Originally Posted by
kansaswiderack
i saw a show over the weekend where they indicated you should lock your elbow on your bow arm. i was under the impression that you were to keep a slight flex in your bow arm. this was the PSE boys. anyone have any experience with the locked vs not locked elbow?
Everyone is different, but when I shot a compound bow, my elbow would be almost locked, but not fully. It's just not as comfortable or intuitive to fully lock the elbow.
I imagine shooting my recurve I'll have even more of a bend in my elbow, but we'll figure that out this weekend.