question on bow grip
 

ihave had some consistensy issues since starting out last year,,and i think that my biggest problem in my grip on the bow,,i have no idea how i started holding the bow,,but i resently started holding the bow back with just my thumb and rest of hand off to the side of the bow and i did good like that for a while and then my groups starting opening back up and now im back to were i was before which is good enough to kill a deer but i want to tightin up groups so i can make more accurate and ethical shot and not being the way i am not and not noing were in a 8" circle the arrow will hit,,

ps i read in new issue of bowhunter magazine in an article that said to place the grip in the "lifeline" of the hand or the line between the thuumb and the index finger,,i tried this and my group did not improve,,PLEASE HELP!

RE: question on bow grip
 

thats the way ihold the grip.
i keep even preasure across the hole palm from the crotch of the thumb and first fingerto the bottom of my palm.
pushing to much with either the top or bottom of you palm will open your groups.

see if that helps.

PT

RE: question on bow grip
 

Gee I dont know where some of these writers get their info from :(

You need to have the center of the grip in the meaty part of your thumb with your knuckles down and away at a 45 degree angle.

If you are using a bow that has a fat grip try taking the grip off the bow and shoot directly off the riser.

RE: question on bow grip
 

i am shooting directly off of the riser my bow did not come with a grip and i did not spent the money to get one the grip on the rise is probly 1 to 1.5 in diameter i think

RE: question on bow grip
 

Exactly how are your groups opening up? If you're right handed and your groups are opening up to the left then it's your bow arm and you're torqueing it or moving it (don't know the proper bow definitions). Also, do you use a bow sling? I honestly think those help emensely b/c it allows you to let the bow "fall" forwardnaturally without you dropping the bow.

RE: question on bow grip
 

torquing would explain shooting to the left but i am also shooting high, and i have a sling but i still have trouble gripping the bow after the shot but not with whole hand just gripping it inbetween the thumb and index finder

RE: question on bow grip
 

if you're right handed, no part of your left hand on the left side of your life-line should touch the grip. at the absolute most the left edge of your grip should be touching that life-line, but that's really not got your hand rotated enough. one of the biggest things to master is the complete relaxation of that hand. there should be no tension in your bow hand. from the second it touches the grip it needs to go dead. you can't tense your hand, straighten your fingers, squeeze your thumb, tighten your index finger, etc., the same every time. but you can completely relax your hand every time. when you do this you can visibly see your pin settle down. i personally put my lifeline at the base of my hand low on the grip when i'm setting my grip. then slide my hand up and roll it forwards into position. this leaves the bow going thru the soft spot between my index and thumb and across the meaty section on the pad of my thumb. the bow is actually a fair distance from my lifeline. at full draw this leaves the bow nicely balanced left and right, and my bubble level without the shelf of the bow putting pressure on my index knuckle or thumb. i could never acheive this consistent grip until i took the round wooden grip off my riser.