Question for you gap shooters

[OBXarcher]

I hear people talk about it so much I had to try.

My question is the point of my arrow is way to the right of the target. Is there some way to get the point just under the target ?

[moebow]

Ya, make sure the nock of the arrow is directly under your eye at full draw and that your release is straight back and not out to the side.  Some tend to draw too far back and that sets the arrow nock off to your right for a right handed shooter.  This causes the arrow to want to go to the left and makes the shooter hold to the right.

A way to practice this would be to put a vertical line on your target and learn to have the entire shaft in line with the vertical line.  then when you shoot the arrow should hit the vertical line.

Arne

[mahantango]

Moebow's right on as usual. I will add, if your arrows aren't spined properly they will never hit that vertical line. But that's a whole other can of worms.

[OBXarcher]

Kind of what I was thinking.

Feels like I am short drawing if I do that.

[moebow]

Short drawing, proper draw length and over drawing CAN be a pretty fine line.  Many self taught folks tend to draw clear back along their cheek or even to near the ear.  This puts the arrow nock and bow string off to the right for a right handed shooter and you will always have to have a "hold off" to the right of the target.

Some can shoot well this way but I feel that it adds complication to the shot.

I do not know if you wear glasses or not but even using sunglasses, the string should be in front of and even touching the glasses lens and not back along the temple bow of the glasses.

If you can, find an instructor there at the home of aviation.  That is always the shortest route to a correction like this.

Arne

[moebow]

PS.  If you look closely at my avatar picture, you can see the bow string in front of my glasses.

Arne

[OBXarcher]

I shoot pretty good the way I do it now. Just always looking to get to the next level.

[wapitirod]

I was just reading about this in Byron Fergusons "Become the Arrow" and what's been said above is what's stated in his book as well as other useful information.  I read the book when it first came out but I hadn't shot in such a long time I decided to read it again to freshen up and try to improve my shooting although I've been shooting pretty good.  I'd love to attend one of his clinics but at this point it's not in the cards.