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[ewolf]

The more simple the better. When under pressure it is easy to forget things. I have the same anchor as you, under the jaw bone and i love it. The response that you are talking about was to a question that i posted. You cannot use this anchor on the bow i was setting up. This also makes your anchor kind of high for better pin gap. Under pressure everything must be subconscious, or you might just forget to do it.

[Bowtech Dually]

Just like you said, you can feel when you settle in your proper spot.
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[WarChief]

If your anchor point is on the top of your head and it's "comfortable" for you then don't let others tell you you are anchoring wrong. I've had numerous ppl try and tell me that my anchor point is wrong, that the string should be at the tip of my nose and not along side it, and the fletching "shouldn't" be in the corner of my mouth. Granted these ppl giving the suggestions may have been shooting longer than I have, as most of the ppl on this forum probably have. And I'm pretty sure they all have the best of intetions in mind.

My point is this, shoot from where you are "comfortable", and relaxed with a possitive attitude. And JUST listen to others advice then decide if it's "comfortable" for you, if not discard it and you'll stay in good shape. And the "bad" habits you form will be your own and not what someone else has helped you put there.

[Bees]

I can put five arrows in a fist size group at 50 yards

If I were shooting that good I won't even give my anchor point a second thought. It would have to be right..

[Techy]

It is all pretty automatic for me. I can't even describe to you where it is, unless I picked up my bow and shot it. It is somewhere around the corner of my mouth[8D]

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[DaveH]

For over 20 years, I shot with fingers. I was taught to anchor at the corner of my mouth--a common anchor spot. It became natural after practicing it many times.

Last year, I switched to a short bow and a release and had to start from scratch. It was unnatural at first and I had to think about where I was ancoring every time I drew so it would be consistent . . . . and this after a week figuring out WHERE to anchor. It became natural after all the practicing I did and I just settle into it now without giving it much thought. For hunting, it HAS to be that way.

[bigbulls]

I am assuming that you are refering to my post in his thread about his friend and his short bow?

While subconciously I knew my exact anchor spot and could feel exactly where it was each and every time I have never actually looked at it before. I couldn't have described to him exactly where I anchored until he asked the question and I looked in the mirror myself while at full draw. I have always just anchored there cause it was comfortable to me. I just tried to describe it the best way I could with as much detail as possible since I shoot a short bow like his friend.

When I am shooting at the target in the yard or the pro shop I do take the time to conciously think about anchoring in the same exact spot so that I keep that muscle memory and it is very famaliar and automatic when I don't want to think about it or have time to think about it. When my groups start to open up usually I am either tired or I am changing some small thing about my anchor spot.