<BLOCKQUOTE id=quote<font size=1 face='Verdana, Arial, Helvetica' id=quote>quote:<hr height=1 noshade id=quote>The fact is that a release is much cleaner, a peep and sights are much more accurate. Otherwise the FITA, NAA, ASA, IBO, and NFAA field and indoor scores would reflect something much different. <hr height=1 noshade id=quote></BLOCKQUOTE id=quote></font id=quote><font face='Verdana, Arial, Helvetica' size=2 id=quote>
No argument with that. However, why not take a look at HUNTING shots a little more realistically. We're shooting at a deer with approximately a 9" kill zone at pretty close range rather than at a half inch X-ring at 20 yards or a FITA target at 90 meters. Pinpoint accuracy a goal that I work constantly to achieve. After all, that's the entire point of competitive archery as a sport. But, in the woods, a couple of inches one way or another from my aiming spot isn't going to make any difference in the outcome of a shot at a deer.
<BLOCKQUOTE id=quote><font size=1 face='Verdana, Arial, Helvetica' id=quote>quote:<hr height=1 noshade id=quote>If a 1/64th of an inch is important to a sight shooter its also important to the other classes of archery. <hr height=1 noshade id=quote></BLOCKQUOTE id=quote></font id=quote><font face='Verdana, Arial, Helvetica' size=2 id=quote>
The key word in that sentence is 'if'. IF 1/64" variance in anchor is detrimental to accuracy, then you're right. I still say the human body is not geared up to perform to that level of repeatable accuracy. I doubt there's even a single bow on the market that hits the wall in exactly the same place, every time, within a 1/64" tolerance. Even with draw stops, you can get the ol' adrenaline flowing and bend the limbs an extra .016" after hitting the stops. Even with low stretch string and cables, you can still pick up that much stretch in the rigging system. In the machine shop I worked at, we called this the PWII Syndrome. Preoccupation With Inconsequential Increments.
I never said that everybody should shoot barebow, except in jest. I'm fully aware of the vast differences in people's innate abilities and skills, and I know that I'm pretty well above average with my shooting, but my original point still stands. Putting so much reliance on your equipment that you cannot make a killing shot within spitting distance <font color=red>without the aiming aids</font id=red> is going to cost you. Sooner or later, you're going to have to pass a shot that a 5 year old with a plastic bow and suction cup arrows could easily make.
Edited by - Arthur P on 09/09/2002 12:26:35