I am left eye dominant with a very weak right eye. I have learned to shoot left handed as right handed has never been an option for me. Over the past year I have made the following changes which really improved my shooting on the 3D course:
I dropped bow weight from 50 to 42 pounds and discovered how to develop proper form.
I re-flecthed my arrows to move the fletching farther back toward the nock and burnt the backs square so I could begin touching the feather to my nose as a third anchor point and tightened my gaps.
I was shooting split finger--always aware of the alignment of my arrow under my eye, but focused on the target---whatever you call it...
Long story short I began hunting season this year with more confidence than ever---but it hasn't worked out that way.
Not happy with my shooting in the woods I felt that I needed to make a change and gain more control over my shot before I take the longbow back out there. I spent the weekend setting the bow up for a fixed crawl, relearning to shoot three under (I never have gotten as clean of a release as I did with split) and in the process struggling to find the right head/arrow alignment and giving myself a fat lip. My groups were about 3 inches to the right at 15 yards (bareshaft and broadheads impacting same as fletched field points). I also worked to make sure the nock was touching my nose for a third anchor point in place of the former feather to nose. Tonight after work I went back to the target and this time really concentrated on having my eye over the arrow. I really got my elbow back and in line, and took a deep hook, and stopped hitting my lip most of the time, but the arrows still went to the right. At one point I looked to the left of the string over the arrow (between the string and the riser--keep in mind I'm shooting lefty) released and began hitting dead on. Even with more or less cant I need to look to the left of the string. All of my previous shooting has been done lining up the arrow to the right of the string so this is very new to me.
With this set up I already feel more in control of the shot and am learning now to focus on the point of the arrow on the target. I set it up to be point on at 20 and just a few inches high at 10 and 15 for hunting, but plan to use this for 3D also (and maybe string walk up as needed for longer shots). I have been averse to shooting any way other than split for quite awhile, but am at the point now where I feel that I need to make this change to move forward in the accuracy and control department--I know I don't belong in the deer woods until I have control over every shot. I've watched the videos including the Push and they were very helpful in making this change. Any thoughts or advice would be appreciated.
Topic: fixed crawl and the other side of the string (Read 1479 times)
