Sooo I just picked up an intermittent problem of hitting 3-4" right of aiming point at random this week. I have put thousands and thousands of arrows through this exact same setup, but out of no where I started hitting to the right every once in awhile, not every shot. I believe it to be a flaw in form, but i'm not sure what it might be. I watch my level, and keep a neutral grip pressure, and everything feels like a clean break at the shot, but every few arrows I throw one to the right. Anyone have a suggestion that I am not thinking of that I might be able to work on to get rid of this problem? thanks.
Same arrow hitting to the right? I've found that if I don't anchor at the exact same spot each time I have arrows hit just a skosh high/low/left/right, etc.
I don't think it's wind. It is definitely always to the right though. I am going to number my arrows tomorrow and see if it's the same ones hitting to the right. I doubt that this will be conclusive, as last week i didn't have this problem while shooting the same arrows.
it's frustrating because I never had this problem before, and it comes the first week of deer season. I haven't had the time to make it out yet, and quite honestly, my confidence is a little rattled to go out hunting with an issue like this. By no means am i a professional, but I know that I am much better than this typically.
It is most likely form related. Most likely in the front shoulder not being slotted the same with every shot. I like to point the front shoulder at the target as it is much more consistent. It is possible that something has moved. What would happen if you moved the sight kinda in between the 2 groups? I have found many times this allows you to relax into the sweet spot and get tighter groups in the middle.
Open your stance up and don't stand at 90 degrees from the target. Point your feet in the direction of the target. Most likely you has consistent contact issue that crops up every few shots. By opening up your stance you will eliminate it .
9 out of 10 times when I have this happening, I find myself doing one of two things: gripping the bow wrong; or it's an anchoring problem. ~Bill
+1 on gripping the bow wrong, I sometimes do that too. I find when I don't overthink things I shoot much better.
Good observation in general but IMHO, it somewhat depends on the bow and the setup. There are so many different styles of bows with doesn't fulcrums (pulleys, cams, etc), force vectors and other favors that can come into play (stabilizers or not, string suppressors, etc), even the dynamics introduced by the shooter that I don't rule out grip. PS-I don't have a problem being wrong here either. To the OP, if you can have somebody video you shooting, I'm sure somebody can narrow it down for you. ~Bill
