How to Aim a Bow - What I've Learned from the Pros | The Setup w/ Bill Winke

I have spent a lot of time talking about the best ways to shoot a bow with some of the world's top bowhunters. Here are a few of the key lessons I have learned from the pros on the subject of how to aim a bow.

[@TonyP-ft1tu]

I have been bowhunting for about 15 years now, and I’ve actually never watched a video on the process of shooting a bow. I really enjoyed this. I love the idea of focusing on the target more than your pin. Makes so much more sense to see the target and shoot when the pin is on it, rather than watching the pin floating around trying to move it onto a target. Thanks a lot, Bill! I just bought a new Elite Omnia and will be sighting it in this week. Good luck this upcoming season! Cannot wait for the content!

[@keithkempenich6401]

I always focus on the target while aiming too and largely ignore the pins and how they float. Seems like some kind of magic pulls the arrows to the target spot regardless. Ya know, as long as the pins are in the ballpark to begin with.

[@richarddean3154]

Thank you for sharing your shot process. I was in target panic's grip for nearly 30-years. Thankfully, I was in the Army shooting service rifles instead of archery equipment. After I retired, it took me about a month to beat it. One good thing from all those years freezing below the target - I can hold my pin steady as a statue on my intended target while working through the shot. One piece of advice - cover your target with a black contractor trash bag once you are sighted in and just "aim" at the center of the black mass. You will read your pin float better and it may help you tweak your stabilizer setup. Good luck this fall and thanks again.

[@grinder881]

In sniper school I was taught a little different. I was taught the BRAS method. Breathe Relax Aim Squeeze. You inhaled before you shot and didn't hold it in at all.

[@jasonmcrae2675]

Thanks for sharing your tips Bill!

[@TheMidwestCam]

Great tips -- I've watched every shooting tip video I could find on UA-cam from Ulmer he had great advice.

[@timbow50]

As someone once said many many times, lol, YOU GOTTA TRUST THE PIN FLOAT! It works people. With enough SERIOUS shooting and no command shots ( punching) you will begin to find out at the last microsecond the pin will go to the middle.

[@donfrance3]

good to see Mr. Winke here with a good show. -been awhile since High Country days.

[@HucksDad08]

Great info on low light and eye dominance Bill. I like the non dominant eye squint too

[@alexpinnow6509]

Good information Bill, learned a lot from dudley especially with the handheld releases and pin float. Always learning and trying to improve

[@robertdancy9896]

Thanks that was some good advice. Im new to Archery having got a bow last Christmas. Ive been shooting alot and getting better each time.

[@stevegermain1222]

Thanks for explaining it well

[@tjt1992]

That’s exactly what I do when shooting my rifle! It works! Also I never shoot with gloves on, no matter how cold it is. It’s the feeling of the gun I believe makes me a better shot. As always, great video Bill!

[@tonyellis6383]

Yeah i would say we are very similar in our shot process. Someone told me, embrace pin float, that helped me out a lot. Second, I don't have a method of pin pattern float like you mentioned, but now i kind of want to try it and see what happens, maybe figure 8 or something, idk. Thanks for the tips though

[@mitchy3438]

Good stuff Bill!

[@GaToRBoY268]

Nailed em on the head bill nice points 👍🏻

[@jackberanek6684]

This was a great discussion. I have to investigate the “pattern” thing you mention. Anchor point is equally as important and perhaps good for another discussion.

[@ryanheldenbrand9041]

When I started focusing on the target instead of the pins, it really improved my consistency. What I figured out shortly was when my target was covered up by my pin, it was bound to hit where I was aiming … if that makes sense. Not sure if that’s scientifically sound, but that’s what simplified it for me and has worked well. 🏹 🎯

[@jimpowers2047]

G5 most awesome video of all time!!!

[@brennanmcneil3846]

Great video!! I am going to use the focus on the spot not the pin technique and see how I like it in the next couple of weeks because the float I get is distracting for sure.. I always enjoy the stuff you put out. Curious Bill if you think the "7 second focus window" might contribute to either A. Rushed shots or B. Target panic as you have a timer clicking down in your head to SHOOT SHOOT SHOOT. I think for me whenver I put a time frame on shot execution it starts to tense me up a little bit and I anticipate