• DacoTaco@lemmy.world
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    8 hours ago

    And hit jack shit because her arrow is super not straight in relation with her eyes ( for aiming )

    … Still an awesome picture though. I just shiver to imagine they let her do it AND let her do it so badly lol

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      11 hours ago

      Looking along the arrow for a traditional recurve is a good way to miss, there’s generally nothing to line up unless you fit a sight to the bow. It’s all by feel

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        8 hours ago

        Euh, what. Ye, no. I do archery with a recurve, no attachments or anything. Left eye is dominant, so right hand holds the bow, arrow is on the left side of the bow and left hand pulls back. Now, i do stringwalking so the arrow is higher up, but thats because my right eye is shit and i have bad focus.
        Left hand under my left jaw. Arrow is a straight line from left eye to bow and to the target down the range.
        If you have an indentation in the grip like i do, then its straight. If you dont then yes its slightly off, but thats practice and even then its pretty straight if you hold it right…

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          How interesting. I hunt with a traditional recurve, 50lb Hoyt Buffalo

          Aim is entirely by feel, I look only at the target. Of course form is important but there’s no aiming or lining anything up visually