Does Canting make a difference?

[Ferg]

I thought in theory that if you have your arrow under your eye it should not matter if the bow is canted or not, or how much it is canted. The key is to keep the arrow under your eye the same each shot, now thats the hard part. I shoot instinctive and in my sight picture I never see the arrow until it is in flight.

[Nitro1970]

I cant and probably never cant the same way twice. As long as they are going in the kill zone I don't worry about it.

http://www.tradgang.com/videos/tg/terry-2.wmv

[Longbow99]

The cant feels more natural to me. My forearm is most relaxed at about 30 deg.

And like Widdler said, It helps my sight picture and clearance in the stand.

It all boils down to what you feel comfortable with.

[stick'um]

I would agree with what most people here have said about what works best for you is the way you should shoot. I shoot instinctive with split finger so I cant my bow to put the arrow under my eye.

[muzzlebrake]

I cant. I thought I could but I cant.

Somebody had to say it

[Kingslayer]

I cant. I thought I could but I cant.

Somebody had to say it

Ha Ha

[JEFFRO]

I keep forgetting theres an other kind of bow. most of my experience is from shooting a longbow. not center cut, and wood arrows.

shoot'n a recurve mess's with my head
shoot'n carbon arrows, mess's with my head
type'n too much\.mess's with my head
and i ain't going in to spelling an gramer

LOL
jeffro

[El Paisano]

A couple of things. This pertains mostly to split finger release but can also affect a 3 under.
First is keeping the angle of the back of your string hand aligned with the bow when you cant it. If you don't keep the back of your string hand aligned with the string and the centerline of the bow(and it is easy to get it cant the bow and not your string arm), you will likely be torquing the string. This can result in more pressure on the top of the arrow, forcing the string above the arrow towards you and pulling the string below the arrow away from you.
This loads the limbs differently and results in a poor release, noisy shooting, and inconsistent accuracy.

The other thing has to do with how far the shelf, or rest is above you finger. The closer the arrow is to your finger, the less difference you will see between canted, and uncanted shots.

[Fastflight71]

I've always found that canting left or right made my arrow hit in that direction. Shooting left, cant right (more cant), shooting right cant left (less cant). works for me and that's what I teach my poor unsupecting brother who asked for help shooting his recurve!! poor guy!!= /

[bearbow]

Try bare shaft tuning your arrows and shoot straight up. If they go left your arrows are too stiff and that's why your probably canting. To compensate..

[Night Wing]

I'm now starting to cant my bows. Using the 1 o'clock point.

[fletcherfor2]

I cant.

I don't cant because it makes my arrows go left or right.

I cant because it allows my peripheral vision to see the entire shaft and my subconscious brain to align it how it wants to (better than without canting).

I determined four years ago that I was GOING to learn to shoot instinctively in order to be competitive at 3D shoots. I read everybody's book on instinctive shooting, and slowly (over a year's time) took each step at a time until that step came naturally (without thinking about it). Steps learned include both eyes open, slight lean at the waist into the target, slight head bow to bring my eye in alignment with the shaft, visualizing the spot to hit via putting a different color button on it in my mind, etc., etc., etc.

I already had stance, anchor, and release down from years of trying to shoot by "aiming".

Each step of forced learning was kind of like one-step-forward-and two-steps back. It was frustrating to force myself to learn something that made my accuracy worse...until it started getting better, but I was determined to ...get better.

The final step that I can remember that made all of the previous steps start clicking, was when I canted my bow.

I consciously tried NOT to aim my arrow throughout this year long learning process. It was not until a couple of days after I started canting the bow that it all started clicking. I started hitting what I concentrated on hitting (repeatedly) without consciously thinking about aiming the arrow. The only explanation I have is that My subconscious mind is able to do it's job better by seeing (peripherally...not consciously) the entire length of the shaft.

Everyone has their own style of shooting and what works for some does not work for everyone. Canting has been working pretty well for me for three years now, and I don't have any inclination to change it. Now that it is working, I fear any change.