I really enjoy all your videos l have been hunting traditional over 30 years l always learn something from you thanks for all you do to help keep traditional bow hunting alive
your new process is by far the best. i do dynamic from my anchor...back tension...push, pull. after i anchor...like good target shooters. u are using ur last move to ur tooth as a phsyco trigger is good to prevent target panic
You should have went to that solid archery mechanics seminar with Tom Clum Sr. on Saturday at the expo. It was great and he covered a lot about release. He also gave $50 off his course.
The release is my nemesis. I’m bad to pluck. Thanks for the video. I do use the hybrid some. Seems to be the best for me but I still need to work on it
I’m a combo as well. I have what I consider my “natural” draw length that I pull to and anchor (corner of mouth) and that’s “Step 1” for me. I know I’m “safe” there. I then set my clicker approximately 1/4” beyond that when I’m expanding (pulling). That’s “Step 2”. I try to hit the clicker every shot but if I’m honest I only get there 85% of the time. Step 1 and Step 2 end up being very fluid if I’m doing it right. If I’m doing it wrong? Well, let’s not talk about that...
What do you recommend for hunting in late season? up here in MN can easily be 0 to-15 or colder late season. normally have to use a Lined work glove, but late season they tend to lack heavily. Been half tempted to get a mechanical release
i wear lined jersey gloves walking in and out and hanging my stand. often with a cheap rubber coated garden glove over the jersy glove. on stand i dont wear gloves ever. even on 17 below zero. but I use a hand warmer muff around my waist and have a chemical hand warmer in the muff. That works best for me. I dont take my bow off the bow hook until its getting really close to time to shoot.
What about using a D loop on the string as well as a peep sight and of course a trigger release? I don't hunt with a traditional bow, I use compound and learned a lot from your videos.
Never seen some one use a mechanical release on a tradbow. I'm sure it could be done but dont know. I think most trad guys want that deep connection with the shot you get from using fingers.
I will be trying this method, I have the same trouble with the dynamic type release. Thanks for sharing this. I have a question on Broadhead 2 blade, if you had to buy heads today for whitetail hunting, which head would you get.
I think you will like it! As for a broadhead if I had to buy today it would be a ziwickey delta or an ace standard or ace super. Hopefully next year tuffheadbroadheads comes out with a 1.5 wide 2.75 long 200 grain single bevel. Designs and prototypes are in the works right now. I can wait to test these things out when he has them! That head would make me give up my magnus 1 heads I love so much.
Traditional Bowhunting And Wilderness Podcast Thank you for the info. One other thing, do you line up your Broadhead’s a certain way. I’m building some new hunting arrows. With more weight up front.
Thanks for the videos J, I was on your Patreon for a while but money is tight….I have been using the dynamic release but find that sometimes I miss high. I think it’s the opposite of creeping in that I release at slightly different spots as I’m pulling through. I refuse to use a clicker.
Totally understand about money being tight. Economy sucks bad right now! I think you are spot on about whats happening with your shot. Ive always called it dragging the release. meaning you are still pulling and not releasing when you should. Kind of like doing a drive by past your anchor point. And it will make you shoot high. And honestly I dont think a clicker would help much as you are probably dragging because you are trying to make sure you are getting to anchor. This is a good thing. What I would suggest to try is to slow down the draw as you get closer to anchor. dynamic is dynamic. there is not a set or required speed for it. It just needs to be fluid with a constant push and pull happening. If you slow it down it will give you more time to make sure you are releasing at or close to anchor more consistently.
static is a good word for it. it is how i have always released my string. every time i have tried any other style i have run into bad problems. countless people have told me to pull thru my shot but it just doesnt work for me.
Hi there Jason! Just wanna ask you a super important question that Ive always wanted to ask a die-hart trad bow archer. Why do TRAD bowhunters never use any type of sights on their bows. Even if their risers are threaded to allow sights they stay away from them and choose to shoot instinctive, gap, split vision. Is there any advantage of NOT fitting sights to a trad recurve or a longbow, or is it some sort of a challenge that trad bowhunters want to prove to themselves that they can shoot accurately without any sighting device whatsoever? What is your take on that? Thanks!
Great question! There is no reason to have sights on any bow. It doesnt take long to develop the accuracy needed. Plus there is a tremendous sense of accomplishment to do it all mentally vs having a mechanical aid. We also dont want to rely on sights that can be bumped in the field or knocked out of alignment. We want pure, simple, and functional. I know that the modern bows today are capable of amazing accuracy and require very little practice. We would rather practice alot to gain the skills to be accurate with out range finders sights etc. There is a great power and accomplishment in hunting ethically, humanely, and effectively with a simple stick and a string. We understand our limitations and stick to those limitations causing us to hunt harder and learn more. How that helps explain it. And that was a fantastic question that not many ask! Thanks for asking it!
@@SamkoTradBow Thank you for the answer. So I see it's the sense of accomplishment that is of huge importance for trad bowhunters. But have you ever had the slightest urge to at least attach an improvised home-made sight pin on the riser, hoping it would make you just a bit more accurate and therefore more confident before the shot? Thanks. Luke
@@mrflytyer5819 hahaha. It reality it would be a step backwards to add sights. Accuracy is not a problem. We are head shooting squirrels at 20 yards all day. Besides sights would really hinder our shooting abilities. With sights you need the bow to be vertical. Without sights we can shoot any angle, even horizontal, we can shoot fast or slow or moving targets. And we dont need range finders or anything. Everything is done 100% mentally and learned they practice and repetition. I think those are the reasons most trad shooter dont use sights.
@@SamkoTradBow I needed that answer. Ive been torn between using sights and traditional methods of aiming. Jason, would you say then that sights are only a nuissance in a hunting situation... Because they SLOW HUNTERS DOWN, or perhaps the sights only induce target panic. What do you think? Thank you!
@@mrflytyer5819 good question again. I don't know if sights cause target panic. Remember I have not used sights in almost 30 years. But I do think that 99% of people are capable of very deadly accuracy without sights at ethical hunting distances. So to put sights on might be a bonus at first but will not let you learn or gain anything.
Never had a problem and have always used a quiver on my bow. But I do believe it's a good idea to keep the quiver mounting straps on the riser fadeouts so that there is no interference with the working part of the limb.
The only way to predictable accuracy with any type of bow is thru back tension with a dynamic release. Get a copy of Rick McKinney’s book & never put it down. The other options are options to suck which unfortunately many choose in the recurve world.
Oh no there’s plenty of wrong ways. Go to any trad shoot & watch. There’s one proper way to shoot a bow the same with a firearm. Guys who don’t put in the work make excuses & say what you say. Fred Aspell & the like have ruined more archers than they helped! I know I teach their rejects!
I really enjoy all your videos l have been hunting traditional over 30 years l always learn something from you thanks for all you do to help keep traditional bow hunting alive
Thank you. Greatly appreciated ans glad you are enjoying the vids!
your new process is by far the best. i do dynamic from my anchor...back tension...push, pull. after i anchor...like good target shooters. u are using ur last move to ur tooth as a phsyco trigger is good to prevent target panic
Its been working great for me ever since. still use the exact same hybrid style today.
Great video as always, full of practical and in-depth information. You provide solutions to the issues that a lot of us deal with. Thank you...
Glad I could help
Excellent dude. I'm shooting the same way.
I installed a clicker on my longbow, man, what an eye opener!
Glad that clicker is helping and making your form solid!
Just found the channel man, love all the content you post, right up my alley!
Thanks! Glad you are enjoying it
You should have went to that solid archery mechanics seminar with Tom Clum Sr. on Saturday at the expo. It was great and he covered a lot about release. He also gave $50 off his course.
Never taken any shooting clinics or anything but I hear Toms is a great clinic!
The release is my nemesis. I’m bad to pluck. Thanks for the video. I do use the hybrid some. Seems to be the best for me but I still need to work on it
@toddgammons9400 same here and I'm always working to make it better. My release is my down fall!
This is really good. Thanks Jason!
Thanks! Just recorded another version of this video that has close up and slow motion of the releases. Will be published in a few weeks
Great breakdown Jason.
Thanks
Nate
Thanks!
I’m a combo as well. I have what I consider my “natural” draw length that I pull to and anchor (corner of mouth) and that’s “Step 1” for me. I know I’m “safe” there. I then set my clicker approximately 1/4” beyond that when I’m expanding (pulling). That’s “Step 2”. I try to hit the clicker every shot but if I’m honest I only get there 85% of the time. Step 1 and Step 2 end up being very fluid if I’m doing it right. If I’m doing it wrong? Well, let’s not talk about that...
Yeah that's basically exactly how I do it but without the clicker. But I need that safe zone at full draw.
What do you recommend for hunting in late season? up here in MN can easily be 0 to-15 or colder late season. normally have to use a Lined work glove, but late season they tend to lack heavily. Been half tempted to get a mechanical release
i wear lined jersey gloves walking in and out and hanging my stand. often with a cheap rubber coated garden glove over the jersy glove. on stand i dont wear gloves ever. even on 17 below zero. but I use a hand warmer muff around my waist and have a chemical hand warmer in the muff. That works best for me. I dont take my bow off the bow hook until its getting really close to time to shoot.
What about using a D loop on the string as well as a peep sight and of course a trigger release?
I don't hunt with a traditional bow, I use compound and learned a lot from your videos.
Never seen some one use a mechanical release on a tradbow. I'm sure it could be done but dont know. I think most trad guys want that deep connection with the shot you get from using fingers.
@@SamkoTradBow Guess I was asking if you would have better consistency if you used the D loop and mechanical release, along with a peep sight. Thanks.
I'm not a pro, I'm not in a good shooter, but I get it done. My new t-shirt
I will be trying this method, I have the same trouble with the dynamic type release. Thanks for sharing this. I have a question on Broadhead 2 blade, if you had to buy heads today for whitetail hunting, which head would you get.
I think you will like it! As for a broadhead if I had to buy today it would be a ziwickey delta or an ace standard or ace super. Hopefully next year tuffheadbroadheads comes out with a 1.5 wide 2.75 long 200 grain single bevel. Designs and prototypes are in the works right now. I can wait to test these things out when he has them! That head would make me give up my magnus 1 heads I love so much.
Traditional Bowhunting And Wilderness Podcast Thank you for the info. One other thing, do you line up your Broadhead’s a certain way. I’m building some new hunting arrows. With more weight up front.
@@kendallinman606 I personally align my with the blade horizontal. But it's just personal preference.
Thanks for the videos J, I was on your Patreon for a while but money is tight….I have been using the dynamic release but find that sometimes I miss high. I think it’s the opposite of creeping in that I release at slightly different spots as I’m pulling through. I refuse to use a clicker.
Totally understand about money being tight. Economy sucks bad right now!
I think you are spot on about whats happening with your shot. Ive always called it dragging the release. meaning you are still pulling and not releasing when you should. Kind of like doing a drive by past your anchor point. And it will make you shoot high. And honestly I dont think a clicker would help much as you are probably dragging because you are trying to make sure you are getting to anchor. This is a good thing. What I would suggest to try is to slow down the draw as you get closer to anchor. dynamic is dynamic. there is not a set or required speed for it. It just needs to be fluid with a constant push and pull happening. If you slow it down it will give you more time to make sure you are releasing at or close to anchor more consistently.
thanks for the knowledge man
Welcome and thank you.
Ran into you at the MI trad archery expo. Thanks for the videos.
Was nice meeting you at the expo!
static is a good word for it. it is how i have always released my string. every time i have tried any other style i have run into bad problems. countless people have told me to pull thru my shot but it just doesnt work for me.
Me either
Hi there Jason! Just wanna ask you a super important question that Ive always wanted to ask a die-hart trad bow archer. Why do TRAD bowhunters never use any type of sights on their bows. Even if their risers are threaded to allow sights they stay away from them and choose to shoot instinctive, gap, split vision. Is there any advantage of NOT fitting sights to a trad recurve or a longbow, or is it some sort of a challenge that trad bowhunters want to prove to themselves that they can shoot accurately without any sighting device whatsoever? What is your take on that? Thanks!
Great question! There is no reason to have sights on any bow. It doesnt take long to develop the accuracy needed. Plus there is a tremendous sense of accomplishment to do it all mentally vs having a mechanical aid. We also dont want to rely on sights that can be bumped in the field or knocked out of alignment. We want pure, simple, and functional. I know that the modern bows today are capable of amazing accuracy and require very little practice. We would rather practice alot to gain the skills to be accurate with out range finders sights etc. There is a great power and accomplishment in hunting ethically, humanely, and effectively with a simple stick and a string. We understand our limitations and stick to those limitations causing us to hunt harder and learn more.
How that helps explain it. And that was a fantastic question that not many ask! Thanks for asking it!
@@SamkoTradBow Thank you for the answer. So I see it's the sense of accomplishment that is of huge importance for trad bowhunters. But have you ever had the slightest urge to at least attach an improvised home-made sight pin on the riser, hoping it would make you just a bit more accurate and therefore more confident before the shot? Thanks. Luke
@@mrflytyer5819 hahaha. It reality it would be a step backwards to add sights. Accuracy is not a problem. We are head shooting squirrels at 20 yards all day. Besides sights would really hinder our shooting abilities. With sights you need the bow to be vertical. Without sights we can shoot any angle, even horizontal, we can shoot fast or slow or moving targets. And we dont need range finders or anything. Everything is done 100% mentally and learned they practice and repetition. I think those are the reasons most trad shooter dont use sights.
@@SamkoTradBow I needed that answer. Ive been torn between using sights and traditional methods of aiming. Jason, would you say then that sights are only a nuissance in a hunting situation... Because they SLOW HUNTERS DOWN, or perhaps the sights only induce target panic. What do you think? Thank you!
@@mrflytyer5819 good question again. I don't know if sights cause target panic. Remember I have not used sights in almost 30 years. But I do think that 99% of people are capable of very deadly accuracy without sights at ethical hunting distances. So to put sights on might be a bonus at first but will not let you learn or gain anything.
I see you run a bow quiver on your ask hunting bow. You have never found it throws off the balance or the timing of your limbs on the bow?
Never had a problem and have always used a quiver on my bow. But I do believe it's a good idea to keep the quiver mounting straps on the riser fadeouts so that there is no interference with the working part of the limb.
The only way to predictable accuracy with any type of bow is thru back tension with a dynamic release. Get a copy of Rick McKinney’s book & never put it down. The other options are options to suck which unfortunately many choose in the recurve world.
The beauty about hintignw ith a traditional bow is there there are no rules and there is no such thing as right way or wrong way.
Oh no there’s plenty of wrong ways. Go to any trad shoot & watch. There’s one proper way to shoot a bow the same with a firearm. Guys who don’t put in the work make excuses & say what you say. Fred Aspell & the like have ruined more archers than they helped! I know I teach their rejects!
@@uncleremus5046 we will jave to agree to disagree