Anybody else shoot with their bow "vertical"?

[GMMAT]

I suppose I've gone through 6-8 hats, trying to find a hunting hat that doesn't get in the way of my string.  I'm pretty much relegated to a flimsy, floppy hat, I suppose......and I guess I'll have to velcro it "up".

I can't help it.  I feel like I'm gonna look like this guy....

 

[pdk25]

Boonie hat.

[TxAg]

I cant my bow, but it still hits my hat bill. I usually just wear a beanie or camo baseball hat backwards

[Frisky]

I took a camo baseball cap and cut the bill to 1". It stays out of the way. The cut edge will start to fray and looks even better!

Joe

[Manitoba Stickflinger]

Whenever my shooting goes to crap....I go vertical to get me back on track. Then I begin to cant again. That said, no peak for me!

[GMMAT]

1" won't cut it.  I've tried to cut down my ASAT beanie.  It still hits it.

I don't need "much".  I've got a Predator fleece stocking cap, and it's enough "shade" over my eyes to cut the glare, in the evenings.  I do have the wolfsking beanie from Jeff @ GWW that I'll probably just have the velcro added to.

I used to shoot with a cant.  Now, I just "can't" (pun kinda intended).  It just feels really weird to cant my bow, now.

[Jerry Wald]

More vertical on long shots...but canted mostly -not extreme but a sight window and that's it.

Jer Bear

[Bjorn]

I hold it at whatever angle the shot dictates-hat or not.

[NDTerminator]

I shoot pretty much vertical.  I always seem to have on a stocking cap, weight dictated by temp...

Suppose I could wear a baseball hat turned sidways like a gangsta from out on the res...

[James on laptop]

I do and just turn my ball cap around or cock it to the side if shooting longer bows.With short bows I can just use a short brimmed cap.

[wollelybugger]

I shoot like Manitoba, when I get left or right I shoot verticle to get ligned up again.

[Ybuck]

Love a vertical bow, and a under armor beanie, or backward baseball cap.  

[GMMAT]

Sorry to invade the shooter's forum, guys.  I was interested in how people got around this, while hunting.  Target shooting, I rarely need a hat.

I appreciate all the responses.  If a mod sees this and wants to delete it....be my guest.  I guess there's no way around the string.

[graysquirrel]

vertical, canted, sideways, whatever.  An archers hat with a short stubby bill is the ticket.  When it gets cold a stocking cap can't be beaten.

[reddogge]

I cant but have been canting since 1955 so it's inborn.  As far as a hat goes I wear a USGI field cap in woodland camo I bought for $1 at Denton Hill and I flip the brim up when shooting.  I look like an old WW2 flight mechanic. It's water proof and has ear flaps so what's not to like?

Sometimes I'll wear an old Jones style hat but I still have to tilt it back slightly.

A look I'll have to experiment with is a fedora with the right side of the brim pinned up.  Kind of offbeat and wacky.

Or maybe an Irish military balmoral.  Can't have too many hats.

[GMMAT]

red...

Not a fedora...but a Filson oil cloth packer.  I had to twist it to the side to shoot.

 

[reddogge]

Got that "Aussie" look.

[Lechwe]

I started shooting with it almost straight up but have a slight cant. Seems to have made a big difference right now but I am working on my form. I would think that once your form is mastered you should be able to cant, lean or most other things and still maintain accuracy.

[Robert Honaker]

Post your pic at full draw. I have a thread on   POW WOW "FULL DRAW PICS"

I'm curious to see where you anchor so that you have to bend a small billed hat like that.

[twitchstick]

On my recurve I hold vertical most of the time. I have like a bucket hat but always looking for other sort billed hats.