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CP3 said:
One person will say instinctive and say very little about aiming, and another will talk a lot about where to aim the tip of the arrow while calling it instinctive.
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I have never heard anyone call this instinctive. I don't think this particular friends opinion is held by many.

I personally consider instinctive shooting without consciously acknowledging the location of the arrow/arrow tip. I know that my brain is seeing the arrow in the sight picture and making that adjustment for me. I "think" most (or atleast many) consider it the same thing.

I would anchor as high on your face as you can comfortably and repeatedly. With my facial structure I have never really found a comfortable anchor higher than the corner of my mouth. This is why I swtiched to three under, to keep the same anchor point but get the arrow a little closer to my eye. It made a significant improvement in my shooting.
 
There is a lot of good info here to work on.
After you have sorted thru it, implemented your choices and deceloped your method I recommend a training aid.
You can make one or buy it.
It is called a form master. I won't get into it here just reaseach it.
I say after you have done a good bit of training to try this.
In just one release you will be validated or enlightened.
You can pm if you have questions.
 
Low weight, high reps. 30# or so limbs and shoot a lot. Work on form and technique and get consistent. Start close and work your way backwards. Eventually you'll be confident enough to increase your limb weight and start over; rinse & repeat until you've got limbs you're comfortable hunting with.

I'm currently still in the early stages.
 
CP3 said:
I shot with some guys and gals last night. In my opinion when people say instinctive, it means something a little different for each one.

One person will say instinctive and say very little about aiming, and another will talk a lot about where to aim the tip of the arrow while calling it instinctive.

So, define what is instinctive shooting…

I’m currently splitting finger shooting with my middle finger to the corner of my mouth as my anchor. Is that to low?
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It’s not too low but you can benefit from being closer to your eye. I shoot split and my anchor is my knuckle to my nose. That’s not a whole lot different the. Mouth but the 1.5-2 inches up does make a difference. I shot corner of mouth for a year but when I wanted to work back to 20-25 yards I struggled more. Moving the arrow up a little closer to my eye helped with that.
 
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GCTerpfan said:
I have never heard anyone call this instinctive. I don't think this particular friends opinion is held by many.

I personally consider instinctive shooting without consciously acknowledging the location of the arrow/arrow tip. I know that my brain is seeing the arrow in the sight picture and making that adjustment for me. I "think" most (or atleast many) consider it the same thing.

I would anchor as high on your face as you can comfortably and repeatedly. With my facial structure I have never really found a comfortable anchor higher than the corner of my mouth. This is why I swtiched to three under, to keep the same anchor point but get the arrow a little closer to my eye. It made a significant improvement in my shooting.
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This is what I assumed as well.
 
CP3 said:
I shot with some guys and gals last night. In my opinion when people say instinctive, it means something a little different for each one.

One person will say instinctive and say very little about aiming, and another will talk a lot about where to aim the tip of the arrow while calling it instinctive.

So, define what is instinctive shooting…

I’m currently splitting finger shooting with my middle finger to the corner of my mouth as my anchor. Is that to low?
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I think you answered your own question for instinctive shooting and what it is. In almost all cases, everyone uses some type of reference point even if they say they don’t, they still do and don’t realize it.

anchor points will likely change. There is no right answer, try a few and see what you like. Lower the fingers and higher the anchor will get the arrow closer to your eye… doesn’t make it better or right. I shoot three under and anchor on my cheek bone but mostly to extend my draw length, Olympic archers do split Fingers… some have multiple anchors depending on distance they are shooting (face crawl) both work and there are a pile of other methods. Spend time figuring out what is comfortable for you first then try fancy stuff.
 
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You can have all the "perfect" form, fancy equipment, and correct "scale" of aptitude.....but it all means nothing if you are not having FUN! Take time to enjoy what you are doing. To me, Traditional Archery has been, and will continue to be, a journey. 45 yrs later, I'm still having a damn BLAST!

BTW - My advice is worth the price you paid for it!
Best of luck and stay positive!
 
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My idea of fun is good groups.
Its gratifying to see the arrow go where you want.
More fun than being frustrated.
I am not a state champ shooter but believe me I know the pains of mastering the bow.
Worse thing was my chickens and horses offered nothing.
They just stood there watching me sail arrows.
 
I started trying to teach myself to gap shoot, couldn’t get it down. Mounted a SRF sight, to give myself a point of reference. 8 months later removed it and could shoot instinctive. Which seems to be the point of the SRF sight, to practice with the sight until you aren’t even seeing it and then taking it off.
 
TheBlindCat said:
I started trying to teach myself to gap shoot, couldn’t get it down. Mounted a SRF sight, to give myself a point of reference. 8 months later removed it and could shoot instinctive. Which seems to be the point of the SRF sight, to practice with the sight until you aren’t even seeing it and then taking it off.
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What’s an SRF sight?
 
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What’s an SRF sight?
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