when shooting Field Archery courses where ranges are longer, I use an index finger corner of mouth reference (thumb cupped/anchored solidly under jaw bone).

For hunting, where I limit my shots to no greater than 25 yards, I use middle finger to corner of mouth reference anchored solidly against cheek. I like getting my anchor closer to my eye for shorter hunting shots.

I get good back tension and alignment with both anchors.

Any of you do something similar - two anchor system one for Field (or target) and other for hunting?

No, I want to have the same anchor and hunting is more important to me than field archery so I use the higher anchor and just live with my poorer field round scores.

Thats just it if your an archer / killer you will mostlikley have all sorts of anchors draws as well as positions you have shot and used while loosing arrows intended for the kill.

Thinks about that one now for a bit. Short draw or long draw requires differant anchors and be steady at the shot.

Never found much advantage to shifting anchors to accommodate different things. Accuracy comes from continuity and consistency. Shooting with one anchor for over fifty years has given me that. And the range doesn't matter. I can hit a walnut at ten feet or a gallon jug at seventy yards using the same anchor.

I've played with the idea but seldom stick with it long. I'm blessed/cursed with a short point on, usually 25 to 30 yards. It makes for very deadly hunting accuracy but it can really suck at most target distances. Mostly I have just learned to enjoy what I'm good at and pass on what I'm not.

The other option I've indulged in is using a fast ILF setup with light arrows to "reach out" better at 3D, but then I have to retrain my head come hunting season also.

Trade offs in everything.

I think I would screw myself up royally, trying to do that.

But I don't work where I can pick up a bow between projects...

I'm in the one anchor camp.

I'm good with one site picture.

Ahhhhhh,.....no thank you.

I've never seen the need for changing anchors and I shoot out to over 100 yards for fun. When I shot an oly bow I did anchor under the jawbone for just that.

I shot with my index finger in the corner of my mouth from day one until about 7 years later. I then switched to middle in the corner of my mouth and have been doing it that way for the last 13 years (both split). I believe the index finger in mouth is better for indoor/field, it was for me anyway. The other method is better when I don't have warm-up shots, or have to crouch/cant/kneel ect. Your method is great! If I still shot NAA I would likely do the same thing.

If I did that you can bet I'd unconsciously use the wrong anchor when that huge buck stops in front of me.

One anchor for me for Field, hunting, roving or 3d.

What George said. Except maybe hitting a jug at seventy yards.

I'm with easykeeeper. Things have a way of happening real fast, getting messed up when hunting. For that reason, I use only one anchor for hunting and targets. Has worked for more than 50 years.

I do, I shoot 3 under hunting and 3-D and split finger for field.

My experience has been similar to Georges. All my shooting for over four decades has been stump/field shooting for hunting practice only, or actual hunting. No formal target shooting of any type. My middle finger goes to the corner of my mouth(at least for a split second) from the beginning.

I use different anchors. On a field coarse I use several depending on the distance. Simular to string walking. But on the face.

Eric, although I've never changed my anchor point shooting archery, your question did remind me of 1963 USMC boot camp rifle range training. We had two different groups of rifle sight settings. One group of settings was called “range sights,” and the other group of settings was called “battle sights.” “Range sight” settings put the entire target atop the tip of your sight blade while your “battle sight” settings centered your target on the tip of your sight blade. Yes, on the rifle range the “range sight” settings would usually produce higher scores than the “battle sight” settings. “Range sight” settings allowed you to see the entire target in your view, while “battle sight” settings blocked part of the target from your field of view. Not exactly our “aim small, miss small” archery philosophy, but it seemed to work on the rifle range.

you guys using M14s at that time?

Yep. M14's.

I have to go with the single anchor approach. Consistency has always worked best for me in shooting accurately. I have over the years made adjustments in my anchor in order to try and improve my release but the adjustments have been minor and I try to stick with something for any kind of shooting I am doing.

if I have to shoot over 100 yards I hold under my chin

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