Thoughts on 2 fingers under only

[britt]

I was doing some bare shafting this AM and tried just two fingers under. My shafts flew straighter and bow was quieter. Cleaner release? Anybody else use just two fingers under? Thoughts?

[Josh Perdue]

I shoot split but drop the top finger when I get to full draw so I guess you can say I shoot two under. I tried shooting two under like I think your describing and I had more difficulty drawing the bow but it was noticeably more quiet than three under. I've wanted to shoot three under for a while but can not stick with it long enough because the extra noise drives me nuts. If it's comfortable for you and your getting great flight give it a shot.

[Mike Mecredy]

My thoughts?  If it works for you, and you shoot better that way, then why change? -Mike

[Paul_R]

I shoot 2 under, index and middle. Works great for me. On a really heavy bow I'll sometimes use the ring finger for the draw but I'll remove it prior to release.

[Jim Wright]

I put my middle & ring finger under with DEEP hooks and as much tension as possible on the middle finger, my index finger rests LIGHTLY on top of the shaft. It provides a very clean, consistent release.

[BOWMARKS]

I am missing first joint of middle finger , so one over one under like Mike said if it works use it !!!  

[Ken Taylor]

I've been thinking about this very subject lately so the thread title really caught my attention.

First off, all indications to me are that I have (and always had) a good release.

I shoot split finger (index over - middle and ring finger under) but noticed a while back that I don't really use my index much throughout the entire drawing and releasing process.

I could probably drop it and I most likely wouldn't notice it, or at least barely notice it. Glad to see that I'm not alone.

[Paul_R]

I tried the middle/ring combo and I shot really well but after a while it hurt in a carpal tunnel kind of way.

[PaulDeadringer29]

If you can handle the weight with two fingers, go for it. I shoot one over, one under with my Kodiak Magnum to lessen pinch.

[knobby]

I tried it for a while, and had the same results that you've discovered.  But when the tip of my middle finger stayed numb for a few days, I figured it wasn't worth it.  Good luck with it if it works for you, though.

[Sam McMichael]

Tried it, but since I like to shoot fairly heavy bows, I find my hand just isn't strong enough to shoot that way for very long.

[fnshtr]

I shoot better with only two... like you said, better, cleaner release... but am not strong enough in the fingers to do it all the time.

My late brother shot two under, his middle and ring finger and my son shoots two under index and middle and shoots excellently that way.

Whatever works as said before..
Good luck!

[fnshtr]

P.S.
On the shooters forum many recommend 50% of the weight on the middle finger, 40% on the index with the remaining 10% on the ring finger.

This works great for me.

[damascusdave]

I shoot bows up to sixty pounds two under, index and middle finger...deep hook...right and left handed...I also do a lot of shooting split finger...never hurts to have the choice

DDave

[Matty]

I shoot 2 1/2 under
I remove my ring finger after draw most of the way

[2bird]

I watched a video with Scott Antczak shooting that way with 80# recurves, the guy is crazy strong though... if it works do it...

[Bladepeek]

I just started playing around with that and like the results so far. I am a 3-under shooter with all my other bows, but I have a 66" "D" type bow (Mohawk) that just does NOT like 3 under. The bow is a real feather weight - only 31#@28" (marked 33#@29")and a feather on the scale as well.

I tend to get a stiff indication and the bow just isn't as quiet as it should be. I went to 1716's with 225 gr up front and it was still stiff.

I switched back to split (which is the way I started out shooting) and the bow was noticeably quieter, but shot way too high for me and I didn't want to have two different sight pictures  - one for this bow and one for all others.

I tried drawing with just my middle finger and ring finger below the arrow and my index finger resting on the shaft VERY lightly. The middle finger carries the bulk of the (admitedly light weight) pull - probably 70% and 30% gos on the ring finger. The index finger pulls nothing and for lack of a better place to put it, it falls on the shaft.

Bingo! the bow is totally silent and my POI is dead on with my other bows shot 3 under.

I'm not strong enough to do this with a heavier bow, but for this little target and form bow, it works perfectly.

[Diamond Paul]

Funny, I wondered if anyone did this, because I naturally use very little of my index finger even though I shoot split, and a while back I experimented with simply dropping the top finger after reaching anchor.  I broke my drawing hand very badly many years ago, and at that time had no insurance so I never got it properly fixed, which would have involved surgery and pins or a plate to reposition the bones.  Looks like a camel's double hump on the top of my hand, an exaggerated version of the classic boxer's fracture.  It shortened my hand some, and the fingers don't all straighten out like they used to do.  As a result, almost all the string pressure is on the bottom two fingers, though I do use the index finger to draw.  Dropping the top finger did seem to give me a good, quiet release, but it seemed to break the flow of the shot for me when I curled it behind the string to get it out of the way at anchor.  I never really played with trying to draw with only two fingers, though.  I guess people have played with just about every possible way to shoot these bows just a bit better, and if it works for you, that's about all that matters.

[BobCo 1965]

If it works, great. The ring finger is there in a very light capacity to basically help and detect string torque.

[dnurk]

Total newb question here but I see a number of folks talking about how shooting 3 under causes more bow noise.   Can someone explain that to me?  I am not sure how having 2 vs 3 fingers under the nocking point would create more vibration and noise.....