Steep Angle Shooting Technique

[willyqbc]

If you are 15 feet up and the animal is 10 feet away, it's a 3 yard shot

Just to add something else to think about......that deer you need to shoot for 3 yards.....do you know what pin/sight mark to use on your bow???

Here's a hint....it isn't your 20!!!

Trad guys can disregard this part of the scenario!!

Chris

[TheProvider]

its your 40 well atleast my old bow was a 5yrd shot was dead on with my 40yrd pin

[Bow Walker]

Just to add something else to think about......that deer you need to shoot for 3 yards.....do you know what pin/sight mark to use on your bow???

Here's a hint....it isn't your 20!!!

Trad guys can disregard this part of the scenario!!

Chris

Had a scenario at the last Nanaimo 3D I was at. Standing on a bridge shooting pretty much straight down at an alligator. Had to use the 70+ yrd pin to get the booger.

Tip of the arrow to the alligator's back was about 5 yards. The 'gator was placed about 2 yards from the bridge.

[Ruger4]

and the majority of shooters walk up and say , oh this is a gimme , and take a 5 or a miss , practice at 5 yards , you'll be surprised what pin you'll be using from now on at that range
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[Grantmac]

Just to add something else to think about......that deer you need to shoot for 3 yards.....do you know what pin/sight mark to use on your bow???

Here's a hint....it isn't your 20!!!

Trad guys can disregard this part of the scenario!!

Chris

5m crawl or 2" gap if I'm not stringwalking.

-Grant

[Bow Walker]

Huh?!?

That's way too technical for a simple guy like me.........

[Grantmac]

Huh?!?

That's way too technical for a simple guy like me.........

Actually its really simple:
If I'm gap shooting then I put the tip of the arrow about 2" below where I want to hit.

Stringwalking is even simpler:
The closer I get to the target the further I slide my fingers from the nock of the arrow. 45m I touch the nock, 35m is about 3-4mm down and so on. Then I just place the arrow tip on the target like a pin and execute the shot.
Where this gets nice and simple is that because I'm sighting basically directly along the arrow I don't need to do any mental gymnastics for what distance to shoot: the closer I get the further down I slide.

-Grant

[Bow Walker]

Thanks for that.

That's the best explanation of String Walking that I've heard.

[Islander]

Is stringwalking legal at 3D shoots?

[Bow Walker]

I've found that (on the Island, at least) string walking is accepted - or at least it is not prohibited. No one really talks about it much at all. It's never been outlawed at the meetings prior to starting the shoots, anyway.

Does that make it legal? Your guess is as goos as mine...