I'm having trouble, comfortably looking thru the peep sight. Is there anything that someone can suggest to get to that point comfortably? It seems to be in the right spot for me...but i dunno what is wrong. Thanks for any help you can give this newb.
Is it twisting when you come to full draw? You could use a peep with a tube, even though I don't care for them. Otherwise, if you have a D loop that is tied correctly, it will be strong enough that you can twist it so that it'll align the peep for you. Otherwise, it could be how (or rather where) you anchor. I guess we'll need more info, or a photo of you at full draw to get a better idea?
is it out of focus, as in your eyes wont focus on the pin when looking through the aperature? Or is it not lining up?
My sort of feels like that at times to...like i gotta look down in the peep some....i think i gotta line it up a little bit more, its a little out of whack, however im shooting great, so i might not mess with it....
I think it was mostly my anchor point. I've been screwing with it a little, and seemed to figure it out. I'm just not use to the way you hold a bow yet. Thanks for the info everyone. If i still have problems, i will be back with more questions!
you should take it in and get it tuned up. Make sure your rest is in the right place, noks, arrow alignment and other things... The guys on this site are pretty helpful. A while back i had the same problem when shooting, my BH were dipping at longer distance and doing some other funky stuff, but i talk to some people on here and they figured it out for me. However im relatively new to bowhunting as well. I have only been bowhunting for about 4 or 5 years. Killed 5 deer with a bow. So im still learning.
I picked up a new sight today (old one had a cracked mount and wouldn't hold well) and sighted in at 20 and 30 yards. It was awesome...guessed on my first pin, and was off about 6" both ways...hour later i had 2 pins sighted in perfectly! I'll work on more tommorow.
Don’t try to keep the inner ring of your peep sight in focus. Concentrate on being able to see all of the round housing on your front sight. Hopefully you have a round front sight housing. I find that with my 33 inch axle to axle bow, my “comfortable” head position does not allow seeing the entire front sight ring (mine is painted white). Therefore, I must break one of the “Conventional Wisdoms of Accuracy” and move my shooting eye closer to the peep. In the old days, with a longer bow, the angle of the drawn string was not as great as now and my nocking point of the corner of the mouth allowed close access to the rear sight. In fact my anchor point was forcibly moved further up my face because my low anchor produced a high point of impact (beyond adjusting the front sight assembly…I tried three different sight manufacturers on this rig). That’s life with machines. I have also adopted a target pistol shooters’ sight picture in that the bead of my pin does not cover the spot. The bead is next to (right of, in my case) the spot. I have found this to be much more accurate at longer ranges as the bead obscures too much of the spot for consistent accuracy. For all intents, my arrow now lands next to the bead. Ultimately, if I can see ALL of my front sight (including the level), I wind up with a repeatable sight picture. Then all you have to do is perfect your anchor, grip and release. That’s the way I see it just outside of Historic Sedro-Woolley.
