compound bows

[Tartar Horde]

Wish I could instinctvely shoot a bow like those folks on the videos.

Here's a few tips for shooting bare bow without any sights or gizmo's. The aiming on a bow without sights can be a bit confusing at first, as you have to get a few things correct about your shooting before you can make any progress in becoming more accurate. You will be essentially judging your impact point, by adjusting the amount of "Gap" betwen your arow point and the target at different distances. To do this accurately the most important thing to get right is your "anchor" point. This is the place you draw your arrow to. You MUST draw to this point every time you shoot an arrow as if you don't, the power of your shot will be different ruining accuracy, as each arrow will fly higher or lower depending if you drew too far, or not enough. Once you have got a consistent draw, draw an arrow and look at the target keeping both eyes open and focussed on the spot to hit, do not look at your arrow when looking at the target, rather see the arrow in your peripheral vision. Get used to doing this as it is the essence of aiming barebow style. You will notice that at closer distances the arrow point looks like it is below the target, and at further distances the arrow will be above the target. There is a range at which your arrow will be directly on the target, this is know as your "point Blank" range. It is a good idea to find this range as soon as possible because once found you can use it as a quick way to judge distance and aiming point.