How much bow cant... POLL

[John3]

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.

[lpcjon2]

Hill said the amount of cant cuts down on the Visual distance to the target

[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.

[Jeremy]

As much as the situation calls for.  I practice everything from horizontal to a reverse cant

[vtmtnman]

I'm a one o' clocker.I just cant enough to open up my sight picture.

[John3]

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...

[Winterhawk1960]

I guess I am a "straight up" kinda guy.

Winterhawk1960

[xtrema312]

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.

[K. Mogensen]

2:00

[Barney]

Couldn't vote.....I'm with Jeremy......whatever it takes at the time.

[bowmofo]

Wow cool poll!  This is interesting! I'll need to watch to see what comes out of it!

[LongbowGuy83]

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

[Rob DiStefano]

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'!

[doowop]

I shoot all of my bows straight up except for my Lee. I cant it about 1 o'clock.

[Rob DiStefano]

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.

[jacobsladder]

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.

[Rob DiStefano]

'cant' ain't even in a bowhunter's vocabulary, nothing to even think about, just look at this vid ...

 Over the pond

[GingivitisKahn]

Isn't 3 o'clock gangster style?    :D

[Bjorn]

Around the clock for me. Or 1:30

[Brian Krebs]

Geesh Rob- if your shooting that good - you might as well shoot a compound !!    :(    :(