Why is string walking disallowed?

[Junkers88]

I dont face walk. I face hike. I have facial hair... so bushwacking is involved as well. All wandering of course. Maybe I can get a nock with GPS

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I can't even describe how hard it laughed when I read this!

Richard

[WTK]

Gapping and string walking both use the arrow tip as a sight. Gapping adjusts for different distances at the arrow tip and string walking adjusts at the arrow nock. Neither is more accurate than the other you just have to be accurate in your adjustment. I have found that the amount of adjustment I make at the point is the same amount I make on the string. The idea one is better than the other is typical fear driven BS. If anything the tunning issues involved in string walking give the advantage to gapping. I prefer string walking because of memory damage from chemo makes it improbable that I will remember the gap at different yardages. I have to mark my tab to be able to string walk which isn't legal for competition but works great for hunting.

[M.E.B.]

A lot of folks face walk - unintentionally.

Rick

I touched upon that with my post. Some people shoot poorly and do not have a clue why.

[RickBarbee]

usually after I've had a couple of beers

I do a lot of things after a few beers.

Rick

[DRT]

I do a lot of things after a few beers.

Rick

Yeah me too and some of them can be painful. Or expensive. Or embarrassing . . .

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[doublearrow]

I've practiced with it recently and really liked it. Once I get back from my hunts this year I will out more effort into it. As far as it nor being allowed I don't know, but it I don't agree with it. I've also read and watched videos that say we now shoot the arrow on the wrong side of the bow. So why did it switch and why is it allowed because it's not traditional?

[sweetinlow660]

In the end we all need to see that there is always someone who can out shoot us.

For some of us we have to admit most everyone can out shoot us.

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I agree with this statement. Heck I have been known to get outshot by myself from one day to the next.

But in all seriousness I firmly believe that success in all of the styles of shooting lay in the fact that if you use any of them completely, and to the extent that they were designed to be used, then you will notice that the shooters ability to maintain focus on every aspect of the shot sequence is what makes that style successful. For some that may mean that they need to focus on anchor points, bow hand position, release hand position, sight picture, gap, string walking, aiming point etc etc. For others that may be acquiring the target at the last possible moment, extreme focus for the 1-2 seconds it takes to complete the draw stroke, brief contact with their anchor and release the arrow.

I know its been beaten to death but I see all styles as similar to throwing a baseball. Some pitchers pick up the catchers mitt as soon as they step on the mound and never break focus on it, others check its location multiple times before delivery and still others may pick up the mitt during the last 1/3 of their delivery.

sorry I kinda got off topic for a bit.