Gaining better accuracy by adjusting bow arm angle?
Just when you guys thought no more smoke could be released from my brain I went out and did it again. Last night I was doing more testing in regards to line of sight, peep height and middle pin height inside sight housing guard.
When I stand flat the measurement above ground to the center of my right eye (in shooting posture) is 72 inches. I taped a red laser beam device to one wall and adjusted laser beam until it was exactly 72 inches on other wall approx 30 feet away. That way beam was completely level. I then got in the middle of room until the beam was right in my right eye. I drew my bow back to see where laser beam shinned through my sight housing in relation to the angle of my bow arm. I found that to get beam on center pin, through peep and into my eye; that I had to raise bow arm on a slight angle up. My first thought was I needed to raise my sight and peep to bring my bow arm level or just lower my peep. Before I did anything, I tried to think if there was any advantage to my current set-up and this is what I came up with.
Since my target height is always lower than my line of sight, I found that when I aim at my target on ground at 60 yards that my bow arm is perfectly level, thus very stable in my mind. Now if I was to adjust my bow arm to be level with line of sight and then went to shoot a (2 feet tall) target at a level below my line of sight, then that requires me to have my bow arm at an angle downward and it may be harder for me to hold bow as steady. Right? I’m not sure about this.
One other thing I noticed is when shooting at a target that is level to line of sight (6 feet tall target or higher) I have to obviously raise the bow higher to compensate for increase in target height, but this raise in bow arm causes my left arm and shoulder to bind since it is already in an above line of sight angle to start with. In theory wouldn’t the bow be steadier in a level position? I won’t know until I move my peep. Sounds like everything is a trade off based on what height of target you will be shooting at.
Have you guys tested different angles to see what works best? What do you guys think would be the best bow arm angle in relation to line of sight angle being level? I want to get some ideas before I lower my peep.