Alright, since so many of us in the trad-forum started our bowhunting lives with compounds and made the switch later, we know that there are others on here who are curious about shooting/hunting with traditional tackle.
So, this being the off-season and time to make changes, let's start a thread to encourage and give advice to these bowhunters to help some of them make the switch.
My first tidbit is this...
I think that anyone who can hold together 3" groups at 25 yards with a compound, is capable of shooting the same type of groups at 15-20 yards with a tradbow and shooting 3-under. Then it just becomes a matter of being willing to give up that 5-10 yards...or as it was put to me, "hunting 5-10 yards smarter".
The three-under technique is easy to learn on your own. Nock an arrow, use three fingers under the arrow's nock, anchor with the middle finger in the cornerof your mouth. This will place the arrow right below your eye and allow you to 'sight' right down the arrow's shaft and use the tip like a sight pin. Simply place it where you want it to go and loose the arrow.
Like using any 1-pin sight, you may have to learn the 'gap' for closer shots and hold a touch high for longer shots.
Like shooting any sighted bow, I find that it's important to hold the bow vertically when shooting three-under.
I shot three-under for nearly the entire first year of shooting trad...some hunters (like Tradag) shoot three-under all the time. Most archers would shoot better using the three-under technique. It wasn't real difficult to focus on shooting split-finger the next off-season and now I can switch between the two shooting styles as needed. If I lay-off for a while (like with the elbow injury), I may shoot three-under for a couple of weeks to re-train my eye, muscles and rebuild my confidence.
There's my first bit of advice, try three-under at first.
So easy, a Caveman can do it!
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