I’m a new bow owner (Hoyt Torrex XT) and starting to learn about the intricate world of compound archery. I’m in Alaska and will use it for Moose and Caribou and maybe black bear. 28” draw, 61# as of now. I’ve only shot it during a few sessions and have maybe 200 arrows through it. I bought a fixed 3pin sight at the time of purchase, but have since purchased an adjustable pin CBE Trek and put two pins on it. Here’s my dilemma: I was instructed to use the kisser button as my anchor point (my nose is nowhere close to the string) along with my knuckles on my jawbone (thumb button release) while framing the sight housing through my peep. This worked for the fixed pin sight, but as I was playing around with the new sight, if I adjust the pins to longer yardages I cannot see the pins let alone housing through the peep if I anchor in my usual spots. In order to center the housing in the peep my two anchor points are drastically altered and I’m craning my neck and performing some obscure yoga pose at full draw. What’s the proper solution here? Change anchors? Ignore the peep’s sight picture? Do a yoga pose? Get a three foot long extension for the housing so I can still see the pins while I’m dialed down to longer yardages? First post here. I’m thanks in advance!!
Welcome to the forum. IMHO I would take off the kisser then(assuming your D loop is correct) draw your bow with your eyes shut. Open them and where your eye line is, is where you should have your peep. Start with your string touching the side of your nose. As you anchor at jaw line . Feel free to post pics . Sent from my Pixel 6 using Tapatalk
your anchor will have to move slightly ... I use the HHA Tetra, my limit is 50 yds for practice and 40 for hunting ... I leave it at 25 yds for hunting and very seldom move it ... if I am shooting longer, I have to drop my anchor just a smidge to center the pin/ring in the peep... no big deal, and I really dont notice ..... btw, I set the peep and sight ring/pin to be centered at 25 yds. ... some will set the peep at a in between distance so they can handle the closer shots and the longer ones, but your anchor will still have to move a tad .... btw, you have to take off the kisser to do this, kissers are better for fixed pins where your anchor wont move .... seen this question over on AT from you .. good luck and welcome
My first thought is your archery form and proper draw length. Your Torrex is a 30" axle to axle bow, and while that is fairly short you shouldn't be in a situation where the string "isn't anywhere close to your nose" with a 28" draw length. The string should just touch the tip of your nose or be very, very close to doing so. Were you fitted for your draw length by a bow shop? If the string is way out in front of your nose at 28" draw length then you might just be using way too short of a draw length, or the peep height is set way off and/or your anchor on your face is way off, or just overall full draw form needs some adjustment. Without pics the above is very much an assumption. A good pic for us to analyse form would be: Camera angle from your side (the direction your feet should be pointing) at chest height, with you at full draw and anchored while aiming at a shoulder height target (we want arrow pretty level in pic), and in pic we can see all of you from feet to top of head and all of the bow. If putting up a pic isn't something you want to do, then just a measurement could help us at least figure out if your draw length is actually close. Have someone measure your wing span from middle finger to middle finger. Don't over extend to try to make it as much as possible, just stand up straight and stick your arms straight out. Take that measurement and divide by 2.5. The above measurement is not an end-all-be-all but will get you fairly close, usually within a 1/2" of actual draw length.
