How do YOU aim?
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Fork Horn
Joined: Feb 2003
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From: Canby, Minnesota USA
hey guys.... just wondering how everyone out there aims....differences and likenesses...... this is how i aim....
starting with grip.... i wear gloves that got those lil rubber dots on em...and i grip the bow in teh v between my thumb and index fingure.... while keeping the bow straigh up and down with my pinky on my stabilizer......
now for my anchor point..... i anchor right behind my jaw bone under my ear.... i don' t use a kisser but i do use three points to my anchor..... the other two are teh corner of my mouth and the tip of my nose..... i' m extremely consistent with this....
i have a peep sight with the rubber tube to straighten it.....
k now its time to get down to business....
when my snchor point is entered into the equation...... i' m looking through the peep at teh sights....and i used to point instead of aim right... and i wasn' t even as close to what i can do now.... ya see for about a week or so all i shot was recurve...which really helped my form and how i aimed...the whole time i shot recurve i used instinctive aiming.... so when i went back to my compound i shot instinctively through my peep sight..... if that makes any sense.... but i burn holes into whatever i aim at.... first i place my pin where i want the arrow to hit then i stare through my pins straight into the target... until i can' t even see my pins....its kind of unconcous aiming....thats the only way i can describe it....because i don' t even think of pulling the trigger i just do...unconcously.... i kinda wake up when i hear the arrow hit....
i' ve just started aiming like this and it really seems to work for me..... so tell how ya aim...i' m kinda interested in comparing my aiming to yours[:-]
#2
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From: Eau Claire Wisconsin USA
I aim very carefully!!
Seriously,
I grip the riser the same as you but I anchor the jaws of my release at the corner of my open mouth and touch the string on the tip of my nose. The sight lines up with the peep every time.

Seriously,
I grip the riser the same as you but I anchor the jaws of my release at the corner of my open mouth and touch the string on the tip of my nose. The sight lines up with the peep every time.
#3
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From: Eau Claire Wisconsin USA
The way you stare down the target sounds exactly how I shoot my rifle. I' ve shot for years and every time I shoot, I am still startled by the shot. I put the crosshairs on the target and they just dissapear. It works like magic for bowhunting as well.
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Giant Nontypical
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I pick the spot I want to hit, and concentrate on nothing else but that spot. My string comes back, my finger hits that anchor, I see the tip of the arrow in my peripheral vision and know it' s lined up with that spot. As soon as the shot feels right, the string leaves my fingers. Same routine whether I' m shooting compound or selfbow and everything in between. Only change I make is to shoot 3-under with the compound.
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Fork Horn
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From: Texarkana AR USA
I use an open handed grip, I don' t close any fingers around the grip. I anchor my fore finger under my jaw bone, kisser button in the corner of my mouth, and the tip of my nose touches the string. Perfect everytime............



