Thanks for the words of encouragement guys. I appreciate the advise. I really don' t think that the draw weight of my bow is that big of an issue though. Maybe I' m wrong. I' m a pretty strong guy (not bragging) and I never really seemed to struggle to hit a consistent anchor. Also, the guys at Screaming Eagle were very thorough with me and made sure I wasn' t over bowed when I bought the recurve.

I may have just gotten myself hung up on Asbell' s style of shooting and didn' t let things flow naturally for me. If you read his book, there is a pretty big checklist of things to keep in mind while performimg each shot. That never did come very natural to me. To be honest, whenever I would come to full draw and pause instead of hitting the anchor and releasing, as Asbell suggests, I had better results. Do you think that there would be any advantage to three fingers under using the gap shooting method? It would seem that the closer you can get the shaft of the arrow to the eye the easier it may be.

As far as stump shooting...You are right. I always had a better time while roving about and practicing. I still couldn' t shoot worth a hoot but it was more fun for sure.