I think that word " instinctive" has been responsible for more people leaving the traditional ranks than it has brought in.

Every shooting sport uses point of references.....we ain' t throwing baseballs at our prey. Think about shooting a centerfire rifle or pistol without sights or a shotgun without a front bead.....no one would be 100% accurate that way. Accuracy comes with consistancy and yes reference points. Archery is no different whether it is gun sighting down the shaft, using the point of the shaft, visual sighting pictures in the riser opening, string walking, multiple anchors, etc...... Some reference points have to be made to be consistantly accurate at various distances.

Yeah I have heard those say " I am a totally instinctive shooter and I don' t see anything but the " spot" ...." To that I just listen and walk away thinking they are just not aware of those things they do subconsciencely that are automatic points of reference......or that they couldn' t hit the broadside of a barn if it was 40yards away

My advice especially for a compound shooter coming to the traditional ranks is don' t get wrapped up in that word instinctive and shoot a stick bow with the multiple reference point shooting methods that made them successful with their compound shooting. Use the arrow shaft instead of sights and learn the trajectory of your shot arrows. Look at the arrow point as a single sight pin compound hunting sight and the hold under or over you would have to use to hit your mark that way. Once you start thinking this way the transition is much easier to swallow.

Those of us that were shooting bows in the sixties know that there were far more good recurve shooters shooting with sights on their bows than without. If you shoot better and are more confident with sights but like the simplicity of a recurve ...use sights on your stickbow. It isn' t like you are breaking one of the 10 commandments. Traditional archery is a relevant term....what decade do you prefer to go back to is a personal decision. I don' t see alot of us shooting flint napped stone broadheads and greenheart longbows running through the woods in loin cloths