My experience has been recently that only us ‘older’ guys shoot split
finger – the new school of archery seems very much to lean toward the three
under. To me it has really felt unnatural and a uncomfortable to shoot
three under. This was a good vid. You should explain tiller a bit more as I
think the idea is foreign to a lot of people. Thanks Jim
Good subject. When I work with new shooters I have them shoot 3 under if I
feel they are squeezing the arrow or twisting the string too much shooting
split. It takes their mind off the arrow and gives them what I feel is an
easier way to draw the bow. I shoot split finger now but started with 3
under also. Nice vid,
I was taught 3-under but found I couldn’t sight a 50 yard target as I had
to aim so high above it in order to hit it that I couldn’t actually see it
anymore. With a split grip I can sight it really well but had the opposite
problem at 20 yards as I had to aim at the floor to hit the target. Now I
shoot 3-under upto 30 yards and split beyond and it seems to work really
well for me. I suppose this is similar to face walking in technique. You’re
dead right about the same point on the string, I always touch the nock and
I find that I’m very accurate with 3-under. Thanks – I enjoy watching your
videos and you inspired me to shoot barebow.
what himself might have said was if you do shoot 3 under and you don’t
“address” the string the same every time ….then you are in effect string
walking (yup the dark arts lol….and yup I have done said and face walked
and used different aiming methods before I be getting jumped on for
saying)….but just my thoughts as I don’t belong to any club and am not an
instructor just a dude that has shot for many years.
I shoot 3 under and do not look straight down the arrow. I have got into
many discussions with people that shoot split finger. When I nock the
arrow it is roughly at the same location as someone who shoots split finger
and that is because, my anchor finger is my pointer finger….typically
everyone else uses there middle finger but I do not. As soon as I saw that
then people typically back off the whole looking “tubing” the arrow. I
have tried to shoot split finger but it is way to awkward for me to do
so…my elbow goes all funky…I cannot pull the bow straight back and I
just become stupid with it. 3 under is much more smoother for me plus I do
not have to worry about pinching the arrow and having it fall off the
riser.
Which method was used by English longbow men in the middle ages? Just
curious.
What bow is that? Looks very nice :)
Great Wisdom, Good to see you today Jim…
My experience has been recently that only us ‘older’ guys shoot split
finger – the new school of archery seems very much to lean toward the three
under. To me it has really felt unnatural and a uncomfortable to shoot
three under. This was a good vid. You should explain tiller a bit more as I
think the idea is foreign to a lot of people. Thanks Jim
Would you recommend raising the nocking point for shooting three under to
alleviate too much pull on the bottom limb?
hm…missing a Trophy there…. :/
Team Bear :D
Good subject. When I work with new shooters I have them shoot 3 under if I
feel they are squeezing the arrow or twisting the string too much shooting
split. It takes their mind off the arrow and gives them what I feel is an
easier way to draw the bow. I shoot split finger now but started with 3
under also. Nice vid,
Wow what’s that awesome looking patch in front of the goose??
Vids quite cool too 😉
I was taught 3-under but found I couldn’t sight a 50 yard target as I had
to aim so high above it in order to hit it that I couldn’t actually see it
anymore. With a split grip I can sight it really well but had the opposite
problem at 20 yards as I had to aim at the floor to hit the target. Now I
shoot 3-under upto 30 yards and split beyond and it seems to work really
well for me. I suppose this is similar to face walking in technique. You’re
dead right about the same point on the string, I always touch the nock and
I find that I’m very accurate with 3-under. Thanks – I enjoy watching your
videos and you inspired me to shoot barebow.
jim, which do you prefer, bucktrail blackhawk or regime taiga
*ragim
what himself might have said was if you do shoot 3 under and you don’t
“address” the string the same every time ….then you are in effect string
walking (yup the dark arts lol….and yup I have done said and face walked
and used different aiming methods before I be getting jumped on for
saying)….but just my thoughts as I don’t belong to any club and am not an
instructor just a dude that has shot for many years.
I shoot 3 under and do not look straight down the arrow. I have got into
many discussions with people that shoot split finger. When I nock the
arrow it is roughly at the same location as someone who shoots split finger
and that is because, my anchor finger is my pointer finger….typically
everyone else uses there middle finger but I do not. As soon as I saw that
then people typically back off the whole looking “tubing” the arrow. I
have tried to shoot split finger but it is way to awkward for me to do
so…my elbow goes all funky…I cannot pull the bow straight back and I
just become stupid with it. 3 under is much more smoother for me plus I do
not have to worry about pinching the arrow and having it fall off the
riser.