Thanks for the video Jimmy. Another nice tip and strategy when the nerves kick in. Glad to see that you’re still making videos. I always enjoy your stuff.

 

I had posted a question about marking your riser for aiming a few years ago on AT and got a lot of flack that it would disqualify the bow from competition. That said, hunting is not competition. I think even a caveman could figure out that marking his riser can help aiming. Nice to see that not everyone is dead set in the status quo as to what it means to be a traditional archer. I suppose if you wanted to archaic, you could score the riser with a rock instead of white-out. I wonder if that would be primitive enough for the purists. Probably not. Oh well...

Happy (successful) hunting!
-B

 

No one listens but when struggling new archers ask for advice at the range, sometimes I’ll recommend they use a sight or doing something similar to this like taping a matchstick to their riser (especially when tuning). If you’re not accurate with a sight you probably won’t be accurate without one. Obviously that’s a generalization and there are probably some exceptions, but aiming is a learned skill and tips like these lessen the learning curve.

 

No one listens but when struggling new archers ask for advice at the range, sometimes I'll recommend they use a sight or doing something similar to this like taping a matchstick to their riser (especially when tuning).

I do the same, which surprises most, because they see me shooting 'without a sight.' Then I explain, I am using a sight, just not the kind they are familiar with.

I really think that a person cannot start to learn to aim (in any fashion) until their form is half decent and consistent. In my limited experience, a simple sight allows a person to learn if a mistake is thier 'aiming' or thier form. Once they are accurate with a sight, then their form has to be halfway decent. Which means they can start gapping, SW, etc. and most likely experience some form of success.

 

I think a lot more folks should try putting a simple sight on their bow, single or multiple.

Jimmy shows how little the trajectory changes here with a faster arrow and single mark, but with slower arrows you can learn to gap it like a set crawl too.

We play with shelf and elevated rests, out of tune nock heights, heavy and light arrows, so why not a mark or pin to practice with, create confidence, or make better hits.

I always keep a couple of old Cobras on the archery shelf to play with, can also help when planing tuning bareshafts and fletched.

 

Another great video, thank you!

... And great beard

 

Just a tip for the quiver. Many don't need it, but perhaps a few do...