switchbacker said:
how do you shoot without a peep site? ive always wanted to know this. also, ive been practicing with both eyes open but it doesnt seem to work for me too well, seems i go a little cross eyed
I have never shot with one so, not sure exactly how to answer. The kisser goes to the point of my nose with hand tight against my cheek.
Not sure why I started using a kisser. I began shooting with my forefinger going to the corner of my mouth and that worked fine. Only problem was, now and then, I would get my moustache caught between my finger and the string and pull out some of it. Hurt, too. I guess that is why I went to a peep.
When I crossed that dreaded line from recurve to compound, I added none of the accoutrements. Keep in mind, when I started shooting a compound, there were no things like stabilizers, or peeps, or releases (as far as I knew). Most sights, if you used one, were a cheap stick on thing. My first sight pin was a slender bolt from the hardware store.
See, when I started bowhunting, I used a recurve because the only compounds were some futuristic gimmicks made by some guy named Carrol. My first compound was a fixed draw American. It was nothing more than a recurve with pulleys that had 50% letoff and pulled 55#. I loved that bow and killed a ton of game with it. I shot a 150-grain, two-blade head that you had to re-sharpen. I probably got 160-fps and that was plenty. Back then, you were promoting the end of bowhunting if you shot a compound and used a sight. Exact same crap that we went through with crossbows.
In my hunting camp, I banned overdraws and carbon arrows for a few years and mech. heads for many years (rightly so on the early ones). I was right about the overdraws, too. They went away with the Puckett Blood Trailer
Some STATES even banned lighted sight pins when shooting instinctive was the real advantage. For several years, I shot a compound instinctively (still can) and my rest was a stick on piece of plastic.
