I am by no means an expert at shooting a bow and find your tips very helpful but I will add just a couple things. 1) Cant your bow to open your sight window. Holding the bow straight up and down, which is common with compound bows, cuts your sight picture in half.

2) Shoot with both eyes wide open.

3) Having your feet perpendicular to the target is very convenient but not practical in a hunting situation. Practice shooting while standing, from your knees, with legs cross and hanging upside down from a tree(this is a joke). While stalking game, you take the best shot you can at the time it is given. You will rarely have the luxury of good form but solid mechanics and practice and you can make the shot.

I have none or little difficulty but I shoot both bows very similar. When shooting my compound I line my target up with my arrow first, then use my sights to fine tune my shot. I find this habit lets me obtain my natural form and set prior to arrow release. I feel my shot is more natural this way. I think peeps and sights allow a hunter to shoot better, but does not help with proper form. I usually take my sights off my compound for early season practice. This way I can totally concentrate on form and set. This also helps if you happen to drop your bow and break off your sight during a hunt. (happened once) As far as I know, I am the only person who shoots this way. Which doesn't make it right or wrong.

Hi fellow archers,

I have been shooting a compound since I was 5. I am still shooting a compound but would like to start migrating towards traditional.
What recurve is the best value? I dont know if this matters but I have a 27" draw and my bow is 68lbs at the moment. Tab or fingers for beginners?
thanks

Much like your first rifle hunting around craigslist, yard sales, and flea markets can yield great results for your first name brand bow. I was given and still have my very old Fred Bear takedown recurve. I "Graduated" to making my own longbows for shooting and building recurves will probably take most of my non fishing hours this summer.

I like gloves, but finger tabs are cheap and easy to shoot with. PSE makes some "entry level" bows, if anyone is worried about muscle memory start shooting a 30lb bow, it will be more forgiving as a teaching aid.

hope that helped.

Using the indirect aiming system taught by Howard Hill makes all the difference, making shots out to 40 yds. easy. There is nothing like shooting a Howard Hill longbow!

Nes, it depends on what your prey is and range, weight of the bow, the strength of the string and how you're shooting. I go with an ash arrow with a broad head with deer, with a recurve at 50 pounds for deer and occasionally hogs. I can't tell you about elk and other western animals and bear. Sorry! Roderick, you can turn your hat backwards, it might help!