RE: Lining up your shot
 

I don't understand the question. How is it possible? First....I'm not over-bowed. I can put my pin on my target and draw it straight back.

I'm not understanding why you find this difficult to comprehend.

RE: Lining up your shot
 

Hard to immagine keeping that still.

RE: Lining up your shot
 

I said this way back on page 2, JESUS. From this point....it's simply a matter of float.

RE: Lining up your shot
 

I understand what he goes through bringing it up,in fact sometimes it seems like my brain wont let me bring it up enough,like something`s keeping it down.
As for having the pin on the target before draw,you really cant until you can see through the peep unless you dont use one

RE: Lining up your shot
 

Of course you can. I've drawn my bow enough times to know where I'm gonna be at full draw. This isn't a stretch;)

RE: Lining up your shot
 

I start low and raise once i reach the spot just behind shoulder above the pit, let it go.

RE: Lining up your shot
 

Assuming I'm shooting at something on level ground, I typically come down from the top with the pin and then float on the spot, focus on the spot and subconciously pull through to my touch point.

On the back end of the bow during my draw/anchor shot setup, you will see me draw and then tuck my release hand up and into my anchor point and raise my rear elbow to the spot I continue to pull from to execute. This action on the back end of the bow during the shot setup brings the front of the bow down and onto the spot I'm trying to hit. It's subtle but that's how it goes down if you were to see my sight picture. I'm not overbowed, and can shoot a LOT more weight than I do normally, but it's the best way I've found to find that anchor and engage my back properly from the beginning of the sequence without wasting time during the sequence.

Lots of pro level shooters do this lots of ways. What's much more important is to engage your release side rhomboid (back muscle between shoulder blade/spine) in the shot from the beginning of the shot sequence, and to make sure you don't waste a bunch of precious time during the shot sequence with all sorts of hunting around for the anchor point, etc.


Most of you have seen this video but it shows exactly what I'm doing for my sequence.

RE: Lining up your shot
 

That's awesome Matt.

Let me ask you this.....

Are you putting your intended target in your sight housing before you begin to draw back? If so....does it ever leave your sight housing from that point, forward?

Thanks.

RE: Lining up your shot
 

I'm probably missing something, here, but isn't that basically what early in is referencing? The movement BEFORE the float begins? That's what I made mention of because that's what I thought he was asking (what direction do we move initially to get ready to float). Or are you saying it's a bad habit to move in the SAME direction every time (i.e. from top down)?

Either way, I'm sure MOST (if not all) archers move somewhat once anchored before they begin their float. I know I'm holding the bow at the target when I draw and anchor, but my exact point needs adjusting before beginning my float.

Let's use the Morrell bag for instance. Matt, Rob, and any others with some experience...are you saying you can line up that 2" dot in the sight housing, then draw back, anchor and the pin is right there on the 2" dot somewhere? If so, then I stand corrected, but I would assume even drawing the aforementioned way would still lead to having to move the pin in some direction before starting the float, right?

RE: Lining up your shot
 

I can see the expected POI through my scope housing/pin guard, but by no means am I keeping the pin on the target through the sequence. I'm focused on engaging the proper muscles at this point to create what I call (stolen from GRIV) dynamic tension in my shot sequence. Once I'm at anchor, tension is in the proper spot, that rear elbow is up and into the spot I pull to execute from, the pin is moved down into the spot and that's when I flip the switch mentally to stop thinking about what's going on other than staring at the spot I want to hit. The rest just happens.