ORIGINAL: GMMAT
I just feel it's better to concentrate and pick out a spot....ANY spot rather than aim for a general area behind the shoulder.
See John....this is what I have a problem with....that somehow...if you don't pick a hair....you're shooting at a "general area". That's simply not the case. What I think (and I say this because I KNOW I have done this in the past) people have problems with....is not checking their anchors, properly, when in the heat of the moment.
Simple question, really......if your pin is where you want your arrow to go.....why isn't your pin your spot (much as your bead is your spot when you're iron sighting that 60 yd shot). If you look at your line of fire as a laser.....and your pin is your guide......then you have a good game plan.
I don't mind going agianst the grain on this one. Again.....semantics.
Of course you want the arrow to fly where the pin is, that's why we sight in our bows no? But my pin is not the spot I'm AIMING at.....it's my sight.
Also, gun sights and bow sights are two very different beasts. Witha gun sight, younever coverthe target. Your bead is NOT your spot. After a sight picture is obtained you place the impact point (your spot) just above the sight like the graphic below.
If you happen to be shooting an older shotgun with a single bead (like a bird gun) you still employ the same method as mentioned above it's just there isn't a second point of alignment. Newer shotguns with two beads, one in the middle and one at the end of the barrel should be "stacked" and your "spot" placed on top of the beads (like the pic above).
Now a bow sight is different and it's sighted differently too. First off, when I draw, I'm not even thinking about my anchor points....That's what practice and repetition is for....muscle memory. No, I'm looking at my target, my "spot" I place the correct yardage pin on that spot. At this time I am so focused on that minute impact point my pin is almost a blur. I'm concentrating solely on my "spot".
I think Fraley said this as well. I'm not thinking about my pin because I know it's lined up with my lineof sight and I'm staring right at my tuft of hair, muscle crease, scar, burr, or whatever it may be. Then, when the time is right, I release my arrow.
Jeff, answer this if you would....If you're not aiming at a specific point, then what are you aiming at?