I dont concentrate on the pin. I concentrate on the spot I want to hit. ONce i have the pin on the spot my pin goes out of focus and the spot I am aiming for is where
all my concentration is. I try to stare a hole in the spot. I usually see the impact point. Not necessarily the arrow entering the animal but definatly the spot it went in.

That about sums it up for me.

I think the arrows I did see hit were more from the arrow kicking a bit as it hit - showing a flash of fletching.

I have learned though to never trust what I thought happened. I have had complete misses turn into dubble lungers

But then again I shoot a Bowtech - so barring Superman - that arrow is impossible to see

Exactly what I would have said......but also because of (lack of) lighting and whatnot


Ditto. I used to be into all camo this and that, had to have good dull woodsy colors...the heck w/ that chit. I wanna SEE where that arrow hits. I use very bright colors these days: Flo yellow, Flo Pink, FLo Red, and White. Doesn' t help that I' m not getting any younger and my eyes are not what they used to be.

[&o][&o]<<<< me trying to see a camoed arrow & fletches on the way to the target and after the shot

[:-][:-]<<<<< me seeing my pretty pink and yellow fletches smack the exact spot I want to hit!

Although I have only killed one deer with a bow I have shot thousands of arrows and can honestly say that as Rack-Attack said, if the arrow is flying true, I do not care what the fletching/nock color is, unless it kickes one way or the other it is invisibke!!!! I am amazed C903 has not replied to this one!

Rack-Attack and I are to much alike, I hope one day we can at least meet if not hunt together!

While I did buy the camo arrows, (Carbon Terminator Express Hunters) I quickly learned I couldn' t see them so....White dipped, crested, chartruse and flor. orange vanes with a bright chartruse nock. Now I can see them and they look great too.

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I also usually see my arrow in flight and the impact point, exspecially if the sun is behind me. If shooting toward the sun, usually can' t see neither the flight or impact point.

I was not paying much attention,but there was a bow huntin program on the other day. the guy and arrows that had some sort of orange light on the end. It was very low light conditions and you could follow that arrow right to the deer.

When you program your brain to prepare (anticipate) for a specific action, the brain does not just stand by until you hit the ENTER key. If you tell yourself that you want to see the flight of the arrow and/or the impact location, you are going to consciously and/or unconsciously start the procedure before you make the shot. That is how dropping the bow too soon and " peeking" can occur.

I would bet that if some shooters were to evaluate their missed shots, step-by-step, they would realize that sometimes they remember more about seeing the flight of their arrow and/or the impact, more than they remember the shot and specifically what the quarry was doing at the time of the shot.

Each time a shooter has successfully killed a deer and remembers watching the flight of the arrow and seeing the impact point, that shooter' s belief that watching the arrow is ok, becomes reinforced. Very quickly, dropping the bow and peeking will become ingrained.

Once the arrow is on its way, watching the flight of the arrow will change nothing. The mental and physical action that comes in to play in order to watch the flight and see the impact can change many things. And often results in a missed shot.

I (personally) have a post-shot rhythm. Once I shoot, everything I have done to the point of shooting remains intact for a quick " three count." Sounds like a lifetime, but it is not.

I will go with " Wimp" and " Rack" on this one. Sometimes I might see the flight and or the impact, but not because I anticipated doing so.

I can' t shoot both eyes open[:' (] It' s an eye dominace thing but I have on occasion seen the flight and impact but not routinely. I agree with others that you may have a tendency to drop and peek trying to see the impact which results in poor follow through. As c903 stated watching the arrow does nothing!