AK4Dave

Did you get some pointers on how to hold the bow properly? Form, technique, anchor point, and release account for a lot.

Cosmo jk

Yeah I learned most of the stuff but I do have a question. When you sight a bow it's basically the opposite of a gun you follow the arrow with the sights. Soo if the arrow is shooting up I move the sight up correct?

dougehr1

Thats correct.if bow shooting high then raise pin on sight. You have to move sight when correcting left and right issues.also shoot 3 arrows in row before adjusting.if they group together then adjust

Cosmo jk

Thank you and I dialed in my bow and it's pretty damn accurate

dougehr1

This is my bow mathews z7, scott release,spot hog hunter 5pin sight,quad pro rest

JK jeepin

Very nice ....... that might be my next setup

Cosmo jk

Damn that's a badass setup thanks for sharing!

sladekos

Not sure if this was said already, but I took a class at Gander Mountain... the guy teaching it was a bow hunter and an archery coach (for real - he coached outside of the class at GM). I learned a ton on how to shoot at a target, breathing, stance... all that good stuff. Also, enough on shooting from a stand that I feel pretty confident (had a son after the class - so all my bow shooting has been at paper).

I shoot an Elite bow. My buddy shoots a Gander Mountain special (meaning it was on sale at the time). I am a bit more consistent than him... with what I paid for the bow, I hope the bow is the reason.

Seriously though, Elite has a Guarantee that if you are on a hunt and you screw up your bow. They will ship you a loaner that you can use for the rest of the hunt. When your hunt is over, you return the loaner. http://www.elitearchery.com/warranty/

AK4Dave

That's nice of them......but how will they put that 12 point in front of you again after their bow broke when you drew back on him....??? Just kidding as that is a good thing for them to do for a guy. But the whole point is having gear that you don't have to worry about that ever happening. Kinda like having a scope on a gun that you know will never fail.....at least unless YOU do something bad to it. Gear can be replaced, but that once in a lifetime shot may never come again.

Edit: Just read the "guarantee" AFTER I posted. I see that, like you said, If YOU screw up your bow (not them) they will loan you a bow. That really is pretty good.

sladekos

Yeah, I do not think you are really going to have to worry too much about the bow failing - unless you made some "adjustments". The bow is not cheap - I tend to lean more towards the "You do not always get what you pay for" saying, but not with this bow.

By the way, I bought mine used - not enough scratch for a new one.