OrientalHero
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Dear Thumb drawing Horsebow users!
I've recently gotten a KAYA KTB 40lb. Shoots sweetly with my 35-40lb spined wooden arrows at 27" using a Mediterranean draw which lines up with my right eye (index finger tip in my mouth tip).
The issue is that I'm supposed to be doing thumb draw for Horseback archery and practicing at the butts, my thumb release means the arrows go to the right. They also waggle like crazy in the horizontal plane. The range is about 10m plus. The same arrows shot Mediterranean style go very straight. There might be perhaps an inch more of draw with the thumb release where again, I'm trying to line the arrow up under my eye but level with the mouth.
I'm using tape on the thumb and I've tried a hard leather thumb ring. It's not an issue with the joint as I used to do lots of rock climbing so my thumb's ok with that (besides, the thumb is held back/reinforced with the index finger!).
The string sits just across the pad of the thumb and I've tried passive and active (flicking the coin) releases.
The arrows pretty much mostly come out to the right and waggling from side to side like they were fish!
Heh, funnily enough, from horseback on the move I didn't have any issues hitting the target then. Perhaps all the distraction of the riding meant I didn't overly concentrate on the thumb draw... Or is the right shooting bias compensated for by the fact I'm moving?
Anyway, any help/advice would be appreciated as I just lost two waggling right fired arrows from the thumb draw as they hit the right side of the target (where the long metal bolts hold the target together) and broke off at the tip.
I've recently gotten a KAYA KTB 40lb. Shoots sweetly with my 35-40lb spined wooden arrows at 27" using a Mediterranean draw which lines up with my right eye (index finger tip in my mouth tip).
The issue is that I'm supposed to be doing thumb draw for Horseback archery and practicing at the butts, my thumb release means the arrows go to the right. They also waggle like crazy in the horizontal plane. The range is about 10m plus. The same arrows shot Mediterranean style go very straight. There might be perhaps an inch more of draw with the thumb release where again, I'm trying to line the arrow up under my eye but level with the mouth.
I'm using tape on the thumb and I've tried a hard leather thumb ring. It's not an issue with the joint as I used to do lots of rock climbing so my thumb's ok with that (besides, the thumb is held back/reinforced with the index finger!).
The string sits just across the pad of the thumb and I've tried passive and active (flicking the coin) releases.
The arrows pretty much mostly come out to the right and waggling from side to side like they were fish!
Heh, funnily enough, from horseback on the move I didn't have any issues hitting the target then. Perhaps all the distraction of the riding meant I didn't overly concentrate on the thumb draw... Or is the right shooting bias compensated for by the fact I'm moving?
Anyway, any help/advice would be appreciated as I just lost two waggling right fired arrows from the thumb draw as they hit the right side of the target (where the long metal bolts hold the target together) and broke off at the tip.