RE: How bad are your misses?
 

If I don't hit where I was aiming, I'm not happy.

The pictures I posted in my WB thread would not make me happy if I had shot them towards the middle of summer. I shoot a lot and expect my groups to reflect the amount of time I put into my shooting.

The 30 and 40 yard pictures were decent, but the 20 yard picture wouldn't cut it.

A miss is a miss is a miss in my book, whether you're off an inch or a foot it's a miss. I hold myself to higher standards than I would anyone else though...

RE: How bad are your misses?
 

My misses don't get much worse than the bottom arrow.;)I keed.:D

RE: How bad are your misses?
 

I've not had much experience with recurves/longbows but it seems to me that they always are canting the bow. Is this the norm?

RE: How bad are your misses?
 

where did you get my pic of my 90 yard group:D:D

RE: How bad are your misses?
 

Nuge learned on trad gear I believe and carried over his style to compounds.........it is definitely unusual.

RE: How bad are your misses?
 

So if you hold the bow consistantly, canting isn't bad as long as you hold the same every time. I can see how it would be a little difficult to shoot trad bows and compounds and switch your form style.

RE: How bad are your misses?
 

I only missed once this season, I was sitting on the side of a hill on my camp chair, over looking a feeding area. I wasn't paying any attention and a small buck(4 point) came walking in and laid down, well after like thiry minutes I got up and crept up on him to about 10 yards he stood up and I took a good shot, well i thought it was a good shot, my arrow went low and hit a small tree and stuck in it. I had to break it over to get my arrow back.

RE: How bad are your misses?
 

Not really sure to be honest. I guess it is because you can still have good groups shooting with a slightly canted bow but they are going to push one way or the other. Plus I think he shoots instinctively. Dont quote me on that, but i never see him have a peep. He uses that red dot scope, which i have know idea how that works.[&:] Didnt see your last post, but i agree with him using his compound like a trad bow.

RE: How bad are your misses?
 

As far as I know he shoots instinctive with his compounds, too. I saw his show last night and he was shooting his compound, canted, with no sight.

If you can do it the same,every time......that's all we can ask for.

RE: How bad are your misses?
 

I don't think you can cant a bow AND use sights. I believe Nuge shoots bare bow when he cants it. If he is using a sighting system he's going to have to keep it vertical (unless you could invent some sort of angled bracket that mounts to the bow to allow for cant.)

I think that is also why his arow is nocked real high(compared to where he attaches his release) He sights right down the arrow. And with the flat shooting of todays compounds, I'm sure it is quite accurate without being as difficult as one would think.