.

I cant about 10-15 degrees or so. Doesn't affect my accuracy vis-à-vis a vertical bow, not that I can tell anyway.  No reason you can't do both.  A close shot out of a tree stand might require a cant.

[Joe2Crow]

I like to cant the bow sometimes as well but I think I torche the string more than when I shoot vertical. Just a thought.

[AZ_Longbow]

May be twisting the string when you cant.  Perhaps you are using   the arrow or the point to sight. No matter how you hold the bow or cant it, it will shoot the same if your consistent. Just don't twist the string that messes everything up.

[nhbuck1]

i think i was over shooting, i took a break and went back out i shoot better with a cant. how can i avoid twisting the string shooting with glove?

[PaulDeadringer29]

Are you sure you're arrows are tuned? If you're arrows aren't hitting where you're looking, it could be a tuning issue.

[McDave]

Originally posted by nhbuck1:
i think i was over shooting, i took a break and went back out i shoot better with a cant. how can i avoid twisting the string shooting with glove?

When you're just practicing, occasionally open your bow hand at full draw so the bow handle is not constricted.  You should be able to rotate the bow back and forth by rotating your string hand.  Get a feeling for how much your string hand needs to be rotated to get the cant you want without torquing the string.  For me, since I have a tendency to torque the string, I rotate my string hand so that the string is pressed against my ring finger before I even start to draw the bow, and make sure I keep that contact during the draw.

[newhouse114]

Since I pretty much gap shoot, I have to cant the bow to align the arrow with my eye.

The way I hold a bow creates a natural cant to about 1 o'clock. Holding a bow vertical feels very unnatural to me!

Bisch

[screamin]

I'll shoot straight up for initial bare shaft tuning but thats it, it doesn't feel natural to me. I am much more consistent shooting canted than vertical.

[nhbuck1]

Ya the arrows are tuned, bsreshaft flying good with 200 grain head 400 spine 50 lb at 28 which is my draw.

[Butchie]

Originally posted by Bisch:
The way I hold a bow creates a natural cant to about 1 o'clock. Holding a bow vertical feels very unnatural to me!

Bisch

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[Matt E]

I think you will have to shoot a target bow straight up due to its design but a traditional long bow or recurve is best shot canted. You may shoot it any way you choose but it is hard for me to see anyone geting the best from the bow shooting it straight up.

[ThePushArchery]

I shoot all my bows, competition or hunting bows vertical.

Transitioned from a roughly 20 degree cant to a vertical bow a couple years ago.

I find I get better accuracy for my biology with a vertical bow and my tuning process also seemed to become a lot easier.

Have not noticed any adverse effects while hunting to date. (ground, spot/stalk, treestands)

[TRAD101]

try a vertical draw to you anchor and simply bend
at the waste to get the cant that you want, it
puts the dominant eye over the arrow and does not
torque the string. bow hand and string hand will
cant as you bend at the waste. worth a try. be sure that your bow arm shoulder is pointed at the
spot you are aiming at.