My brother shoots 3 under and he sights down the arrow, I cant because I wear glasses...I really Dont even notice string blur... But Ive been told ,I Dont shoot right Lol. Not sure how to help ya. Sorry

 

Bows, tunes and people are different. I've got two recurves that the string blur needs to be on the outside of the riser; another I need it on the inside. Some folks put it on the inside of the arrow.

All I can say is play with it and it'll come around to what's best for you and your bow.

You may find this interesting.... or not. Go to the 3:10 mark

 

Whatever you do, just make it consisent. I am lining the left edge of the blur with the right side of the arrow for indoors. Outdoors, I put it on the riser, so I can see better to gap at the target. There was a time when I would lean my head over to put the blur on the left edge of the arrow. With the sight window of a longbow cut at an angle, it created a triangle I could use to measure gaps at the riser.

 

I'm of the opinion that postural alignment comes first, head posture and neck comfort come second, your chosen anchor location comes third, and that the string blur's location is a consequence of the first three. Wherever it ends up, it ends up. It might end up way off to the right if you anchor side of the mouth, and be of no use. It might line up with the riser - great! But personally, I'm going to avoid canting my head, or changing the alignment of my shoulders, to attain a particular alignment of the string in my sight picture.

However, c_m_shooter, above, shoots way better than I do, and is always worth listening to.

 

Mine is right of the riser almost lined up to the end of the plunger. If I move it down the arrow, same poi. I stopped trying to even see after that. Now I am not saying it doesn't matter, I am sure it does, but I definitely think postural alignment as Supra put it (nice jargon btw) allows me to not think about it.

 

Im adapting to a new bow (Covert Hunter) that seems l to shoot better vertical, whereas I've been shooting with a cant for the last several years on my Bear. So, I now have to make sense of the string blur in my field of vision.

Accounting for the fact we're all built different, what should I see in my sight picture? Should it be running straight in-line with the arrow and my pupil (which gets me online windage-wise, but makes it hard to see gaps)? Or do more of y'all see it in the peripheral vision?

FWIW, I'm right handed, 3-under.

Brother I can not say it better than Mr. Castro. I may not be the sharpest tool in the shed, but I'd say go fling arrows till ya can't hold good form, try it different ways, do it for a days, the bow will tell you which is best. Some things no one can tell you,Mr.Castro is much more qualified than I to help, Mr. Grizz he been shooting along time too. That's just how I'd go about it, but I'm just a squirrelly old hillbilly that got lost in swamp for the last ten years. Have a good'un.

 

Calling me Mr.is like putting a hat on a dog,it just dont belong.lol

 

Figure out the anchor and head position then the blur will be where it is.

 

When your shooting good and landing good, take note of where your blur is… and keep it there…my thought anyway… been said before…I shoot with a 1 o’clock can’t… string is on right side of riser

 

@Jim Casto Jr thanks for the video. That did have some points I haven't considered.

Appreciate all the other feedback. Consensus is what I expected: it's different for each person, but keep it consistent. I just didn't have enough of the string in my sight-line to think about it before, and now I do.

 

I would recommend you first ensure that you are in good alignment and anchor accordingly, the sight picture will take of itself.

 

Put a peep sight on your string like a compound...another anchor point.

 

Like stated above, I just place my string directly to the left of my arrow (I shoot LH) and just keep always doing that for consistency with your anchor/aim