Post by Draven on Sept 19, 2021 15:26:07 GMT -6
How to find your gaps and how to use them
You need a target butt of 5', a 40 yards tape measure, 4' of tape, a nail and a plastic cap.
Picture A shows how it works
Lay down the measuring tape, and you take shots at 10, 15, 20, 25, 30 holding your arrow tip on the cap / white dot at the end of the vertical line - see below
Use the tape measure to find your gaps - measure from white dot to each arrow (you need to remember which arrow was shot at which distance)
I usually put the white dot / cap 1' above the ground because "arrow close to ground" is a normal 3D/hunting situation.
Once you know these you can start to extrapolate: use one single gap. I use the middle of the gaps ( the gap spread is 6", the middle is 3") - this is my "gap compromise", the distance between the "dot" and the middle of the gaps. I know that using one single reference my arrow will be in a 6" circle no matter the distance between 10 to 30 yards.
Learning to look at the target and see the gap in peripheral vision is personal and the time to "get it" is up to you. There is a very easy exercise: put a paper letter size on the wall and add a dot on it. Stay in front of the wall 3m away with your arms open, shoulder level, parallel to the floor. Look at the dot and move the hands slowly until you point both index fingers to the dot. Now you know what looking to something and seeing your hands means. The right (or left) hand pointing to the dot is your arrow. The distance between the dot and index is the gap.
Now get out and shoot. Always look where you want to hit and see the arrow and gap in peripheral vision.
PS This is how it looks like when shooting using the "gap compromise" - the bow and arrow combo I used above.
Pass as usual, Draven
You need a target butt of 5', a 40 yards tape measure, 4' of tape, a nail and a plastic cap.
Picture A shows how it works
Lay down the measuring tape, and you take shots at 10, 15, 20, 25, 30 holding your arrow tip on the cap / white dot at the end of the vertical line - see below
Use the tape measure to find your gaps - measure from white dot to each arrow (you need to remember which arrow was shot at which distance)
I usually put the white dot / cap 1' above the ground because "arrow close to ground" is a normal 3D/hunting situation.
Once you know these you can start to extrapolate: use one single gap. I use the middle of the gaps ( the gap spread is 6", the middle is 3") - this is my "gap compromise", the distance between the "dot" and the middle of the gaps. I know that using one single reference my arrow will be in a 6" circle no matter the distance between 10 to 30 yards.
Learning to look at the target and see the gap in peripheral vision is personal and the time to "get it" is up to you. There is a very easy exercise: put a paper letter size on the wall and add a dot on it. Stay in front of the wall 3m away with your arms open, shoulder level, parallel to the floor. Look at the dot and move the hands slowly until you point both index fingers to the dot. Now you know what looking to something and seeing your hands means. The right (or left) hand pointing to the dot is your arrow. The distance between the dot and index is the gap.
Now get out and shoot. Always look where you want to hit and see the arrow and gap in peripheral vision.
PS This is how it looks like when shooting using the "gap compromise" - the bow and arrow combo I used above.
Pass as usual, Draven
