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Old 01-01-2012, 10:41 AM   #11
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You can add a bow quiver to get the mass weight up and lessen bow jump at the shot. I actually prefer my bows to have quivers on them, but then I hunt with them.

Grip is index and middle finger touching front of riser, by thumb tip, other fingers curled to side. Loose grip but just a bit of finger tip pressure.

Steadies even some of the more jumpy factory bow setups pretty well. Good tune on better bows.........sweet.

Never open handed, no sling either (recurve).

Compounds= same grip, with middle finger curled under, index touching thumb tip, but no real pressure exerted on front of riser..........do use a loose sling there.

Perfect followthrough, same grip...........yrs ago when I blew an 82# PSE Mach 4 riser in half, cracked right through the shelf.

Nobody of better ability I've seen (maybe regional but I used to get out a bit) shoots an open hand.
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Old 01-01-2012, 10:21 PM   #12
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You can add a bow quiver to get the mass weight up and lessen bow jump at the shot. I actually prefer my bows to have quivers on them, but then I hunt with them.
I was actually just considering to that, I can admit as a traditional archery noob that I wasn't thinking about mass weight when I was considering one, more just convenience

But yea, I get what you mean.


I will probably hunt with it as well, once I get better, probably just squirrels though


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Grip is index and middle finger touching front of riser, by thumb tip, other fingers curled to side. Loose grip but just a bit of finger tip pressure.

Steadies even some of the more jumpy factory bow setups pretty well. Good tune on better bows.........sweet.

Never open handed, no sling either (recurve).
Hm, the grip you explain is pretty much what I had been doing and when I say pretty much I mean more it was what I was trying to do.
But my archery teacher says that when someone looks at you from a profile angle that he should not be able to see any fingers besides your pointer and thumb, the other way he explained it was that only two fingers should ever touch the bow.

I will talk to him about it.

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Perfect followthrough, same grip...........yrs ago when I blew an 82# PSE Mach 4 riser in half, cracked right through the shelf.

Nobody of better ability I've seen (maybe regional but I used to get out a bit) shoots an open hand.
I've never seen that bow before, what sort of bow is it?

The only bow I've ever cracked appart was a longbow I made back when I was 10. AmIcoolYet?
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Old 01-02-2012, 07:16 AM   #13
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Welcome to this new life,,, soon you'll be getting rid of that x bow..
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Old 01-09-2012, 10:49 PM   #14
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Welcome to this new life,,, soon you'll be getting rid of that x bow..
Thanks but I doubt that, I love my crossbows :P


Anyways, was at my lesson the other day, some kids asked me if I could shoot an arrow on top of the other....So I decided to take one shot at it from about 12 yards, just to see how close I could get and well......there goes 6€



We also did a just for fun tourney, I shot a 252, my teacher shot a 259.
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Old 01-12-2012, 06:28 PM   #15
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Keep at it.
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Old 01-17-2012, 04:08 AM   #16
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I will.

It will change a bit soon, I'm a bit busy this time of year with school and on the 30th I'm going back to Canada. So my lessons end soon.

But I will continue to practise.
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Old 01-27-2012, 06:44 AM   #17
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Hey Peadjis, nice looking recurve you have there. Are the arrows feather fletched? If so, great because that is what you need for shooting off shelf. If the arrows are to stiff, try a heavier point that should make a difference. scout4
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Old 01-28-2012, 07:56 AM   #18
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Looking good, you have found very good hobby!
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