Yeah, the closer to your PO is more accurate no matter your aiming method. Its the reason why the super accurate trad guys get that nok right under their eye and use the arrow like a shotgun barrel.
Its the reason why guys playing with a fixed crawl come away with a smile on their face- its accurate!
If you don't think you are referencing the arrow, Its an easy test for the instinctive guys....just anchor a lot lower like under your chin and try to shoot instinctive. What my buddy tells me is that when doing that, he finds himself looking for the arrow. That just tells you that he was unconsciously referencing the arrow in his instinctive aiming process.
I've seen the other tests where instinctive guys shoot in the pitch black where they cannot reference the arrow and their accuracy suffers.....so its not exactly like the analogy many use that its like throwing a baseball.
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Gapstinctive should be a real word to describe how most instinctive shooter shoot. The arrow is there but not focused on. It’s a learned sight picture with a learned arrow trajectory. I’m not thinking about the yardage and what my gap is. I’m thinking what the sight picture should look like for the distance I am shooting at while my primary focus is on a spot.