Curious if anyone has any tips for anchor control. I know the nose button helps, yet wondering what you do in addition to this?
Do you have a PVC practice "bow"? I get a 3 foot piece of 1 inch pvc and run a cord through it and tie a release loop on that and can then mess around and find anchors, etc.
Then it is finding the anchor that is repeatable for you given your form and body/face shape. I tried too long to anchor the way experts and books told me to do.
I have found that a bone on bone anchor with clear landmarks works best for me. I shoot an index release and put first knuckle of index finger in the divet under the ear lobe formed by the back of jaw bone. I also find that it is best for me to practice carefully to find this but then once muscle memory is set then not to pay super attention to it (as that will mess me up). Hope that helps.
Thanks, this is helpful and yes, I do have a practice "bow" that I used when I was getting used to a thumb release. I can dig that out and try to create more solid anchor points other than my nose on the string. Makes sense that once you get these down to let muscle memory take over from there.
I tried no peep and shot worse, put back on, shot better. You’ll definitely group worse... three points of anchor is needed i have been taught. Mine are my release on my jaw, nose touching string, and the faintest feeling of the string on corner of my mouth.
getting better at my form elliminated the need for kisser buttons for me. But i dont know anyone who is super accurate without a peep. Seems like the equivalent of not have iron sights on a rifle, and just a bead on the end of barrel..
Olympic recurve archers don't use a peep.
find me several olympic/pro compound archer without one
This probably proves my ignorance but anyway.... When I first started shooting a compound bow I followed all the pro recommendations on anchor and form and back tension and all that....as I got more experience and really once I started building arrows and attempting to tune my own bow I find myself worrying little to none about any of that. It took a bunch of trial and error but I tuned the bow to my faults in form...removing the peep combined with ezv sight and lots of tune and I can raise the bow and hit kill zone size targets without much thought. Whenever I was actually hunting I never got a textbook stance like while practicing...I was always in an awkward position or kneeling or whatever. So that's how I started practicing and setting up my bow to shoot. If u put a square on the bow or a tech looked at it it's probably all wrong but it shoots my arrows true and I'm accurate with it...I may not be hitting pingpong ball sized targets but I hit vital zone size targets very consistently without much thought from weird shooting positions. It feels much more natural than the stringent routein I was doing before and I feel much more confident
A friend shot my bow and missed the target at 20yds but did comment on how well the arrow flight was
I think this is exactly why I like no peep. Before when I had one on I felt like I was trying to conform, where as now I just do what feels natural.I guess...I just do what feels natural and make sure I do it the same each time
I like using a kisser button. Just seems so natural to me at the corner of my mouth. Tried the nose button and didn't care for it. My shooting is real consistent with no peep and a kisser so sticking with that. Really enjoying the full field of view and wish I had ditched the peep many years ago.Curious if anyone has any tips for anchor control. I know the nose button helps, yet wondering what you do in addition to this?