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I am shooting a pse xs , for some reason I keep shooting left of where I am aiming . I move my sights to the left and I still shoot to the left by 3 or 4 inches . I don't think it's in the bow . What could I be doing to cause this ? I am not gripping the handle and I am anchoring in the same spot every time. I do drop my bow arm when I shoot but I am really trying to break tha habit . I get good groups but like I said there always to the left of where I am aiming .
 
If you are 100% sure that the bow is perfectly tuned (cams are timed, walk-back tuned and paper tuned) and your arrows are the correct spine, then really the only thing left it could be is you. A hand-torquing issue would be my guess, without looking at the bow or you shooting.
 
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I am shooting a pse xs , for some reason I keep shooting left of where I am aiming . I move my sights to the left and I still shoot to the left by 3 or 4 inches . I don't think it's in the bow . What could I be doing to cause this ? I am not gripping the handle and I am anchoring in the same spot every time. I do drop my bow arm when I shoot but I am really trying to break tha habit . I get good groups but like I said there always to the left of where I am aiming .
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Story of my archery life.. comes back time and time again. I have found that getting my arm really really really perpindicular to the target helps but not everyone can do this and if your DL is a hair to long you will get slapped! Another thing I have had success with is keeping both eyes open and looking through the sight/pin housing after release (it is really not as easy as it sounds) but DO NOT try to keep the pin on the spot... you are just trying to keep everything still until the arrow is off the bow by exagerating your follow through... i found it usefull to try to see the arrow through the housing about 3/4 of the way to the target. Also you have to make sure you are not snatching the bow... even very suddle snatch will cause problems especially with a short brace height. Two things you can do to keep an eye on snatching is video tape yourself and even if you dont snatch because you are aware that the recorder is on you, you can still identify it as a problem if your shots get on target more than usual (you just have to realize that you have change because you are aware of being taped). Also you can try a finger sling (like they used in the olympics..) and make it long enough to where you have to keep it tight by holding your fingers apart... just a kind of cheap training tool to see if your POI changes and then trying to identify if it was snatching. I could go on for days... start with this stuff... make sure you are not pulling to the side with your release... have you checked for clearance... try this stuff and if it doesnt help Ill keep going lol...
 
southernhunter said:
I am shooting a pse xs , for some reason I keep shooting left of where I am aiming . I move my sights to the left and I still shoot to the left by 3 or 4 inches . I don't think it's in the bow . What could I be doing to cause this ? I am not gripping the handle and I am anchoring in the same spot every time. I do drop my bow arm when I shoot but I am really trying to break tha habit . I get good groups but like I said there always to the left of where I am aiming .
Click to expand...

Story of my archery life.. comes back time and time again. I have found that getting my arm really really really perpindicular to the target helps but not everyone can do this and if your DL is a hair to long you will get slapped! Another thing I have had success with is keeping both eyes open and looking through the sight/pin housing after release (it is really not as easy as it sounds) but DO NOT try to keep the pin on the spot... you are just trying to keep everything still until the arrow is off the bow by exagerating your follow through... i found it usefull to try to see the arrow through the housing about 3/4 of the way to the target. Also you have to make sure you are not snatching the bow... even very suddle snatch will cause problems especially with a short brace height. Two things you can do to keep an eye on snatching is video tape yourself and even if you dont snatch because you are aware that the recorder is on you, you can still identify it as a problem if your shots get on target more than usual (you just have to realize that you have change because you are aware of being taped). Also you can try a finger sling (like they used in the olympics..) and make it long enough to where you have to keep it tight by holding your fingers apart... just a kind of cheap training tool to see if your POI changes and then trying to identify if it was snatching. I could go on for days... start with this stuff... make sure you are not pulling to the side with your release... have you checked for clearance... try this stuff and if it doesnt help Ill keep going lol...
 

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