What's your shooting style?

[Ulysseys]

I was tuning a new Widow PL test drive bow that I decided to keep      the other day when I figured it was a decent time to mess around with shooting style.  I started to do what I think was gap shooting - focusing on a point of aim while seeing the arrow tip in my periphery and placing it on a predetermined reference to the target - after a couple of rounds of adjusting I was smacking shafts downrange, repeatedly.  I'm typically a decent instinctive shot but this was the best, or most consistent, I've ever shot.  Gap shooting seems to be a taboo around here but it got me wondering, how do most guys shoot?  Do you have an aim reference or go all instinctive?

[pauljr]

I shoot instinctivly but theres nothing wrong with gap shooting.

[Jmatt1957]

Instinctivly. shoot what works best for you.

[njloco]

Instinctive here, but nothing wrong with gap, after all, they are both gap shooting, only difference is the point of concentration.

[Gray Buffalo]

I shoot instinctivly. Just look at what I want to hit. Ain't smart enough to do it any other way.

[JCJ]

I try to keep my bowhunting and shooting simple.

I look at the spot I want to hit. Draw until my index finger reaches the corner of my mouth. Bore my sight into the spot I want to hit. Release and keep both hands still.

I will never be a IBO Champion but I can consistently hit the vitals of a whitetail deer at 15 yards or less.

[wv lungbuster]

I use my arrow as reference for alignment, and trust my bow arm for the rest of the shot.

[Night Wing]

I've always shot instinctive. I've never seen the tip of my arrow at full draw. I concentrate on a small spot on a target or a live animal with both eyes open.

[zetabow]

I use them all, just depends on the type of shooting Im doing.

Unmarked 3D, instinct\\split-vision

mark Field, gap and POA

[joe skipp]

Split vision...I'm decent at instinctive but more accurate or deadly with split vision.

[doowop]

Split vision. Been doin it for 37 years.

[Ranger B]

Little bit of everything.
Gap for 3D
Point of aim for indoor
String walk for field

Gap for hunting.

You don't have to be smart and it's not complicated to do it. Only a willingness to learn.  

Nothing wrong with instinctive.  Many people shoot very well doing it and I've killed a lot of animals shooting instinctive.

[straight_arrow]

Instinctive.  Have recently changed to three under but continue to be an instinctive shooter.  I get the "gap" concept but for me it would add another layer of complexity to shooting a traditional bow.

[David Yukon]

instinctive, keep it simple!! I shoot using the "Asbel" method!

[Pat B.]

When Zeta and Ranger talk  ----

I'm gonna listen, lol..

I practice any method I can use to get my arrow on target, just depends on the range and circumstance.

[chuckbow]

yes to all, i began shootin 30 yrs ago ,using a gap method but over a course of time (for  me) its become more instinctive , i look where i want to hit and the gap just happens no judging distance , or thinking about it !

[NBK]

Under 30 yards I shoot instinctive and pay no attention to the arrow.  At 30 I use point on.  Anything over 30 yards at this point of my progress I have no business shooting!

[Chris Wilson]

Gap and POA for 3D and hunting.

I missed a turkey last night. The last thing I remembered seeing as I tightened my anchor on the release was that my arrow was pointing to the left. If I would have thought about the gap just a little sooner, like while I was drawing, I would have seen  that I was off.  I don't think it is always so good to get way fundamental with gap shooting, but a little bit of acknowledgement of where that arrow is pointing takes the mystery out of the missed shots.