Can't cant ! any tips

[44charlie]

my canted shots usually are low. any pointers?

thanks guys
charlie

[reddogge]

Not being smart but maybe aim higher.  When you are canting the bow you may be forcing your anchor point higher or short drawing the bow thus the low shot.  Try to cant the same on all shots if that is your style.

[bolong]

make sure you cant your head the same angle as your bow.

[Jesse Peltan]

You have to cant your head at the same angle as your bow. The other thing it might be is you arrow too far from your hand. Example elevated rest.

[champ38]

when you go to cant, open your hand and let the bow float. Cant the string hand letting the bow cant itself to the same degree. this keeps me from torqueing the string.

[Shakes.602]

Excellent Tip champ38!!

[TSP]

It's easy to shortdraw when canting...

[Hud]

The easiest way to learn to cant the bow, head and string hand is to bend at the hips.
Bend at the hips, not the head, neck, or upper body. Shooting up hill the shoulders are parallel with the hill, shooting downhill the shoulders are again parallel, maintaining a "T" with the spine and shoulders. When bending forward to cant the bow think of maintaining the "T" by bending at the hips.  You don't want to bend the spine like a "(" on one shot and not the next. Maintaining the "T".  Your anchor, and distance between your eye and your anchor will be more consistent. Raising or lowering your head (eye)is likely the cause of missing. Things become inconsistent when we start bending just the neck or upper body. It becomes even more important if you want to shoot at moving, running or flying targets. If you have shot a shotgun you learned to swing, or pivot with the hips and not the upper body.

The more you cant the bow the closer arrow needs to be to the target.  As Johnny Schulz said "Howard Hill varied the cant of his bow".

[lpcjon2]

Make sure you still have the form (not bending at the waist and tilting the head ) it may not seem obvious but I caught my 14yo doing it when he was starting out using the cant style.Good Luck

[robtattoo]

Don't cant! There's absolutely nothing wrong at all with shooting with your bow vertical.

[Quinn]

Thanks for saying it Rob!

[COLongbow]

What, if any, advantage is there to canting your bow?

[Terry Green]

I agree....you don't have to cant the bow.

However, the advantage for me is seeing a larger/wider view of the playing field.

If you do a search for the word 'cant' in the search feature of this site, and search just this forum, and select 'subject only'...you will find plenty of info on canting.

[Don Stokes]

Depends on your personal geometry. I can't not cant! If I hold the bow vertically, my arm muscles complain and I can't hit diddly.

[davesonic444]

Try blank bale using the above advise till you get good form.Then you should see improvement.

[Earthdog]

When you cant your bow you lower your point of aim,it doesn't matter how you aim,,or not,,it's still the same affect.
To see it happen just hold your bow out as you would at full draw,cant it and watch the arrow contact point.
As the bow goes over you will see the contact point becomes slightly lower.
You just have to compensate for that by practicing shooting with the bow canted.
But then,as already stated you don't have to cant your bow,but there are benifits so it does you no harm to learn.

[zetabow]

What level of Cant are we talking about? The more cant the bow the harder it is to repeat the form, you have to find the right balance between aiming and form.

I think its best to find what most natural and comfortable position to you. Start off at a short target with verical Bow and after each shot add a little cant and see what give the most consistent form and accurate shot.

[Terry Green]

Proper alignment(form) can be carried to various cants and positions.  Alignment and Form is from the waste up, and not hard to repeat once you achieve it, and easy to take to different positions that we get into in the field by using your waste and feet to acquire the position with the upper body still in line.

I go into detail on all this on the Trad Gang DVD.

Yes, you need to achieve it(form/alignment) 1st in a comfortable position/cant angle that suits you(your back yard shot).....even if that means no cant/held vertical

  Click Here - Cant never could....

[Chuck Hoopes]

The advantage of canting, is that for the geometry of most people it helps them shoot better--this is not true of all people and for you vertical may be the best way to go--although you can likely learn to shoot well w/ canted bow following the tips given here.  Personally I shoot best w/ the bow Horizontal, thats right, horizontal, as in, parallel to the ground. Go figure!  Whatever is most naturally comfortable for you - is the way to go.