What goes through your mind at full draw?
01-19-2002, 07:36 PM
#12
Join Date: Feb 2003
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RE: What goes through your mind at full draw?
All I think is 10, 10, 10, 10. Everything else has to be natural. You must not think about the release, pretend you are shooting fingers, just relax your hand off of the release and then put your finger on the trigger, FOCUS on the target and pull with your rear shoulder blade, the tension of your hand moving in the strap will trip the release, you won't know when, you have to do alot of blind shooting to feel it and make it so it becomes a natural body movement that you don't even know is happening. It's very much like pulling an arrow through a clicker, with olympic style.
Pull, pull, pull, click, gone. Don't squeeze the trigger, a gun isn't a bow, bow's have to be treated like bows and guns, guns, with a gun you squeeze the trigger, with a bow you squeeze your shoulders, and let your shoulders do the job of your finger and arm, your arms are always in a relaxation mode. Just hook your finger on the trigger when your sight meets the target, pull with your shoulderblade until and it will meet with your spine when the release goes off. Good luck.
Dylan
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Pull, pull, pull, click, gone. Don't squeeze the trigger, a gun isn't a bow, bow's have to be treated like bows and guns, guns, with a gun you squeeze the trigger, with a bow you squeeze your shoulders, and let your shoulders do the job of your finger and arm, your arms are always in a relaxation mode. Just hook your finger on the trigger when your sight meets the target, pull with your shoulderblade until and it will meet with your spine when the release goes off. Good luck.
Dylan
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01-19-2002, 07:47 PM
#13
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Ohio
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RE: What goes through your mind at full draw?
My mind is filled with the spot I want to hit,from the time I begin my draw I don't take my eyes off that spot!!
When my anchor is acheived I am burning a hole in the spot with my eyes while thinking PUSH PULL PUSH PULL!!!!!!
Push=meaning push with bowhand directly at the spot.
PULL=pull strait back with elbow and back until the explosion of pure back tension occurs.
When my anchor is acheived I am burning a hole in the spot with my eyes while thinking PUSH PULL PUSH PULL!!!!!!
Push=meaning push with bowhand directly at the spot.
PULL=pull strait back with elbow and back until the explosion of pure back tension occurs.
01-19-2002, 08:54 PM
#14
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Huntingdon, PA
Posts: 246
RE: What goes through your mind at full draw?
I agree with the previous post, my mind goes autopilot, all the practice, and all the time shooting 3d targets kicks in, i visualize the arrow flying, and penetrating.
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01-19-2002, 09:05 PM
#15
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: NW Ohio USA
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RE: What goes through your mind at full draw?
I was taught by a good professional friend of mine to concentrate on aim,aim,aim. Now if I could just shoot as good as he does.<img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle><img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>
01-20-2002, 01:29 AM
#17
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RE: What goes through your mind at full draw?
Only one thing, how far is he away and what pin to pick and hold it righ behind the shoulder.
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01-20-2002, 05:06 AM
#18
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: maryland USA
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RE: What goes through your mind at full draw?
A deer!!! I hope it can`t see me. a little closer big boy, don`t look up!!! wait, wait, draw now.... I hope I don`t screw this up... relax..Relax... breath, aim, shoot!!! Dam I hit it!!!! I Feel a heart attack coming on. Now don`t step out of the tree stand, compose your self and get you buck....
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01-21-2002, 08:47 AM
#19
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Winston Salem NC USA
Posts: 12
RE: What goes through your mind at full draw?
Howdy Guys,
I'm a newbie here, but I've been bowhunting for 2 years now...so, to use an expression, just take my advice with a grain of salt, and try it out
I noticed several of you said that you always thought, "which pin, which pin...half way between the 10 and the 20? or right on the 20?" I did that for one year...and missed ONE deer FOUR times. So I trashed the pins and scaled down to shooting fingers and using the tip of my arrow. You still have to decided how far away it is, but you do that even before you draw. So when I get ready to shoot, (so far, it's only been for practice) all I have to think about is that spot where I'm going to shoot. An article in Bowhunter (February 2002) by Randy Ulmer gives a good shooting tip that goes along with this topic. He mentions that the human mind can only focus on an object for 7 seconds...so he says you need to shoot quickly after you draw...and the only thing that needs to be going through your mind is the point that you're aiming at. And when you let go (fingers) you still need to concentrate on that point until the arrow hits the target.
Anyway, sorry if I rambled... and hope that did some good
-Nate
Oh! one more thing, I guess you can tell that I love finger shooting
but if you take one or two weeks to shoot fingers, you'll get in a routine where you don't have to think at all about the way your fingers let go (two fingers, three fingers, letting the string roll off, letting it go quickly, etc) so that would eliminate worrying about firing your release...anyway, just a thought.
Finger shoot it man, just use your fingers.
I'm a newbie here, but I've been bowhunting for 2 years now...so, to use an expression, just take my advice with a grain of salt, and try it out
I noticed several of you said that you always thought, "which pin, which pin...half way between the 10 and the 20? or right on the 20?" I did that for one year...and missed ONE deer FOUR times. So I trashed the pins and scaled down to shooting fingers and using the tip of my arrow. You still have to decided how far away it is, but you do that even before you draw. So when I get ready to shoot, (so far, it's only been for practice) all I have to think about is that spot where I'm going to shoot. An article in Bowhunter (February 2002) by Randy Ulmer gives a good shooting tip that goes along with this topic. He mentions that the human mind can only focus on an object for 7 seconds...so he says you need to shoot quickly after you draw...and the only thing that needs to be going through your mind is the point that you're aiming at. And when you let go (fingers
) you still need to concentrate on that point until the arrow hits the target. Anyway, sorry if I rambled... and hope that did some good
-Nate
Oh! one more thing, I guess you can tell that I love finger shooting
but if you take one or two weeks to shoot fingers, you'll get in a routine where you don't have to think at all about the way your fingers let go (two fingers, three fingers, letting the string roll off, letting it go quickly, etc) so that would eliminate worrying about firing your release...anyway, just a thought.Finger shoot it man, just use your fingers.