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 Post subject: bow shooting lessons
PostPosted: Mon Sep 03, 2012 2:32 pm 
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Walleye Angler

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Location: Bay Of Quinte
i was just wondering if anyone knew of a contatct that does bow shooting lessons, i have a pse axe 6 x force bow had it for just over a year, and the sight was fine before i must have
bumped it and now i cant seem to sight it in correctly.. so if anyone does know of someone who has lots of experience with this i would love to meet up for a few hours and get them to show
me how to sight it in correctly..

contact cell or pm me
(613) 961 9518

thanks,
Cody

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 Post subject: Re: bow shooting lessons
PostPosted: Mon Sep 03, 2012 3:21 pm 
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its the exact oppisit of a gun buddy since you are moving the front not the back if you want to shoot more right you push your pins out if you wanna shoot left to bring your pin in, if you want to shoot up you lower your pin if you want to shoot lower then you raise your pin.. maybe your peep sight (Rear site) moved ?? maybe you have chabged your anchor point ? these two things will make a huge differance and make you shoot off the mark.......... spend alot of time with your bow and i will come to you but even the best archer must shoot often to stay in a groove. only you can sight in your bow. never be too quick to change yur sights once they are sighted in. usually its the archer, NOT the bow thats changed........ good form is the key to becoming a good archer ...good luck buddy


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 Post subject: Re: bow shooting lessons
PostPosted: Mon Sep 03, 2012 7:37 pm 
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What Grizz said...

And to add a bit, if you haven't been shooting all summer, (which you should be) your form will be different than last year as your muscles will have changed over a year. Your shoulders will not go to the same position, you may have gained or lost weight etc... You will shoot different in hot weather compared to cold weather due to muscle tension and the clothes you wear.

Shooting a lot in a row may not be the best plan either. Especially the first day you pick your bow up after not shooting for a long time. After a while you will start to get tired. Your muscles will act different and you will start to shoot off. And like Grizz said, it's all too easy to blame the bow. Shoot enough to learn your form. Tune your bow to your form, then shoot often enough to keep your form to the bow.

And if you can, I like to practice the one and only one shot. What I do is carry my bow out with me when I go to work everyday. Halfway to my truck I take one shot at my target. After all, 98% of the time you only get one shot at a deer, bear, moose etc. This will really teach you to make that one arrow count.

If you are hunting, practice in the clothes you wear hunting. You'd be surprised at the difference between a t-shirt and an insulated coat. Don't forget to wear your face mask if you use one. (If not, I hope you use face paint) It will change your anchor point and how you bring the string to your face without stripping it off your head. Learn to keep your form in these clothes.

And don't forget to practice out of a treestand if you use one. Same thing, learn to keep your form in the stand. Your feet will be different and the tree at your back will be different.

As for your bow, keep a journal of where things are. I have a drawing of my bow in my hunting journal and the measurements to my peep sight, nock position, rest position, sight position # of turns out, etc. If you really think your bow moved, you can check, and if required go back to your original dimensions.
Don't forget, if your bow was brand new last year, a year will change your bow. The string will creep, the limbs will set. You may have got a different release or adjusted the strap a bit.

If you want to check how your bow is shooting and would like a speel on paper test tuning, I'd be happy to run over it with you. Or just google paper testing, there's lots of good articles on it.

Practice, be consistent, learn to tune your bow, learn to stay in form. This is what makes archery so great.

As to your question for lessons, the only one I know of is Bill at Saugeen shafts in Peterborough. www.saugeenshafts.com
There used to be an archery club at the building by the fair grounds in Belleville 20 yrs ago. Not sure if it is still going or not.

Sorry for babbling, I just love this stuff. I'll resist the temptation to go on and on....

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 Post subject: Re: bow shooting lessons
PostPosted: Tue Sep 04, 2012 9:59 am 
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Walleye Angler

Joined: Thu Feb 25, 2010 3:36 pm
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Location: Bay Of Quinte
Wow thank so much guys for all the great info... This will be
A massive start to getting my bow all tunes up.. Yea all those
Thing make perfect sense as to keeping my bow shooting perfect.

I will not blame the bow now right away, I will step back and look at maybe why I ha e changed, anyways Gys thanks so much for all the great information I will
Keep updates this season

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 Post subject: Re: bow shooting lessons
PostPosted: Thu Sep 20, 2012 1:26 pm 
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Not sure what area your from but in Napanee these guys were pretty good or could reference someone in your area.
www.droptinearcheryandoutdoors.com


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 Post subject: Re: bow shooting lessons
PostPosted: Thu Sep 20, 2012 7:23 pm 
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cottager wrote:
Not sure what area your from but in Napanee these guys were pretty good or could reference someone in your area.
http://www.droptinearcheryandoutdoors.com


They closed up shop last spring.


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