ORIGINAL: solocamcan
ORIGINAL: englum_06
Hey guys, to put it plain and simple, I'm a newbie at the whole bow hunting thing. I'm 19 and my dad, who I learn all of my "hunting stuff" fromhas never shot a bow and I don't really know of many people that I can talk to to learn about it.
I've got an old hand-me-down bow from my uncle, and since I've never been properly taught before, I'm just kinda trying to do the best I can by self-teaching myself from reading these forum posts about other people's form.
So my reason for posting this is this:
A) If you had to give the three main keys to shooting and being accurate/consistent, what would they be?
B) When you were learning, what was the most helpful advice that somebody gave you?
Like I said, I'm pretty muching teaching myself, and so ANY help is appreciated, I know many of you are amazing shooters that I hope to shoot like someday, so thanks for reading, and like I said, I appreciate it!
Hey thanks for the reply. I'm located in Paris, IL. I noticed you're from East Central, IL too-- any chance you're from Paris as well?
In case you're not, there's a pretty decent bow shop I've been going to called the Outback Archery. I go in there with my dad since the guy who owns it and my dad are friends. The only problem with going in there lately is that I need to go in when the owner is there which can be hard because he get's busy during Harvest Season.
WELCOME!!!
I am no expert by any means, but if I were to tell you anything it would be shoot in the same form everytime, by this I mean find your ancor point and pull to that point everytime. Another thing is to follow through, don't drop your bow arm to look for the arrow. And lastly, don't keep shooting when your arm is tired and you start shaking, if you do you will develop bad habits. Also, for the first dozen times or so shooting, stay 30 yards or closer, getform and confidence built up a bit. Where are you located by the way? Maybe there is a good bow shop close by that can help you out more.