How bad are your misses?
01-22-2008, 06:28 PM
#21
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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...
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...
I keed.
01-22-2008, 07:53 PM
#23
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Lake County, Il
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RE: How bad are your misses?
ORIGINAL: atlasman
MO.........how does Nugent get away with canting the bow so much?? Just because he shoots the same every time??
ORIGINAL: MOTOWNHONKEY
I agree with the Canting the bow statement. Exspecially on side hill shots. I'll never shoot without a level bubble in the site picture again. It really makes a difference.
ORIGINAL: MOmightymite
I have tested this while practicing and found that canting the bow made me shoot several inches off either side. Up and down was still fine. I think as far as hunting goes you would still be lethal as long as you aimed in the right spot to begin with. If you aimed too far back and canted the bow, then your wounding odds increase of course. just what i have seen. If you are missing more than 3-4" it prolly has nothing to do with canting the bow a little. JMO.
I have tested this while practicing and found that canting the bow made me shoot several inches off either side. Up and down was still fine. I think as far as hunting goes you would still be lethal as long as you aimed in the right spot to begin with. If you aimed too far back and canted the bow, then your wounding odds increase of course. just what i have seen. If you are missing more than 3-4" it prolly has nothing to do with canting the bow a little. JMO.
MO.........how does Nugent get away with canting the bow so much?? Just because he shoots the same every time??
01-22-2008, 09:20 PM
#25
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Location: NY
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RE: How bad are your misses?
ORIGINAL: Dr Andy
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?
ORIGINAL: atlasman
MO.........how does Nugent get away with canting the bow so much?? Just because he shoots the same every time??
ORIGINAL: MOTOWNHONKEY
I agree with the Canting the bow statement. Exspecially on side hill shots. I'll never shoot without a level bubble in the site picture again. It really makes a difference.
ORIGINAL: MOmightymite
I have tested this while practicing and found that canting the bow made me shoot several inches off either side. Up and down was still fine. I think as far as hunting goes you would still be lethal as long as you aimed in the right spot to begin with. If you aimed too far back and canted the bow, then your wounding odds increase of course. just what i have seen. If you are missing more than 3-4" it prolly has nothing to do with canting the bow a little. JMO.
I have tested this while practicing and found that canting the bow made me shoot several inches off either side. Up and down was still fine. I think as far as hunting goes you would still be lethal as long as you aimed in the right spot to begin with. If you aimed too far back and canted the bow, then your wounding odds increase of course. just what i have seen. If you are missing more than 3-4" it prolly has nothing to do with canting the bow a little. JMO.
MO.........how does Nugent get away with canting the bow so much?? Just because he shoots the same every time??
Nuge learned on trad gear I believe and carried over his style to compounds.........it is definitely unusual.
01-22-2008, 09:24 PM
#26
Nontypical Buck
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Location: Lake County, Il
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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.
01-22-2008, 10:41 PM
#27
Typical Buck
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: JBER, Alaska
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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.
01-22-2008, 10:52 PM
#28
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Eureka, MO
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RE: How bad are your misses?
ORIGINAL: atlasman
MO.........how does Nugent get away with canting the bow so much?? Just because he shoots the same every time??
ORIGINAL: MOTOWNHONKEY
I agree with the Canting the bow statement. Exspecially on side hill shots. I'll never shoot without a level bubble in the site picture again. It really makes a difference.
ORIGINAL: MOmightymite
I have tested this while practicing and found that canting the bow made me shoot several inches off either side. Up and down was still fine. I think as far as hunting goes you would still be lethal as long as you aimed in the right spot to begin with. If you aimed too far back and canted the bow, then your wounding odds increase of course. just what i have seen. If you are missing more than 3-4" it prolly has nothing to do with canting the bow a little. JMO.
I have tested this while practicing and found that canting the bow made me shoot several inches off either side. Up and down was still fine. I think as far as hunting goes you would still be lethal as long as you aimed in the right spot to begin with. If you aimed too far back and canted the bow, then your wounding odds increase of course. just what i have seen. If you are missing more than 3-4" it prolly has nothing to do with canting the bow a little. JMO.
MO.........how does Nugent get away with canting the bow so much?? Just because he shoots the same every time??
01-23-2008, 05:29 AM
#29
Dominant Buck
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RE: How bad are your misses?
MO.........how does Nugent get away with canting the bow so much?? Just because he shoots the same every time??
If you can do it the same,every time......that's all we can ask for.
01-23-2008, 05:45 AM
#30
Giant Nontypical
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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.
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.