Thread: Any Archers out there??

Originally Posted by Hirlau

It looks like they shoot off the opposite side of the bow for a right handed person,,, my arrow shaft comes off the riser on the left side of the bow ????

That's correct. Most traditional archery with thumbrings is like that tho some Mongolian archers shoot off the left side in spite of the t/ring.

Originally Posted by 32t

I have a couple of thumb rings but I wonder how small of people they were designed for. They don't even fit on my little finger!

You make your own so it slides on at 90º to your shooting position. It is elliptical so when rotated for shooting it will not slide off.

Originally Posted by Hirlau

Just finished putting my bow together, after the damage I did months ago on a dry fire. Took it to the range this morning & was a 10" off at 12 yards,,,,, gross adjustments on the front sight & "peep" provided little correction.
I have always hated the peep sight & believe it to be the "weakest" part of the compound system. It has moved on me several times over the past 4 years, needing correction. I caught myself today changing my anchor point to find sight alignment between the peep & the front sight.

After a while , I started sighting over the peep , not using it, keeping my anchor as intack as I could, good shots developed. So I pulled the peep out of the string on the line & shot without it. Good shots at 15 & 20 yards.

So the questions are ,,,, does anybody shoot a compound hunting bow without a peep? If so, are the shoots effected at greater yardage,,, over 20 yards? Will a consistent anchor point & the front post alone,,, keep me in the game, say at 50 yards.

Thanks guys,,,,,

I've never had any sort of sight system on my compound bow, having always chosen to shoot instinctive. My first choice of bow was always a Longbow (The Welsh ancestry thing happening for me), but I was talked into buying a compound bow by someone whose opinion I respected. I regret not having stood my ground all the same. One day I will get myself that longbow. I shoot as a Lefty.


Mick