How to Anchor and Release - Archery 101
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- Опубліковано 23 січ 2025
- Archery and more importantly instinctive archery is all about finding what works best for you. So In this video I give you my take on the subject on the Anchor point and Release and how crucial consistency is in archery and arrow tuning. I hope you find this useful. Please enjoy! Take care and shoot straight.
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Take care and shoot straight
I literally had to film myself shooting my recurve after watching this and now I realize was plucking the string on release. Next time I go to the range I'll definitely work on correcting that now that I got a proper explanation of the release.
Thanks a million
It's incredibly helpful
Realized I am plucking after watching this video. I have been trying to come up with a method to bring more consistancy to my anchor as well but never thought about multiple anchor points. Can't wait to hit the range to implement what I learned today. Thanks for the awesome video.
Such a useful vid to anyone startiing out. I asked many questions when i started a year ago and part of each answer nearly alway came back as consitency is critical. Keep up the good work
Nige
Thank you Nige ;)
Thanks for this, very helpful. I have just gone back to scratch and am learning that shooting a bow requires gentle, subtle movement without too much hesitative thinking and eventually it begins to fall into place. :-)
Whilst archery is not my chosen sport, I really enjoyed watching the video & listening to the advice 'Comfortable, Consistent & Concise'. Like it!
Thank you Jim for making that dynamic release part of my shooting. This vid made me to really try it out. And it just works amazingly well compared to trying to make a dead release. Dead release is a release you do, but in dynamic release the key thought is the final moment when my fingers are behing my ear.
just getting into archery and ths k you so much for your great and straight to the point vids. brilliant thank you
dude why haven't i seen your videos earlier! they're awesome, some of the best archery videos on the web. well, cut good audio, well scripted (or just worded good). anyways keep it up! and thank you for the insight!
Good advice! My groups improved 50% using your tips. New subscriber.
This was just as I had been shown, but had forgotten it. Must watch this before I go to the range. Thanks a lot brilliant. Just going to look for another vid from Merlin.
Thanks for the tips, man. Gotta try these out tomorrow sure it will help a lot.
Another good video Jim, can you please do one about how to hold the bow properly?
Great video Jim! Always great content and this one is top notch. Appreciate the great tips and keep them coming!
it still does help a lot , Thank you man !
Thanks a lot for those tips. I shall work on that when I next go down.
I am going to try the second anchor point technique, thanks!
Agreed! Relax your fingers as you release. Helps a lot!
Good advice I'm still learning thanks 👍
Just revisiting some of your old videos, like to re-watch and see if i pick things up now i have been shooting for a long time, but all i can see is a longbow stood upright in the corner that makes me want to cry :( lol
In this video I have one accessory question, what make is your quiver, with the 3 point rig ?
Very well explained Jim.
Great video. I'we been watching Jeff's videos on youtube. Super helpful, and a very cool guy.
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He likes petting the rug! Rug aside, good tip and I’m currently trying to iron the release out, thanks for the vid!
Really great video. I love the Bow you have at 1:07 Can anyone tell me what kind that is?
Great point Jim!!! Thank you for the Excellent video.
this is definitely my biggest problem at present. I have managed to find a first consistent anchor point but seem to pop the release as you demonstrated also my glove seems sticky and this seems to twist the string a little, I treat the fingers with dubbin and this seems to help but with hot hands the sticky glove returns?? different glove maybe
Steven Sulsh I am also shooting 2 quite different bows a Bucktrail Blackhawk 35# 68" and Samick Equus 35# 56" what difference does the angle of string make to release and how do I compensate for this difference in angle with finger position??
Very helpful information, Thanks...👍🏻
hey merlin would u ever consider doing a reveiw on the bear patriot ?
Brodie H e P To nn
what type of bow is that at 1:06 and where can I get one?
Buck shot it's a type of horse bow. just look up horse bows and you'll find them. just keep in mind you have to shoot off your hand and not a shelf
Really helpful tuition, thanks
Jim I want to buy a Border covert hunter and I was wondering what your thought was on those bows please may I get your feed back on those bows
Very Respectfully Bob
Nice explaination.
If you want to show to someone how to release, ask him to hold your hand the same way he would hold the sting, then ask him to release. See what happens then: perfect release, only by relaxing fingers.
Try it, you will be surprised ;)
I shoot barebow. I was just in a tournament that had me shooting at 50 meters. I'd never shot that distance ever. My practice was always about 25 yards. I only discovered that the tournament had me shooting at 50 meters about 2 days prior and didn't have an area to practice shooting 50 meters.
When I got there I practiced for about 3 hours at 50 meters and was shooting like I first did when I got my bow 3 years ago. Shooting at 25 yards, I am pretty accurate my grouping is about the size of a paper plate. I consider that pretty good since I don't practice that much.
However, when I got to the tournament (outdoor) I couldn't hit the target at all but 20% of the time, I had to angle my bow to get the distance (I"m using a Martin 40lb), I could see that my shots up and down would have hit the target but I was either too far above the target or too far below and couldn't for the life me adjust.
If I could have hit the target I think I would have been able to make a few adjustments but shooting 6 shots, waiting for 5 to 10 minutes in between shoots really didn't help my consistency.
I'm a rapid shooter. I don't take long breaths, ponder my existence, say a poem, look at the sky in wonder, then draw my 20lb bow, hold it for 2 minutes while I'm synchronizing my breathing then shoot. And no I'm not making fun of the others but that's pretty much what I noticed.
Me, I take the bow in my hands, take an arrow, set it up, pull back aim and shoot. In 4 minutes I can probably shoot about 18 arrows. Seriously. Maybe more.
Any advice (except practice practice practice) do you have for a novice shooting at 50 meters. I don't intend to try out for the Olympics I am trying to prefect my shot in case. I want to hunt and for the most part here in the US bow hunters mainly bait and shoot so the target is only about 30 yards at most away from you. However, in case I'm being chased by bigfoot and need to get a shot off from 50 yards or better off I'd at least want to hit him somewhere to slow him down.
This may be a stupid question, but I was under the impression that if you were shooting a bow with out a sight, then you should draw with your fingers below the arrow, is there a reason you do it with one above, one below like you do with a sight. (I'm not criticising because obviously it works for you, I'm just interested.)
On the arrow shaft is the higher the number the thinner it is or vica versa ? Dave
Hi. If You mean arrow spine, it is not about arrow thickness. It's about arrow stiffness. Lower the number, more stiff the arrow shaft is.
Hello good Sir. I have a question. I am using the same anchoring technique like yours and shooting instinctively and i am wondering if this method works well/okay with bow sights and for competitive target shooting. This is because i wanted to teach a few friends who are keen to get started but dont want them to start off wrong, and get frustrated later. I admit this is a very good method, at least true for traditional archers like ourselves. Thanks in advance. Your opinion on this would be appreciated.
I know the principle is the same, but Great to get some advice that's not just recurve. My difficulty is I tend to think my follow through. Possibly not getting back tension right
Hi
I'm thinking of moving from recurve - I have a win& win bow, a good one. What bow would you recommend for instinctive field archery?
Many thanks
Roger Fry There's quite a few good choices for you here. Samick Sage which is a nice field recurve for the price, Hoyt Buffalo or Hoyt Dorado, then there's Bear Archery's traditional lineup, Pvc bows can be made quite nice for how cheap the materials are, Check out backyardbowyer and join the pvc archery and crafting community on google+ if you're interested. JaycubL also has a couple cool designs for pvc bows too including a three piece takedown bow design with the riser being a pvc and 1/2 inch diameter wooden dowel composite with a cut to center arrow shelf
Roger Fry thanks for the informative reply. I've been looking at the KG Atalanta flat bow it also looks good - probably go with that one.
im having massive problems with "simply relaxing my hand" and this whole concept of "consistant back tension".. no matter what i do i pluck, even with a second anchor point (i believe because i cant "relax" my hand). and lately i hit the heck out of my nose with my bow string. im getting quite frustrated as last year i was "huntworthy" and now i can barely hit a burlap sack. any extra help on this situation please?
jayman448 Drop me an email buddy, and ill see what i can do for you :)
to what address brother?
It should be in the description :)
I like your videos Jim, but in this one you didn't mention the other half of the anchor and release, maintaining tension on the bow which helps with the release. Laws of physics (Newtons law ?) for every action you get a reaction in the opposite direction of equal force. When you apply this to shooting with a dynamic release, your hand can only move in one direction. If you stop pressure on bow it is very difficult to get the hand to fall away to the second anchor point on release. And by the way, I do like Jeff's videos as well, especially the moving targets.
Chris Sharp
You can probably search Archery Science,because i'm pretty sure he's teaching the technic instead of the science.
thanks very much for that help
Can you please recommend a good leather glove that breaks in good and will hold up . I shoot mostly longbows. Ty mark Louisiana USA
Great video! Subbed
Thank you :)
Thought that release looked very familiar. Good vid none the less
I am a traditional archer and I experiment quite a lot. Lately I have kept moving throughout the shot to try to keep back tension constant, so I get to anchor then creep back maybe a centimetre as I focus on the target, then release. I would like to hear if anyone thinks that is a good or bad technique. Am I right in thinking that is sort of what recurve archers do when they use a clicker?
if it works for you there is absolutely nothing wrong with it...
MerlinArchery
I'll have to get back to you on that. :-] A consistent release is the hardest thing to nail down I think.
Iron Pirate Very true... ;)
Iron Pirate Jim blackmon
he really loves the table carpet. :D
yes... yes he does
Merlin archery is actually pretty cool for a comic nerd like me. Merlyn in dc comics is the green arrows archnemesis. An evil archer :)
ligitmuffin lol until he lost a hand 😜
I've been releasing with my hand staying completely still. Like, yours goes straight back, some people pluck it at a weird angle but I keep my release hand in the exact same place. Is that a bad habit?
No, that is a 'static release' and some of the best trad shooters use it too. That has been my preferred method of loosing the arrow. Like the video implies, you have to find what works for you. Let the results speak for what works best.
So l followed his advice about 3 or 4 years ago, and now im one of the best barebow shooters in my country... thats just how good the reference point finger technique can be. So good in fact, that right now lm shooting olympic recurve better with glove and 2 fingers over, than l was with fingertab. Weird draw indeed, but it works like a charm so meh XD
Made this mistake bud, I'm new to archery & watched too "much" youtube trying to apply everyone's technique to me... Threw me right off... Back to finding my way
(with help from one or two good guys like yourself)
Clinton K same here. I watched easily over a hundred videos before I started doing archery and probably repeated all of them when I started archery that I bought my first bow and really knowing the theory isn't enough, I'm learning through trial and error and filming my self has really helped to detect form faults. Wish you the best of luck
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Hi Jim, thanks for the info as always. Good stuff :)
Just one question regarding one small detail and its relationship with the release... The beard. I also have a beard and when i do a tight release I feel some lightly painful rub on the chin. Could it be the string pulling the beard or a bad release hitting the chin? How do you deal with that? (My beard isn't very different from yours) Thanks mate!
Looking forward to the next video.
I too have a beard and I anchor sorta kinda Olympic style (along the line of the jaw, string touching tip of my nose), I sometimes feel a "pluck" on the right side of my chin when I release... I wonder if I'll end up with a bald patch there when I get older lol
good video Bravo
This helped a lot
Hey Jim! Zac here again :) had a question about your drawing thumb. You mentioned you create a "C" with your thumb that goes along your face. I'm having trouble placing my thumb in a comfortable spot and was wondering if you could explain that more, if possible.
Sometimes my thumb is along my jaw, sometimes it's tucked into my hand, and other times it's holding my pinky down.
I know consistency is vital to success in archery so I want a consistent, comfortable place for my thumb. If you have any advice I'd appreciate it! Thanks!
Hi Zac I guess everybody's face is different.... The C Shape is only one way of doing things. You just need to find out what suits you buddy :) let me know how you get on?
well said!! thanks
Hi :) I agree with you ;)
Jodie has my second name! Which is really rare!
How's my release? Better with a compound than with a recurve/longbow...I know I know, you can save the shocked face bit 🤣😂
im srtuggling with this soo bad,
that's funny I have the same anchor and release as you before I even watched this video
Great video! I wish all the bad archers with plucking fingers would watch this before posting their videos of shooting great bows like Hoyt Buffalo or Bear TD on youtube :(
That girl is up lifting at the start
My problem is ripping my nose off with the string lol
I only "liked" this video as Jodie was in it. :P
Ew, a compound shooter
What you show is far from "full draw". Call it better "utterly non-full draw". And extremely far from traditional. Just on opposite end of the spectrum.
not really any help waste of time