Aiming

Recently I was out shooting with a friend of mine and as we were pulling our arrows from the target he said, ” Man I wish I could hold my pin that steady. It must never move at full draw.” But in actuality, that’s far from the truth. What this got me to thinking about is the big misconception in what aiming actually is. The process of it, what a desired sight picture is, and the mind set behind it all. So with this entry I’m going to break each one of those segments down and go more in depth with each and try to debunk some myths about it all in the process.

How I Fixed My Hoyt Pro Comp Elite’s Right Tear

After having the Hoyt Pro Comp Elite standard and XL versions out for a couple of years now, many people have come accustomed to having to work through issues of right or left tears and fighting the bow to achieve good tuning results.

Bow Build Up Part 6 Walk Back Tuning, Creep Tuning, Group Tuning, and Sight Tapes

Everything is starting to come together now and should be shooting very well at this point. The reason you do any type of tuning is to make the bow as forgiving as it can be, and more importantly, to make the bow custom fit to YOU and more forgiving for you. Tuning around your grip, your arrows, your strings, your arrow rest, your draw length, how you anchor, and how you execute. All of this is important and will help your bad shots land closer to the center of the target. There’s only a couple more steps that I like to take before I start shooting for scores and enjoying my new set up.

Bow Build Up Part 5 Nock Tuning, Paper Tuning, Bareshaft Tuning

Now that I have my bow set up for draw length, draw weight, and holding weight, I will now start tuning for arrow flight. There are multiple different ways that everyone goes about doing this, but it all comes to the same conclusion. The methods I use and steps I take are what I’ve found that work best for me and are the easiest to replicate for myself. Over time though when I find something new, I do add or take away steps. I’m always wanting to try the next way of doing something because of my search for perfection.

Bow Build Up Part 4 Partial Stabilizer Set-Up, String Angle, Hold Tuning

Keeping with the trend of moving down the bow and installing accessories, the next step I take is going through the first part of my Stabilizer Set-Up. Here is a link for you to follow that will explain this. (https://rcrchery.wordpress.com/2014/07/06/balancing-act/) What I will do is work through all of this process, except the fine tuning part of shooting and following my groups to determine the final adjustments.

Bow Build Up Part 3 Initial Tuning For Draw Weight, Holding Weight, Draw Length, & Cam Lean

With our sight mounted onto the bow and leveled out I’ll move down the bow to the next accessory to add, my arrow rest.

Bow Build Up Part 2 Unboxing, Sight Set-Up, 1st, 2nd, 3rd Axis

After picking out all of the accessories and components I will use, now it is time for unboxing my new bow and starting down the journey of getting it to feel right to me and also shoot the most forgiving for my shot type and techniques.
When I first pull out a new bow from the box, I will start by measuring the axle to axle and brace height. The reason I do this, is to get a rough idea of where everything is to start out with. The next thing I will do is start mounting on my accessories.
I will put the sight and scope on the bow first. Once these are on the bow, I will start checking, and setting, my 1st, 2nd, and 3rd axis adjustments. I have a Hamskea tool I use for this.

Bow Build-Up Part 1 Picking Equipment

I had been toying with the idea of going over how I set up my new bows for tournament shooting already, and then I had a request for this topic so I decided now is a good time to start putting the information out. I’m going to make this as detailed as possible and add back in some videos or pictures later on as I am getting them done, so this will be several parts long and I will try to break them down in segments of related steps. Starting with what I look for in choosing equipment for my bows, unboxing and initial tuning, more in depth tuning, and ongoing adaptions. As always, thanks for reading these and I hope this information is helpful for you.

T.R.U. Ball HBC Review

Now that I’ve had time to bond with my new Honey Badger Claw, I wanted to write down my findings so far for everyone that has been interested in possibly purchasing one of these releases.

Balancing Act, Setting Up Stabilizers

Using a stabilizer, or multiple stabilizers, can be very helpful in lessening the reactions of your bow after your shot, but they have to be set up correctly for you or they only hurt, instead of help. So what is correct? Is this a standard something that works for everyone? Is it a secret formula of mathematics? Or is it putting your bow on a hook and balancing it out?