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Old 06-26-2008 | 05:53 PM
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bigcountry
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Default Shooting styles

I have a few trad shoots under my belt and have noticed a bunch of different shooting styles. And have tried most of em. Which one works best for you.

1.) The most common I see is the stiff bow arm pull. The shooter looks to be gap shooting but puts his bow arm in position while slowly pulling back concentrating on keeping that bow arm steady and right when they hit anchor, the arrow is gone. I used to do this, but it was fatiging. And think I actually hurt my shoulder doing this for the first year.
2.) A new one I saw, is when the archer draws 60% of the way, and holds for a few seconds (I assume aiming), and then snap shoots the arrow. This seem rather odd to me.
3.) Saw Matt/PA do this, and gave it a whirl. This method will tell you if your overbowed or not. Pull smoothing to 100% draw, but not anchor and pull past draw about 1" or more, and then settle in anchor and shoot. This worked ok but ensured you were not short drawing, but I modified it some.
4.) Just plain ole look at the target and draw back real fast, and let it fly as you hit your anchor. I have seen alot of this. Some good at it, most not.
5.) My new way is bascially like an overbowed compounder. I hold my bow arm too high and draw rather quick (not too fast, but definatly not slow), not aiming or getting on target, locking my anchor in place, then I hold for 2-3 seconds aiming, picking aspotand going thru my steps of (am I at full draw, am I solidly anchored, is my shoulder down, am I putting too much palm in my grip, etc). I have been doing this for 6 months, and it feels right. Reason I keep my bow arm high at first is making sure I consciencely think about my shoulder being down. When I got lazy, espeically with a few heavy bows, I notice my bow shoulder is scrushed up.
 
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