| First, brace your bow. To do this
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| | archer should hold his posture a second,
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| properly, grasp it at the handle with
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| | bow arm rigidly extended, drawing hand to
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| your right hand, the upper horn upward
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| | his jaw, right elbow horizontal. This
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| and the back toward you. Place the lower
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| | insures that he maintains the proper
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| horn at the instep of your right foot,
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| | position during the shot. There should be
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| and the base of your left palm against
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| | no jerking, swinging, or casting motions;
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| the back of the bow, near the top below
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| | all must be done evenly and
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| the loop of the string. Holding your left
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| | deliberately.The shaft should fly from
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| arm stiff and toward your left side, your
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| | the bowstring like a bird, without quaver
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| right elbow fixed on your hip, pull up on
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| | or flutter. All depends upon a sharp
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| the handle by twisting your body so that
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| | resilient release.Having observed all the
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| the bow is sprung away from you. The
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| | prerequisites of good shooting, nothing
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| string is now relaxed, and the fingers of
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| | so insures a keen, true arrow flight as
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| the left hand push it upward till it
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| | an effort of supreme tension during the
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| slips in the nock.Don't try to force the
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| | release. The chest is held rigid in a
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| string, and don't get your fingers caught
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| | position of moderate inspiration, the
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| beneath it. Do most of the work with the
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| | back muscles are set and every tendon is
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| right hand pulling against the rigid left
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| | drawn into elastic strain; in fact, to be
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| arm.The proper distance between the bow
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| | successful, the whole act should be
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| and the string at the handle is six
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| | characterized by the utmost vigor.Game
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| inches. This is ordinarily measured by
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| | shooting differs from target shooting in
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| setting the fist on the handle and the
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| | that with the latter a point of aim is
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| thumb sticking upright, where it should
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| | used, and the archer fixes his eyes upon
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| touch the string. This is the ancient
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| | this point which is perpendicular above
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| fistmele, an archer's measure, also used
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| | or below the bull's-eye. The arrowhead is
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| in measuring lumber.Hunting bows should
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| | held on the point of aim, and when
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| be strung a little less than this because
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| | loosed, flies not along the line of
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| of the prolonged strain on them. Target
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| | vision, but describes a curve upward,
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| bows shoot cleaner when higher
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| | descends and strikes not the point of
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| strung.Change your bow to your left hand
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| | aim, but the bull's-eye.The field archer
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| and drop the arm so that the upper end of
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| | should learn to estimate distances
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| the bow swings across the body in a
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| | correctly by eye. He should practice
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| horizontal position. Draw an arrow from
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| | pacing measured lengths, so that he can
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| the quiver with the right hand and carry
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| | tell how many yards any object may be
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| it across the bow till it rests on the
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| | from him.In hunting he should make a
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| left side at the top of the handle. Place
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| | mental note of this before he shoots. In
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| the left forefinger over the shaft and
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| | fact we nearly always call the number of
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| keep it from slipping while you shift
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| | yards before we loose the arrow.Where a
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| your right hand to the arrow-nock, thumb
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| | strong cross-wind exists, a certain
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| uppermost. Push the arrow forward, at the
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| | amount of windage is allowed. But up to
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| same time rotating it until the cock
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| | sixty yards the lateral deflexion from
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| feather, or that perpendicular to the
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| | wind is negligible; past this it may
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| nock, is away from the bow. As the
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| | amount to three or four feet.In clout
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| feathers pass over the string and the
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| | shooting and target practice, one must
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| thumb still rests on the nock, slip the
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| | take wind into consideration. In hunting
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| fingers beneath the string and fit it in
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| | we only consider it when approaching
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| the arrow-nock.Now turn the bow upright
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| | game, as a carrier of scent, because our
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| and remove your left forefinger from its
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| | hunting ranges are well under a hundred
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| position across the shaft. The arrow
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| | yards and our heavy hunting shafts tack
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| should rest on the knuckles without
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| | into the wind with little lateral
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| lateral support. Now place your fingers
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| | drift.No matter how much a man may shoot,
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| in position for shooting. The release
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| | he is forever struggling with his
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| used by the old English is the best. This
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| | technique. I remember getting a letter
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| consists in placing three fingers on the
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| | from an old archer who had shot the bow
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| string, one above the arrow, two below.
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| | for more than fifty years. He was past
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| The string rests midway between the last
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| | seventy and had to resort to a
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| joint and the tip of the finger. The
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| | thirty-five pound weapon. He complained
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| thumb should not touch the arrow, but lie
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| | that his release was faulty, but he felt
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| curled up in the palm.The release used by
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| | that with a little more practice he could
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| children consists in pinching the arrow
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| | perfect his loose and make a perfect
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| between the thumb and forefinger, and is
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| | shot. Since writing he has entered the
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| known as the primary loose. This type is
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| | Happy Hunting Grounds, still a trifle off
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| not strong enough to draw an arrow half
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| | in form.Even a sylvan archer needs to
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| way on a hunting bow.Stand sidewise to
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| | practice form at the targets. He should
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| your mark, with the feet eight or ten
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| | study the game from its scientific
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| inches apart, at right angles to the line
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| | principles as formulated by Horace Ford,
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| of shot. Straighten your body, stiffen
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| | the greatest target shot ever known.The
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| the back, expand the chest, turn the head
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| | point-of-aim system and target practice
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| fully facing the mark, look at it
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| | improve one's hunting. Hunting, on the
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| squarely, and draw your bow across the
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| | other hand, spoils one's target work. The
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| body, extending the left arm as you draw
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| | use of heavy bows so accustoms the
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| the right hand toward the chin.Draw the
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| | muscles to gross reactions that they fail
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| arrow steadily, in the exact plane of
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| | to adjust themselves to the finer
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| your mark, so that when the full draw is
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| | requirements of light bows and to the
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| obtained and the arrowhead touches the
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| | precise technique of the target range.The
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| left hand, the right forefinger touches a
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| | field archer gets his practice by going
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| spot on the jaw perpendicularly below the
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| | out in the open and shooting at marks of
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| right eye and the right elbow is in a
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| | any sort, at all distances, from five to
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| continuous line with the arrow. This
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| | two hundred yards. A bush, a stray piece
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| point on the jaw below the eye is fixed
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| | of paper, a flower, a shadow on the
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| and never varies; no matter how close or
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| | grass, all are objects for his shafts.The
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| how far the shot, the butt of the arrow
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| | open heath, shaded forest, hills and
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| is always drawn to the jaw, not to the
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| | dales, all make good grounds. As he comes
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| eye, nor to the ear. Thus the eye glances
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| | over a knoll a bush on the farther side
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| along the entire length of the shaft and
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| | represents a deer, he shoots instantly.
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| keeps it in perfect line. The bow hand
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| | He must learn to run, to stop short and
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| may be lowered or raised to obtain the
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| | shoot, fresh or weary he must be able to
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| proper elevation and length of flight.
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| | draw his bow and discharge one arrow
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| The left arm is held rigidly but not
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| | after another. With the bow unstrung
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| absolutely extended and locked at the
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| | walking along the trail, often we have
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| elbow. A slight degree of flexion here
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| | stopped at the word of command, strung
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| makes for a good clearance of the string
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| | the bow, drawn an arrow from the quiver,
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| and adds resiliency to the shot.The arrow
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| | nocked it, and discharged it within the
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| is released by drawing the right hand
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| | space of five seconds. Deliberation,
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| further backward at the same time the
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| | however, is much more desirable.Let
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| fingers slip off the string. This must be
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| | several archers go into the fields
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| done so firmly, yet deftly, that no loss
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| | together and roam over the land, aiming
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| of power results, and the releasing hand
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| | at various marks; it makes for robust and
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| does not draw the arrow out of line. Two
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| | accurate game shooting.Shooting an exact
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| great faults occur at this point: one is
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| | line is much easier than getting the
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| to permit the arrow to creep forward just
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| | exact length. For this reason it is
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| before the release, and the other is to
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| | easier to split the willow wand at sixty
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| draw the hand away from the face in the
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| | or eighty yards than it seems.Often we
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| act of releasing. Keep your fingers
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| | have tried this feat to amuse ourselves
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| flexed and your hand by your jaw. All the
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| | or our friends, and seldom more than six
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| fingers of the right hand must bear their
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| | arrows are needed to strike such a lath
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| proper share of work. The great tendency
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| | or stick at this distance. Hitting
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| is to permit the forefinger to shirk and
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| | objects tossed in the air is not so
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| to put too much work on the ring
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| | difficult either. A small tin can or box
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| finger.If the arrow has a tendency to
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| | thrown fifteen or twenty feet upward at a
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| fall away from the bow, tip the upper
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| | distance of ten or fifteen yards can be
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| limb ten degrees to the right and pull
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| | hit nearly every time, especially if the
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| more on the right forefinger, also start
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| | archer waits until it just reaches the
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| the draw with the fingers more acutely
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| | apex of its course and shoots when it is
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| flexed, so that as the arrow is pinched
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| | practically stationary.Shooting at
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| between the first and second fingers and
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| | swinging objects helps to train one in
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| as they tend to straighten out under the
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| | leading running or flying game.Turtle
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| pressure of the string, the arrow is
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| | shooting, that form in which the arrow is
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| pressed against the bow, not away from
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| | discharged directly upward and is
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| it.In grasping the bow with the left
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| | supposed to drop on the mark, is
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| hand, it should rest comfortably in the
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| | difficult and attended with few hits, but
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| palm and loosely at the beginning of the
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| | it trains one in estimating wind drift.An
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| draw. The knuckle at the base of the
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| | archer should also learn the elevation or
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| thumb should be opposite the center of
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| | trajectory at which his arrows fly at
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| the bow, the hand set straight on the
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| | various distances. Shooting in the woods
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| wrist. As you draw, be sure that the
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| | over hanging limbs may interfere with a
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| arrow comes up in a straight line with
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| | good shot. In this case the archer can
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| your mark, otherwise the bow will be
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| | kneel and thus lower his flight to avoid
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| twisted in the grasp and deflect the
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| | interception.In kneeling it seems that
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| shot. Then fully drawn, set the grasp of
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| | the right knee should be on the ground,
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| the left hand without disturbing the
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| | while the left foot is forward. This is a
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| position of the bow, make the left arm as
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| | natural pose to assume during walking,
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| rigid as an oak limb; fix the muscles of
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| | and the left thigh should be held out of
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| the chest; make yourself inflexible from
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| | the way of the bow-string. When not in
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| head to toe. Keep your right elbow up and
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| | use, but braced, the bow should be
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| rivet your gaze upon your mark; release
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| | carried in the left hand, the string
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| in a direct line backward. Everything
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| | upward, the tip pointing forward. It
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| must be under the greatest tension, any
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| | never should be swung about like a club
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| weakening spoils your flight.The method
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| | nor shouldered like a gun.Shooting from
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| of aiming in game shooting consists in
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| | horseback is not impossible, but it must
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| fixing binocular vision on the object to
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| | be done off the left side of the horse,
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| be hit, drawing the nock of the arrow
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| | and a certain amount of practice is
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| beneath the right eye and observing that
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| | necessary for the horse as well as for
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| the head of the arrow is in a direct line
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| | the archer.It is surprising how
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| with the mark by the indirect vision of
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| | accurately one can shoot at night. Even
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| the right eye. Both eyes are open, both
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| | the dimmest outline will serve the
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| see the mark, but only the right observes
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| | bowman, and his shaft has an uncanny way
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| the arrowhead, the left ignores it. Your
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| | of finding the mark.When it comes to
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| vision must be so concentrated upon one
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| | missing the mark, that is the subject for
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| point that all else fades from view. Just
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| | a sad story. It takes an inveterate
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| two things exist--your mark and your
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| | optimist to stand the moral strain of
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| arrowhead.At a range of sixty or eighty
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| | persistent missing. In fact, it is this
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| yards, the head of the arrow seems to
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| | that spoils the archery career of many a
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| touch the mark while aiming. This is
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| | tyro--he gives up in despair. It looks so
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| called point blank range. At shorter
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| | easy, but really is so difficult to hit
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| lengths the archer must estimate the
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| | the mark. But do not be cast down, keep
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| distance below the mark on which his
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| | eternally at practice, and ultimately you
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| arrow seems to rest in order to rise in a
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| | will be rewarded. Nothing stands a man in
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| parabolic curve and strike the spot. At
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| | such good stead in this matter as to have
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| greater ranges he must estimate a
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| | started shooting in his youth.And do not
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| distance above the mark on which he holds
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| | imagine that we are infallible in our
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| his arrow in order to drop it on the
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| | shooting. Some of the most humiliating
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| object of his shot.If his shaft flies to
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| | moments of our lives have come through
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| the left, it is because he has not drawn
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| | poor shooting. Just when we wanted to do
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| the nock beneath his right eye, or he has
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| | our best, before an expectant gathering,
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| thrown his head out of line, or the
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| | we have done our most stupid missing. But
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| string has hit his shirt sleeve or
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| | even this has its compensations and
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| something has deflected the arrow.If it
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| | inures us to defeat.It is a striking fact
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| falls to the right, it is because he has
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| | that we shoot better when confronted by
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| made a forward, creeping release, or
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| | the game itself. Under actual hunting
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| weakened in his bow arm, or in drawing to
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| | conditions you will hit closer to your
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| the center of the jaw instead of the
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| | point than on the target field.Study
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| angle beneath the eye.If the arrow
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| | every move for clean, accurate shooting,
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| rattles on the bow as it is released, or
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| | and analyze your failures so that you can
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| slaps it hard in passing, it is because
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| | correct your faults. Extreme care and
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| it is not drawn up in true line, or
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| | utmost effort will be rewarded by greater
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| because it fits too tightly on the
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| | accuracy.Other things being equal, it is
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| string, or because the release is
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| | the man who shoots with his heart in his
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| creeping and weak. Always draw fully up
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| | bow that hits the mark.The Author is
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| to the barb.If his arrows drop low and
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| | Publisher of a website containing
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| all else is right, it is because he has
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| | e-books and great information on
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| not kept his tension, or has lowered his
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| | Bowhunting and Archery.
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| bow arm.After the arrow is released, the
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