Wilderlife
WKR
Hi all,
I'm starting to get serious about using my hunting bows in competitions. This weekend just gone I went out to my local club and we shot a 300 round and kept score for the first time in a couple of years. It was a three arrow round (not sure if you blokes in North America have similar rules/categories to us down here).
Anyway, I was shooting with a few experienced recurve fellas. I kept up with them on all the targets except the really long ones. Out of four targets past about 35 metres I failed to even record a score! Granted, I was getting tired so I wasn't holding as steady and it was hard to diagnose the misses.
My reason for making this thread though is that my point-on with the bow I was using is about 30 metres (32 yards). For a hunting point-on you can't get must better, but some of these targets were at 48 metres (52 yards). With a bow that has a small riser like my PCH I have a very hard time gapping above my target. I normally shoot gap but keep both eyes open on the closer targets so I guess you could call what I do split vision? When out past my point on I was doing my best to try and calculate exactly what my holdover was and this was forcing my left eye shut, but then seeing the target at all when I'm aiming above it is VERY hard!
Does anyone have any tips or anecdotes for what works for them? Is it just a case of settle my point above and then open both eyes and expand? Reference anything on your hands? I know I could anchor a little lower but when in a competition I need to pick one anchor point and I can't change and I'm reluctant to anchor any lower all the time as I'm sure I'd start messing up all my shots that are still within my wheelhouse.
Cheers in advance.
PS - I'm interested in this as getting better in the comps is definitely going to lead to me being a better shot but I can't imagine wanting to take many shots in hunting situations outside 30 metres unless it's a follow up.
I'm starting to get serious about using my hunting bows in competitions. This weekend just gone I went out to my local club and we shot a 300 round and kept score for the first time in a couple of years. It was a three arrow round (not sure if you blokes in North America have similar rules/categories to us down here).
Anyway, I was shooting with a few experienced recurve fellas. I kept up with them on all the targets except the really long ones. Out of four targets past about 35 metres I failed to even record a score! Granted, I was getting tired so I wasn't holding as steady and it was hard to diagnose the misses.
My reason for making this thread though is that my point-on with the bow I was using is about 30 metres (32 yards). For a hunting point-on you can't get must better, but some of these targets were at 48 metres (52 yards). With a bow that has a small riser like my PCH I have a very hard time gapping above my target. I normally shoot gap but keep both eyes open on the closer targets so I guess you could call what I do split vision? When out past my point on I was doing my best to try and calculate exactly what my holdover was and this was forcing my left eye shut, but then seeing the target at all when I'm aiming above it is VERY hard!
Does anyone have any tips or anecdotes for what works for them? Is it just a case of settle my point above and then open both eyes and expand? Reference anything on your hands? I know I could anchor a little lower but when in a competition I need to pick one anchor point and I can't change and I'm reluctant to anchor any lower all the time as I'm sure I'd start messing up all my shots that are still within my wheelhouse.
Cheers in advance.
PS - I'm interested in this as getting better in the comps is definitely going to lead to me being a better shot but I can't imagine wanting to take many shots in hunting situations outside 30 metres unless it's a follow up.