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Offline nhbuck1

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looking for a more consistent anchor point
« on: June 24, 2016, 04:27:00 PM »
I shoot split finger and im looking for a more consistent anchor point. any tips would help
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Re: looking for a more consistent anchor point
« Reply #1 on: June 24, 2016, 05:26:00 PM »
I don't know where you are anchoring, but...
I find the middle finger at the corner of my mouth, to be about as consistant as it gets. (IMHO) my index finger is right next to my nose, and my ring finger is in the "crease" above my chin.
I find it creates a very solid & comfortable anchor against my face. Hope this helps!
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Re: looking for a more consistent anchor point
« Reply #2 on: June 24, 2016, 05:33:00 PM »
is there such a thing as over drawing ?
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Re: looking for a more consistent anchor point
« Reply #3 on: June 24, 2016, 05:39:00 PM »
Please post shooting questions on the shooters Forum that's what it's for.... I'm not sure what's going on but lately bit we've had a rash of over a dozen topics in the last 2 weeks on the pow wow about shooting....please post all of shooting queztions on the shooters forum...

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Re: looking for a more consistent anchor point
« Reply #4 on: June 24, 2016, 06:07:00 PM »
I have the same question... How do you know that you're overdrawing ?

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Re: looking for a more consistent anchor point
« Reply #5 on: June 25, 2016, 08:46:00 PM »
If you are shooting 3 fletch try shoot cock feather in. That should position the top hen feather to touch the tip of your nose. I found that to be a really good second anchor for me.
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Re: looking for a more consistent anchor point
« Reply #6 on: June 30, 2016, 01:56:00 PM »
Double anchor...do a search for those words....
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Re: looking for a more consistent anchor point
« Reply #7 on: July 02, 2016, 10:13:00 AM »
Second anchor works best for me. Took a long while to find mine - base of thumb knuckle to earlobe, cock feather to nose. Not the tip of mose, in my case, but till nose touches feather where it naturally does. Thumb knuckle takes care of the draw length, nose to feather the head/eye positioning.

Which leads to what Terry said.

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Re: looking for a more consistent anchor point
« Reply #8 on: July 23, 2016, 12:32:00 PM »
I recently got a tip about primary/secondary anchor that helped me a bit.


My first anchor used to be middle finger to corner of mouth then my secondary anchor was fitting my thumb along my jaw bone.  Then I got some advice that since my jaw bone is a bone and the corner of my mouth is a soft pile of skin and muscle that moves around, it would be better to make my primary anchor my thumb to jaw bone then find my secondary middle finger to corner mouth anchor.

A small change that improved my draw sequence, ymmv
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