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Offline John3

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How much bow cant... POLL
« on: January 27, 2010, 08:00:00 PM »
We shoot an indoor bowhunter league.  Last week I watched everyone shoot paying attention to  shooting form and mechanics.  I noticed just how much the shooters differed in canting the bow. Lets find out how much "we" cant the bow.

Plese just reverse the numbers for left handed.
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Offline lpcjon2

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Re: How much bow cant... POLL
« Reply #1 on: January 27, 2010, 08:02:00 PM »
Hill said the amount of cant cuts down on the Visual distance to the target
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Offline Buckeye Trad Hunter

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Re: How much bow cant... POLL
« Reply #2 on: January 27, 2010, 08:03:00 PM »
I voted the 1 o'clock position but I can't really say because I don't pay attention.  I just hold the bow however it feels right at the time.
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Offline Jeremy

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Re: How much bow cant... POLL
« Reply #3 on: January 27, 2010, 08:04:00 PM »
As much as the situation calls for.  I practice everything from horizontal to a reverse cant
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Re: How much bow cant... POLL
« Reply #4 on: January 27, 2010, 08:05:00 PM »
I'm a one o' clocker.I just cant enough to open up my sight picture.
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Offline John3

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Re: How much bow cant... POLL
« Reply #5 on: January 27, 2010, 08:10:00 PM »
I voted one o'clock as well.. I practice for everything but would say my "style" is just far enough off vertical to get everything out of my line of sight...
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Re: How much bow cant... POLL
« Reply #6 on: January 27, 2010, 08:13:00 PM »
I guess I am a "straight up" kinda guy.

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Re: How much bow cant... POLL
« Reply #7 on: January 27, 2010, 08:13:00 PM »
About 1 as a natural cant.  That is about what works for the way everything lines up with a fairly upright head and standing position.  I like to shoot a lot at about 1:30-2, but with a waist bend.
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Offline K. Mogensen

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Re: How much bow cant... POLL
« Reply #8 on: January 27, 2010, 08:19:00 PM »
2:00
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Re: How much bow cant... POLL
« Reply #9 on: January 27, 2010, 08:53:00 PM »
Couldn't vote.....I'm with Jeremy......whatever it takes at the time.
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Re: How much bow cant... POLL
« Reply #10 on: January 27, 2010, 08:53:00 PM »
Wow cool poll!  This is interesting! I'll need to watch to see what comes out of it!
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Offline LongbowGuy83

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Re: How much bow cant... POLL
« Reply #11 on: January 27, 2010, 08:56:00 PM »
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Originally posted by Buckeye Trad Hunter:
I voted the 1 o'clock position but I can't really say because I don't pay attention.  I just hold the bow however it feels right at the time.
Ditto
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Re: How much bow cant... POLL
« Reply #12 on: January 27, 2010, 09:01:00 PM »
it's all subjective stuff to one degree or another 'cause all that matters is accurate, repeatable consistency of your body mechanics, aim and release.

a bowhunter needs to be accurate no matter what the bow's position, or the hunter's position.

watch the vid of terry repeatedly nailing a foamie while facing AWAY from the target, and note the distance to the target.  look closely at his form, aim and release.  now THAT's good shootin'!
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Re: How much bow cant... POLL
« Reply #13 on: January 27, 2010, 09:03:00 PM »
I shoot all of my bows straight up except for my Lee. I cant it about 1 o'clock.
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Re: How much bow cant... POLL
« Reply #14 on: January 27, 2010, 09:08:00 PM »
check out this thread and the last vid, 'over the pond' ....

  http://tradgang.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=17;t=000081

there's a WEALTH of info to be had here at trad gang, some of it ya gotta dig a bit to find it.
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Re: How much bow cant... POLL
« Reply #15 on: January 27, 2010, 09:18:00 PM »
Ive tried and dont like the idea of trying to change my "natural" cant...i dont want to even think about it... i want to concentrate on the "spot" and let everything else happen..I think Terry would call this your "backyard shot"...the backyard shot is what i want in the woods with me.... I dont want to have to worry about whether my bow is vertical or not.
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Re: How much bow cant... POLL
« Reply #16 on: January 27, 2010, 09:25:00 PM »
'cant' ain't even in a bowhunter's vocabulary, nothing to even think about, just look at this vid ...

 Over the pond
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Offline GingivitisKahn

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Re: How much bow cant... POLL
« Reply #17 on: January 27, 2010, 09:37:00 PM »
Isn't 3 o'clock gangster style?    :D
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Re: How much bow cant... POLL
« Reply #18 on: January 27, 2010, 09:43:00 PM »
Around the clock for me. Or 1:30
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Offline Brian Krebs

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Re: How much bow cant... POLL
« Reply #19 on: January 27, 2010, 09:56:00 PM »
Geesh Rob- if your shooting that good - you might as well shoot a compound !!    :(    :(
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