[Ohio3Der]

I'm a new fita shooter, and am wondering what most of the shooters do in the wind. Do you move your sight to compensate for drifting arrows, or do you aim off center while leaving your sight alone?

[4X 20]

Ohio3Der, on Apr 13 2009, 05:49 AM, said:

I'm a new fita shooter, and am wondering what most of the shooters do in the wind. Do you move your sight to compensate for drifting arrows, or do you aim off center while leaving your sight alone?

For FITA it's usually a combination of both. I adjust to get the majority in or near the middle and then watch the flag and hold off or cant the bow a touch as the wind changes from shot to shot.

[reb57]

Hold off of the target for the wind....You can really get messed up when the wind changes and your forget how much adjustment you have made.Keep it simple and let you arrows tell you how much to hold off.

[primal]

I have my bow set for center shot on a still day. If its a calm consistant wind day i will adjust the windage on my sight, but if its gusty and strong i tend to aim off.

Also a good trick to learn is to feel for wind on the back of your neck. As your neck gets warmer the wind is dying down, as it gets cooler the wind is picking up. play with that it will help you to know when to take the shot as well.

[primal]

Also dont let the wind discourage you, because you shoot a lower score then on a calm day. Aim to be relaxed and shoot good shots. Your scores in the wind will improve as you learn to shoot in the wind.

[SuperX]

I will bubble off in light variable winds meaning I will tilt my top limb into the wind slightly and meter how much I am tilting by watching how far my bubble moves off center away from the wind. Bubbling off works if you shoot high speeds but if the wind gets high enough, you run out of bubble unless you're shooting really fast. The slower your bow, the faster you run out of bubble. In a heavier wind I will aim off, especially if it is consistent. Inconsistent wind is always tough to adapt to - sometimes even in heavier wind, bubbling off works best because when the wind fades and gusts a bit you can easily un-bubble.

Watch the flags up wind of your target to see the wind approaching you before it gets there.

Tail or head winds will impact your high/lows erratically - you need to aim off high or low to compensate for whether the wind causes your arrows to hit high or low. Even a small change in wind velocity or angle can change a high shot into a low shot or vice versa, so you realy can't set your sight to compensate.

Usually wind shooting will involve a compound change - that is usually you will see your impact be high/low AND left/right based on wind speed and angle. You will often find yourself aming off at 1 o'clock in the 8 ring rather than right at 3 o'clock as you might expect for a stiff right to left or quartering in wind.

I only change my sight in a light consistent wind where a slight lull won't cause my shots to leave the gold - clicking doesn't really work well in wind that is heavy and inconsistent

[Timujin]

Ohio3Der, on 14 April 2009 - 01:49 AM, said:

I'm a new fita shooter, and am wondering what most of the shooters do in the wind. Do you move your sight to compensate for drifting arrows, or do you aim off center while leaving your sight alone?

I use a rifle shooting technique called "shading" by which you allow your aiming mark on the sight/scope to aim at the target middle but offest the scope to one side or the other depending on the wind. You need to practice this to get a feel for how much you need to offset the mark but it has the advantage of allowing you to aim at the centre.

[dbjac]

Some of the bigger name shooters i've had the pleasure of shooting with have mentioned a 'three spots' method. There's three places you can chose from to aim, the left nine, the centre and the right nine. Practice being able to aim off to these positions and when you come across a shoot with strong drift you'll be mentally prepared to aim somewhere other than the centre (a lot harder than it sounds, for most archers).

Though, I definitely find that in windy conditions, the amount of drift i'm getting is the least of my worries- if I can't point it at the 10 it's not going to matter if it drifts! Haha!

[exactly]

Normally I will lean the bow over using the spirit bubble on the scope to gauge 1/4 bubble, 1/2 bubble, 3/4 bubble and full bubble!

This way I get to always aim at the middle.