Changing angles gives me fits at times, advice?

[bear bowman]

First, let me say, I don't know what you'd call my shooting style. I don't intentionally look at the arrow, I shoot split finger with my pointer finger anchored in the corner of my lip. At 25 and under I just pick a spot and shoot. Once I hit 30 and beyond I have to pick a spot higher than where I want to hit and drop the arrow in.
Now, here's my issue. I like to practice quartering shots as well as broadside. I have times ( I'm right handed) that I'll shoot left on a quartering away shot. I don't practice quartering towards because I don't like those shots personally. Even when I shot compound years ago I'd do the same thing, hit left. Is there anything that any of you could think of that may cause this. My mind is boggled.

[Draven]

You hit left in broadside targets beyond 25 yards or inside 25 yards? Is it left on left broadsided or right broadsided target? Are so many variables ... and most of the time the answer is related to your distant vision for each eye if all the rest is correct. I know one single thing: 2 eyes looking toward the target will give you depth of the target - aka 3D vision - one eye looking to the target, makes it a 2D image. And a 2D image is prone to give wrong brain decisions regarding where the bow hand should be. Adjust your head position for the new target condition. If this will come with your body moving also, so be it. I don't expect to have body perpendicular on the target in a hunting situation anyway. The message brain receives from the ayes is too important for me.

[McDave]

Let me start by saying that this is just speculation.  However, the people I know who are very good at instinctive shooting don't try to fool their brains by focusing on a spot higher than the one they want to hit.  I mean, it's your brain, so it knows what you're thinking.  When you get beyond the distance that instinctive works for you, why not just shift to gap?

However, this doesn't solve your left misses on quartering away shots.  Left misses on one side wouldn't be too bad, as you want to hit a little further back on an animal quartering away to your right.  On an animal quartering away to your left, a left miss could be disasterous.  I would guess this is a result of target confusion, where you really need to pick a spot that is different from the spot you would pick on a broadside animal.  Further left on an animal quartering away to your right; further right on an animal quartering away to your left.  Maybe this is your brain getting even with you for trying to fool it on 30 yard shots?

[TSP]

For instinctive shooting, once you've picked a spot the ability ti hit it doesn't change just because the angle changes...i.e. the angle is irrelevant relative to seeing and hitting the spot.  However, what DOES change when the angle changes (relative to broadside shots) is your overall sight picture...which is critical to instinctive.  

So, it could be that since the quartering sight picture is 'different' than the broadside view it's playing tricks on your ability to focus/concentrate...with the result in your case being left hits.

Since you imply that you normally shoot pretty well (indicating that form and gear aren't the problem) AND your misses on quartering shots are consistently left, my guess is that if you simply practice quartering shots more and get used to seeing the spot for that particular sight picture you will develop more confidence it it, which aids focus/concentration, and the problem will fix itself.