"The PUSH - A Traditional Archery Film"

[RedRidge]

Came across this video thread on Trad Gang last night. It is a long one, but figured some would benefit from this. I think he did a great job on it.

https://vimeo.com/165492595
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1E1vKkSSoNs&feature=youtu.be

 

[Pac8541]

This video is for me. Thanks for sharing.

 

[ckossuth]

This is a great video!

 

[Sirius081972]

a great video. Thanks for posting

 

[Pueblo]

Really great video. I'm getting back into Trad this year and was making slow steady progress on instinctive but this changed my course. After just 3 weeks of this method I'm calmly dropping arrows into the bread basket at 30 yards....really a confidence builder.

 

[alukban]

It seems to work!

A lot less string walking 25y zero for very short recurves like the Bear Super Magnum, I noticed.

 

[RedRidge]

Pueblo that is great to hear. I haven't tried it yet, but one of these days I will.

 

[camelcluch]

I watched last night. In my mind it all makes sense. Plus, you can go back to the nock at 40 yards and shoot point on. I will be giving it a try after I recover from surgery.

 

[William Hanson (live2hunt)]

One of my favorite videos that I've seen in the last year.

 

[rhendrix]

It seems to work!

A lot less string walking 25y zero for very short recurves like the Bear Super Magnum, I noticed.

Glad I'm not the only one that noticed this, I've got a grizzly and I'd say I'm maybe a half inch right now. Just gotta wait to day light to confirm.

 

[Pueblo]

An update after several weeks doing this. I shoot a Bear Cheyenne, on the shorter end of things and a 30.5" arrow. My point on is 25 yards with about 1/2" drop on the string. Anything between 15 and 30 I can just aim at the center of my 3d buck, which is undersized and get a kill shot. At 40 I'm just over the back and at 10 I aim at the bottom. Since I hunt really open country I'm much more likely to get a 30 yard shot than a 10, not that it doesn't happen. I find that I'm more accurate with Judos and Broadheads that give me a stronger sight clue than a smooth field tip.

The other thing that's interesting is that if I leave both eyes open I find that I can just point at the target at up to 35 yards or so and hit the center....I have many years (in the distant past) instinctive shooting where I never saw the arrow. This is like a combo deal. I think my brain picks up a few clues and makes minor adjustment for distance. I don't trust this for hunting this year yet, so I'll squint my left eye for now.

 

[LostArra]

Anyone see his follow up video regarding mental toughness?
It's also very good. And funny.
And a lesson: backyard "groups" don't always translate into success.

The Push 1.2 Mental Toughness - A Case Study - YouTube

 

[Felix40]

I have fully switched over to the fixed crawl now. I've been shooting a recurve instinctively for over 10 years pretty much exclusively. At one point I was one of the better shooters in my area but the last couple years I haven't been shooting as regularly and my proficiency has suffered. Having a baby didn't help either. With the fixed crawl I can walk outside at any point and put an arrow in the kill zone out to 40 yards. There's no more having to warm up or take practice shots to get dialed in. The downside I noticed is that I need to work on my range estimation. I was out last week and got to within 25 yards of a sow hog but by the time I ranged her to confirm, she pegged me and hustled off into the brush. Ill be headed for Colorado in a week so Im going to take the rangefinder and do some estimation drills to get myself better at putting a number on it. The whole time I shot instinctive I never realized that the difference between 25 and 30 can be a kill shot vs a miss or wound.

 

[TradLife406]

Hey I got a question. I started watching this last weekend and saw the gentleman drawing the string with his fingers a good couple inches under the string! Can someone explain this style to me? I know a lot of people have their own way, I was taught Hill, but this was was the weirdest one I've seen. It's obviously working just curious.

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[LostArra]

Hey I got a question. I started watching this last weekend and saw the gentleman drawing the string with his fingers a good couple inches under the string! Can someone explain this style to me? I know a lot of people have their own way, I was taught Hill, but this was was the weirdest one I've seen. It's obviously working just curious.

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Fixed crawl, a type of stringwalking. Watch the entire video. He explains it.

 

[Tradkiller]

Have to say that was a pretty informative video done up nicely job well done Mike

 

[DWinVA]

These guys have a also have a podcast now. Aron Snyder is on the latest episode.

God Bless.