Q. What is instinctive shooting?
A. Instinctive shooting is shooting without conscious adjustment for range. The logic seems to be that if you shoot enough arrows, you'll eventually learn what the target picture looks like at each range, so you don't have to think about it. The relationship between `instinctive' and `gap' shooting (see below) is a contentious one. There are those that contend that there is no such thing as instinctive archery at all, and that those who claim to shoot that way are really using some variant of `gap shooting' at a less conscious level. This is a sterile debate, because although people think they're arguing about archery, they're really arguing about semantics.
Q. What is string walking?
A. String walking is the process of drawing the bowstring with the fingers not against the arrow nock. The further the fingers are below the nock, the lower the arrow will shoot. This fact provides for a very primitive sighting method with a traditional bow. If, for example, the arrow point aligns with the point of aim at 40 yards when the index finger is right under the nock, then it the same alignment will give you the same hit at 20 yards with the index finger about an inch below the nock. String walking is not highly thought of in the UK, and is forbidden in most tournaments. Some people instead of using, or walking the string, they use a tab with heavy staging, and walk the tab, instead of knocks on the string.
Q. What is face walking?
Face walking is a system of aiming where the archer uses the arrow tip as a reference point, and adjusts for elevation by anchoring the draw at different points on the face. If you shoot relatively short distances (10-15 yards or less) face walking can be very effective. The reason for this is that, at those distances, if you anchor at your chin or jaw the arrow tip will be so far below the mark that it's difficult to use it as a sighting reference. However, if you move the anchor point up to just below your eye, you'll find that the point of the arrow appears near the mark at distances down to about 5 yards (depending on the size of your head, of course). With practice you can learn where to put your anchor point to give you `point on' (that is, the tip of the arrow aligning with the mark) at different distances.
In the UK, face walking is generally not allowed in tournaments. I suspect that its popularity in the US stems from the use of archery for small game hunting, where shots of less than ten yards are relatively common.
Q. What is gap shooting?
A. Gap shooting is another primitive sighting technique, and is probably used by most traditional archers even if they don't realize it. It works by the archer learning, over many shots, how far the arrow point appears to be below the aiming mark. For example, I know from repeated practice that at 20 yards I have to line up the arrow point with an imaginary point about 8 inches below the aiming mark. At ten yards the `gap' is about two feet. At sixty yards, the arrow point appears about three feet above the mark.
As discussed above, whether there is a form of `instinctive' archery that is different from `gap shooting' is a highly contentious point.
Gap shooting: the archer uses a knowledge of how the arrow appears against the target to set the aim at different distances. If you shoot with both eyes open, then you'll see two arrows when you focus on the target; many archers squint or even close the non-dominant eye to reduce this effect
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