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Onyxgem

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Been going back and forth all summer on what kind of a bow to get for my first year bow hunting. I ended up after shooting several different kinds of bows getting a Mathews DXT. I ended up getting a spot hog for my sights and Maxima Hunter Carbon Express arrows.

I am still debating on what to get for broad heads, pretty much down to a couple now and leaning towards the rage 2 blades.

Once I got it all put together last night I was shooting it for awhile, and actually did a lot better than i expect for the first time really shooting a bow. But I seems like I had one problem and was curious if anybody who first started shooting seemed to have it. It seemed like no matter what target i picked to shoot at whenever I would be moving up to the target I would get to the bottom of it and have a terrible time trying to force the bow up to get the sights in the middle of the target?
 
Do you mean that you are having a hard time aiming at the middle of the target?


If that is so, try drawing your bow and lowering down on the bullseye instead of raising up to it.

Sometimes it helps me to do this.

Also make sure you are not binding up your bow shoulder, this will make it hard to raise your bow at full draw.

Don't allow your shoulder to bind up when you draw your bow, keep it low like it is at rest.

This will make it much easier to raise your bow at full draw.

Also you might be shooting too many pounds of draw weight if you have trouble with this, so you might want to turn your bow down a few turns until you get used to the weight and have your form down good.

Just some suggestions......

Good Luck.
 
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Also, try to keep a little flex in your left arm (assuming you're right handed) rather than locking it up at the elbow. It's harder to raise a locked arm.
 
Actually I am right handed for everything except shooting a gun and a bow.

But definatly thanks for the ideas, i have been trying to make sure to have a little flex in my arm. Might try come down from the top and see if that works better also.
 
Turn your bow all the way down.

If you are a "new" shooter it is more important to work on correct form and muscle memory then building muscle. Every other shooting session give your bow limbs a 1/2 turn, they you will not only have correct form you will build yourself up.

Dean
 
Is what it sounds like is you have a good ol' case of target panic. Irregardless of how your shoulder is it's your brain telling you not to put the pin in the center of the target.
 
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