Clickers and hunting

[2Blade]

I have been doing really well with my TP ive been able to shoot without my clicker but I still want to use it when I feel nervous. I still use it but I have times that on certain shots where I feel pressure I tend to freeze up before the click and just kinda hang at full draw. This has happened to me a lot when trying to shoot at small game the pressure tends to make me freeze up. I have on a few occasions pulled through the click but want to be able to do it on a consistent basis.  Just wondering if this happens to anyone? If so how do you go about getting the click off on high pressure shots? Ive never even drawn on a deer with a trad bow but I know im gonna be a lot more pumped then shooting at a squirrel and I want to know how to fix this so I make a good shot.

[2Blade]

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[A.S.]

Nick if you are going to use the clicker, then I would suggest using it on EVERY shot that you make. If you "click" sometimes, then others shoot without pulling through the click, then you are just causing your brain more confusion.

When you draw back, just tell yourself that the arrow doesn't leave until you pull through the click. Keep after it, and it will eventually become second nature.


Allen

[dragon rider]

Amen.  I absolutely agree with Allen - the way to be consistent is to do (or at least try as hard as you can to do) the same things on every shot.  If you're going to use the clicker, use it always until your brain has simply made that part of the system requirements for a shot.

[2Blade]

Ive been really working on it with my 45lb bow and I find its easier if I dont pay no mind to the click and just focus on my spot. In doing so my hand just slowly creeps back until the click goes off. Its getting to where I dont really notice the click but I must be doing something right I drilled a tennis ball tonight in my yard at 25 yards. If I tell myself "Make a controlled shot" I seem to do better then just pullin up and shooting.

Allen did you kill the buck in your avatar using a clicker? Im anxious to try this year at the 3-D shoots last year I really fell apart but since using the clicker for a year I feel more confident then last year.

[2Blade]

Originally posted by dragon rider:
Amen.  I absolutely agree with Allen - the way to be consistent is to do (or at least try as hard as you can to do) the same things on every shot.  If you're going to use the clicker, use it always until your brain has simply made that part of the system requirements for a shot.

Ill do that I found I could shoot for about a week and a half before my shot started to speed up again. I will stay with the clicker I know then I wont snap shoot or short draw on game I found that with the clicker I can ALWAYS draw and hold but like I said on some shots I just cant seem to make it go off but its getting better.

[A.S.]

Nick, I've used a clicker for the past 17 years or so. The buck in my AVATAR was just about 4 yards from the base of my treestand. I didn't "click" on the shot since he was so close and was extremely nervous as I had called him in. After a while you learn where the click is, and I have made close shots on several deer by just stopping short of the click before release.


Allen

[knobby]

Tell yourself that the shot doesn't go off without the clicker...every time. Execute the shot COMPLETELY and the rest will take care of itself. If you're practicing and the clicker doesn't seem to want to go off, let down and start over. It happens to me once and awhile, and when I realize that I'm at full draw too long, I let down. Refuse to shoot without completing the shot as you intended. Good luck, stick with it, and you'll enjoy shooting again!

[2Blade]

How do you get the same string length on each bow? I have 3 bows setup with clickers I think I have them all pretty close but not as precise as id like. Could I just mark an arrow for my draw length then just set it up so the click goes off a 1/4in or so past my anchor? I figure that way no matter what I know all my bows are consistent to my DL

[2Blade]

Oh yea and I forgot for hunting purposes would you sugguest serving in the clicker stirng to the bow string? I was thinkin of using compound D Loop material because that stuff is durarble camo and ties easy. I just dont wanna get my clicker string caught in a bush or something then move out of place

[A.S.]

Nick, I set the length of the clickers on my different bows by marking an arrow, then having my wife watch as I draw it back, adjusting 'till I get them all the same. (Note...I find that I draw shorter with a lower wrist grip than with a higher wrist grip, so they all aren't exactally the same).

I use the D loop material for my clickers as well. I melt a mushroom on the end that goes through the clicker, then glue it with something like Shoe Goo. On the end that goes through the string, again I melt a mushroom, then just put it straight through the middle of the bow string strands, then serve above it with dental floss.

I leave the bottom side unserved so I can pull the cord out whenever I need to add twists to my string. (This will cause you to have to re-do how the cord enters the bowstring.

Also, I silence the spring steel portion with moleskin....gets them pretts quiet, however some are noisier than others.

Hope this isn't clear as mud! Let me know if you have any more Q's.


Allen

[Jason R. Wesbrock]

You can also set your clicker with an arrow shaft and a piece of tape.

Measure from the throat of your nock, down the shaft to your draw length. Wrap the tape and leave the tag end pointing toward your bow riser. The tape should be touching the far end of your draw length mark.

Set your clicker so it goes off when the tape touches the far side of your bow's riser. It's the same basic thing Allen does, except you can do it without any help.

I actually keep a bare shaft in my practice quiver with a piece of tape on it. If I suspect the clicker isn't going off at the right time, I can quickly confirm and adjust if needed. After you shoot with a clicker for a while, you'll be surprised at easily you notice if it's changed.

[Guru]

Allen, If you have that much control over your shooting, then do you really need a clicker? Or is it just a confidence thing that you feel comfortable knowing it's there after all this time?

Just wondering bud....

[A.S.]

Jason, that's a great tip!

Curt, it is all about confidence for me. I can take the clicker off and shoot "OK", but when I'm shooting with it, I have complete confidence. I very rarely have a "flyer" even in my back yard while shooting a lot. The clicker makes me execute the shot with near perfect form every time.

Some of my shooting buds tell me that I don't need it, then I go out and beat them by 30 or 40 points on a 3D range (not bragging, just fact). It's the shooting form that I've developed over a long time, and I see no reason to change it.


Allen

[bmb]

thats exactly why i use a clicker on all my bows. confidence!

[bmb]

also A.S., i setup mine pretty much like you do but i actually tie the string on the bowstring and melt a mushroom, put a drop of glue on it, and then serve above and below it. if i have to twist my string the knot will let me without having to redo the whole setup.

[A.S.]

BMB, so are you tying the clicker cord around the bowstring so that it can slip around when you have to put twists in your string?

[Cecil]

I put mine on leave about four balls on the chain. tie the dloop cord to the eye on that end.  put some tape on it to keep it from hitting the bow.on the other end I seperate the string run it through three times burn the end of it. I dont serve it in.makes it easy to adjust.

[PSUBowhunter]

Does anyone know where you can pick up some double sided tape to use for reattaching old clickers? I cant seem to find it anywere.

[A.S.]

PSU, check at Walmart or an auto supply place. 3M makes just what you need, it's kind or a double sided foam tape. You should find it near the duct tape and stuff.