I wouldn't necessarily say the draw is long, but theres a couple things to tweak.

- Bow arm is over extended. I am not a "bend it" fan, but a straight while not locked out fan. Yours is over extended and the elbow is rolled so that the inside of the joint is facing the sky. You ideally want this facing more towards the bow, this will also help you keep the bow shoulder down.

- Grip is to much into the bow with the hand, someone above mentioned rotating 45 degrees, which is the basic idea, but if you look at your hand, between the thum and the first major palm line, that's where the bow should sit.

- string is past the end of your nose, but this might be due to moving your head forward, keep your neck up straight, you might have to raise your peep up a touch.

Overall, form is very good!

Here's an example of perfect archery form... From a IBO World Champ

http://www.tradgang.com/videos/rod.wmv

Interesting to note how the one guy anchors in the middle of his cheekbone in that video, while the other anchors underneath his chin...

i like the way they make their release hand into a cup on their shoulder after the shot. i wonder what that does, or if its just a natural reaction.

Greg, It's the same guy... Just using different rigs..... The low anchor is done for long range field shooting, olympic style.... The main points I wanted to show was his alignment, his bow arm, and his follow through....

Gibblet,

when using proper back tension, the hand has no place to go but straight back.... With a compound it is not as noticeable b/c the holding weight is so low...

Hey guys, sorry so slow responding but I had some shooting to do.I had to try out some of your suggestions.

1. Thanks Gibblet- the rotated bow hand helped alot. Floats better.

2. Thanks Greg-the bend at the waist helped me to relax my bow arm more and still be on target. Motown mentioned this too, thanks Motown.

3. Thanks Rick James- I believe my peep is a tad low and I intend to get that adjusted. I think some of it though was attributed to not bending at the waist more.

4. Thanks Bob H- I have started relaxing my bow arm and it feels much better. That along with rotating my bow hand out has helped considerably.And as I mentioned above the peep will get adjusted soon.

5. Thanks Double Creek- The video clip helped tremendously on proper form and follow thru, although I wonder about the way that guy pulls his string past his nose into his cheek? Kinda strange to me. But great professional form nonetheless.

6. To everyone-thanks for All advice. It is greatly appreciated since I don't have anyone else around to show me.

Sincerely LT

The anchor is definitely different when using a release, but the form is basically the same between a compound and trad bow....

Hoping some of you guys who stated I may be a little overdrawn can help me define that and determine what I can do about it. I have no tech to turn to at the present time. Thanks, in advance. LT

Post a picture with the adjustments above. To move the peep you might have to cut off the serving tieing it in, depends how its tied in. I don't tie mine in until just before hunting (if at all), until then I tie overhand knots on opposite sides of the string several times, this way, with a little push I can move the knots and adjust the peep. When I get it perfect I might tie it in permanent.

What kind of bow (make, model, year) is the bow. The length might be adjustable on the cam and if you tell us that, and possibly show a close up picture of the cam, we might be able to tell you how to adjust the length. On some bows its trivial to do, others a royal pain, others, can't do it.

Look on the inside portion of the cam for a couple of allen screws that look like they are holding a movable piece in place, might have a + and - on this piece.

--Bob