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Offline cbCrow

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2 fingers
« on: April 20, 2011, 04:18:00 PM »
A friend stopped by today to fling some arrows and showed me his new tab. It was a Bateman 2 finger split and his release was wow. Since starting back to trad he has had alot of problems in this dept, but no more. I tried it and was amazed to find the improvement of my release. As a matter of fact it seemed almost easy to get a good release and it felt natural with no finger strain. Has anyone else tried this style(Flemish) and did you have the same results? I do believe I will be calling Bateman real soon.
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Offline uglyjake

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Re: 2 fingers
« Reply #1 on: April 20, 2011, 04:30:00 PM »
I have tried 3 under, however I had pain in the bottom finger.  I too will be contacting Bateman.  Thank you for the information.
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Offline bawana bowman

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Re: 2 fingers
« Reply #2 on: April 20, 2011, 04:41:00 PM »
I shoot Flemish a lot with a glove, and also without a glove(bare fingers). If for some reason I'm having grouping problems split finger, I switch to 2 finger split draw and things tighten right up.

Shot this entire past season Flemish. Just seems natural to use this method but I switch back and forth, since I've been shooting 3 finger split for 50 years. Both styles work for me!
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Offline MarkE2006

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Re: 2 fingers
« Reply #3 on: April 20, 2011, 04:49:00 PM »
It's that third finger that often causes the string to be torqed or displaced from a single line.  Using just the two split fingers reduces the influence on the string and cleans up the release.  I've temporarily used two fingers also when I seemed to have trouble with arrow flight or grouping.
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Offline tj69

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Re: 2 fingers
« Reply #4 on: April 20, 2011, 05:41:00 PM »
I´ve tried 2 fingers under and it was really a better release. BUT with 58# on two fingers it hurts after a couple of shots.
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Offline LimBender

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Re: 2 fingers
« Reply #5 on: April 20, 2011, 05:53:00 PM »
CbCrow, here's a related, recent thread discussing 2 fingers:
 http://tradgang.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=6;t=006046;p=1
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Offline BOWMARKS

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Re: 2 fingers
« Reply #6 on: April 20, 2011, 07:21:00 PM »
Works good for me just chop off first didget of middle finger. Get a nice clean release with two split finger!!
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Offline SEMO_HUNTER

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Re: 2 fingers
« Reply #7 on: April 20, 2011, 08:53:00 PM »
I've been shooting 2 fingers under from pretty much the beginning. I tried 3 finger split and it never felt natural, switched to 2 fingers under and got instant results. Been shootin that way ever since.
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Offline Pokerdaddy

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Re: 2 fingers
« Reply #8 on: April 20, 2011, 09:50:00 PM »
This is some interesting stuff.  Never tried two finger (split or under) but will try it tomorrow.  Currently shooting 3 under, but feel my release is less than consistent.
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Offline Coonbait

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Re: 2 fingers
« Reply #9 on: April 20, 2011, 09:56:00 PM »
Two finger split for me. Tried it a couple years ago and won't shoot any other way! Really feels a lot smoother on the release. Thought I was the only one shooting that way. Glad I'm not the only one!
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Offline Ragnarok Forge

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Re: 2 fingers
« Reply #10 on: April 21, 2011, 12:05:00 AM »
Two fingers split for two years now and no intention of every switching.  It is a lot cleaner method for a clean release for me.
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