I have a astigmatism and I have recently taken up bow shooting to get geared up for bowhunting this year. I found a darn good deal on a gently used Hoyt so I jumped on it. Now heres where the Problem begins.. It has a simple 3 pin Tru Glo sight on it, the three pins are damn near right on top of each other. Now my first two shots are good but if I spend any extra time for a good tight aimed shot or extened period of time shooting the pins become SUPER sharp and my target goes blurry as all heck.. thus causing a less than desirable strike on the target this is reguardless of first shot of day or last shot of the day. Its almost like theres soo much going on in the peep sight for my eyes to decide which pin to fallow and use or thy're too close together .. but if I move them the accuracy goes to pot! Would a one pin system and a extension arm on the sight rectify this problem????? Anyone have any advice??? HELP!!!!!!!
To me it sound like you need a good archery coach to help you, i would go to a local archery shop and ask for help. this being a computer screen i can not see your form,drawlenght ect. May be you should try a smaller peep sight,and have your drawlenght adjusted to your body length as well as recheck your anchor point, All are the foundations to shooting good and consistent groups,a good shop can run thru this in minutes with you. best of luck. roger
If your astigmatism is affecting you shooting with 3 pins. I would try removing the bottom two pins an see if that helps. I have shot with one pin for about 15 years. I am going to try it with more than one pin this year. As for your other problems with your bow a visit to a good bow shop may be the ticket! Good luck this fall.
YUP... you need some coaching. The pins have become the center of your attention. They should not be. The spot you want to hit is where your concentration should be. I could go into all sorts of suggestions on sight picture and all that....but it's wordy and maybe not be understood correctly. Sight bracket shold be centered in your peep and all that etc etc. Go find a "Competent coach"(not always that easy) and have him coach you on proper sight picture through the peep. You should not be centering "A" particular pin but the whole gang.... it should become automatic. Your concentration is the spot you want to hit.... the centered gang should put the proper pin on the target. Don't think about THE pin.... but the spot you want to hit. The pins really almost disappear.
My husband bought my bow at a yard sale and it had a sight already attached with three pins. He took out two of the pins and had me learn to shoot with just one until I got used to focusing on the target and not the pin. Then he put another one in, and he set them at 10 and 15 yards. (My bow is a 30 pound pull so I won't take a shot over about 15 yards.) While I was learning, he had me draw the bow, focus on the target and bring the pin to it, focusing on the target all the time, and then let down without shooting. I did that until I became completely accustomed to focusing on the target and just bringing the pin to it. Shot placement is like a religious concept to my husband so I have had to practice with both bow and gun in different positions. We don't get a lot of time to hunt since I seem to be either pregnant or nursing but I've taken two does, each with one shot into the heart. No my arrows don't pass all the way through, but after taking an arrow to the heart, a deer won't last very long. I'm practicing with a recurve now. It's sort of Zen like where you sort of visualize the path of the arrow. Great fun.
