Most consistent aiming style

[ChiefStingingArrow]

I am fairly new to Trad archery and haven't been around trad guys. But my question is those of you who have "been around the block" What has been the most CONSISTENT and repeatable style of aiming that you have seen. Ex. gap, purely extinctive. split vision etc. what style seems to work no matter whether your hunting or just shooting at targets.

[McDave]

You will find really excellent shooters who use each of the aiming methods you mentioned.  If you are fairly new to traditional archery, and want to develop consistency, you need to develop consistent form.  Once you have developed consistent form, which is exactly the same for any aiming method, you will have solved 95% of the problem of shooting accurately and consistently. While you are developing good form, you can try all the methods you mentioned, and see which one you like best. Whichever one you pick will be the best for you, and you will probably wonder why anyone would shoot any other way.

This probably sounds like a cop-out, but there really isn't any one aiming method that is best and most consistent for everyone.

[Terry Green]

Originally posted by McDave:
You will find really excellent shooters who use each of the aiming methods you mentioned.  If you are fairly new to traditional archery, and want to develop consistency, you need to develop consistent form.  Once you have developed consistent form, which is exactly the same for any aiming method, you will have solved 95% of the problem of shooting accurately and consistently. While you are developing good form, you can try all the methods you mentioned, and see which one you like best. Whichever one you pick will be the best for you, and you will probably wonder why anyone would shoot any other way.

This probably sounds like a cop-out, but there really isn't any one aiming method that is best and most consistent for everyone.

Yep, aiming method is secondary to form. Proper Alignment AKA The Magic 'T',....that's where its at.

THEN you find the aiming method that works best for YOU and YOUR make up.

   

[LongStick64]

Follow Mr Green and McDaves advice and you'll save yourself a ton of pain. Joel Turner has a great exercise, pick a target and point to it, did you point in the middle of the target ? ....it's that easy.

[t2onboard]

I wasn't sure I'd answer this post, but today was a prime example of form and aiming as my wife and I walked the range. We'd just paddled two hours, and I thought, tired as I was, if I could just keep my bow arm up and my shooting elbow back, I'd be close. Smile. While we're still new at archery, our hours spent per week numbers in the double digits, so our shooting routines while not perfect, are consistent enough to know when we do something wrong. Anyway, I'd shoot three of the four at a target and then drop the bow arm: yep lower left hand target. Moving on, this would happened, not at every target, but I would know exactly what I did. Form off, so is arrow. tomorrow we shoot first then paddle. Smile.

[dragonheart]

I would focus less on aiming and more on development of a consistent shooting form.  Get your hands on the DVD Hitting like Howard Hill by John Schulz.  Great info on a swing draw, fluid shot, like throwing a free-throw.  You need to decide if you are interested in hunting or target archery.  If you really want to excel, then focus on one or the other.  If you want to hunt you need a style and aiming that allows for a quick shot at any type of conditions or game.  Instinctive aiming is one of the best.  If you are primary interested in target adopt a gap-hold aiming system with references.  You will be more competitive in 3-D with this system.

[Don Stokes]

First make SURE you are shooting the right spine, and then follow Joebuck's advice: Look down the arrow, because that's where it's going. : ) The less you have to think about what you're doing the better.

[mahantango]

Don Stokes, I agree 100%.

[Echo62]

Terry and McDave give sound advice. I would add that consistent accuracy can only be found with a good release.