SHOOT YOUR LONGBOW BETTER! PICK UP A RECURVE?!WHAT???

[LookMomNoSights]

So this seems to go on for alot of folks....there must be something to it!  I guess aside from critiquing for the "whys",  it appears it may be good to switch it up from time to time....for curve shooters and longbow shooters. Kinda like a therapy from time to time.  Man,  I love traditional archery  

[UrbanDeerSlayer]

Great thread! Can't say why it works but it does.  I have 3 main bows, listed below I think. Anyway, when I'm frustrated with one, I'll shoot with a different for a while. No particular order. My R/D Bamabow is my main one. But I'll grab the selfbow sometimes because it gives me a great site picture. And the Samick Sage recurve has a nice grip.  Dusted the Sage off the other night cause its the only Take Down I have and I had to pack one for the TBOF, so I tied on some nocks and was zinging them right on target after 15 shots or so.  But I can agree that I think it has something with improving your focus and form, where each bow will force you to do something different to shoot well, and all of it equals to better overall form and success.

[kat]

I have to join the 'switch from recurve to longbow' guys. Every now and then, I switch from my recurves to a longbow.
 For me, shooting the longbow takes more concentration on my form, and is more sensitive to small form breaks. After shooting the longbow (which is made by the same bowyer and has the same grip) for a while, I am much more accurate with my recurves. Alas; it doesn't last forever though.

[Roadkill]

On a lark, i took a Sky bow off the back shelf in the archery shop today.  This bow was heavier than our normal bows, but all of us longbow shooters were lacing the bull at 15 yards.
"when you need a new idea, read an old book" can be modified to show a change in bows might fire up the desire again!

[Bowhunter4life]

I think "Bladepeek" nailed it, focus is the key... Sometimes we get sedate with our regular bow and a little variation is good...

Gets our minds back on focus, which really is our whole sighting system...