I don't disagree with anything you're saying. But these statements beg the question....

If you got drawn back and settled into your anchors.....and found that your peep and sight housing didn't align.....you'd know one of two things:

1. Your peep has moved.

or

2. You're not anchored in the proper position.

So....knowing that....HOW is the peep not an anchor reference?

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So....knowing that....HOW is the peep not an anchor reference?

B/C I can get all my anchor points/referencesout of whack and still wiggle around to see perfectly through my peep and center my sights and shoot like hell!!!!! But you do what you want, I just hate for any new archers to read this and think as long as they can see their sights through their peep that they are good!!!!

Your first sentence proves my point in the original question. If you're not torquing the string.....the arrow will go where the sight pin housing and the peep align. It's not how you would teach onyone to shoot....but it's where the arrow's going if they're aligned.

If you can see your sight through your peep (correct halo)...it has no bearing on whether you're anchored correctly, or not. It's only showing you where the arrow is gonna go.

Your scenario speaks NOTHING of being anchored properly. To sight a bow in you have to utilize a consistant anchor. Once it's sighted in, though.......it's going where they align.

How did you sight your bow in?

Also....I NEVER said the peep was THE anchor reference. I think if you'll go back....I said it was "an" (even used quotes, I think) anchor reference.

One problem is that you can not keep the sight centered properly if you don't bend at the waist.When you change your anchors,you will move the site alignment out of center.

Another problem is that you change the distance from your eye with the peepwhen you drop your arm,which changes pin gap and changes the size of the halo.It also changes draw length.


BUT,imo,if it is possible,(which imo,it is not) to keep everything centered,then the arrow will hit where it is aimed.The answer is it is a trick question because it isn't possble.

Hear me out, T....cause I was waiting on you to respond!

I disagree.....but hear me out

THAT I agree with.

Why I love your posts. Interesting point I hadn't thought of. It would only change draw length, though....IF you torqued the bowstring, right?

I don't disagree.....BECAUSE we're adding in the human element. Shot from a hooter shooter though (which is only interested in ONE anchor point....and that one IS consistant)....the premise is valid, no???

The peep shouldn't be utilized as an anchoring reference,it should be utilized only as an aiming reference.Your anchors SHOULD dictate where the peep is located. BUT.in theory,it is possble for the peep to be used to check anchors but that isn't the way it should be utilized,the anchors should be second nature imo.

What's the difference? If your peep is "off"....and you're not using it as an anchoring reference....how would you know it was "off" (once set)?

If the bow was shot from a hooter shooter,you would have to tilt the whole thing,which is exactly what we are supposed to be doing when we bend at the waist.


Your peep has depth,which means it is a 3 dimensional object.When your anchors change and you try to look through it higher or lower from an angle,the peep will essentially not be round anymore and cause you to center off the front of the peep on the top and the back of the peep on the bottom so it is impossible to maintaing the same halo when you drop your arm instead of bending at the waist.

That is why I posted the rest of my response.