it is a fact that in the States by a large margin that most traditional bow hunters recurve or longbow use an instinctive style or one of the indirect aiming methods of gapping. with the avialibiltity of shorter AL (metal) risers) and stiffer limbs as Border offer, direct aiming methods for the barebow hunter much more feasible.
For me it all started about 20 yrs ago when I had a good tom turkey fly away with the arrow never to be found. I thought there must be a better way. I had shot target with a number of string walker in the late 60's and early 70's. I called one up and ask about teaching me to string walk. My friend tought me the in and out of string walking. We discussed the best way to handle hunting situation with string walking.
We thougut the best way would be to mark the serving with a 15 yd crawl mark and use the point to hold under of over for + or - 15 yds. For shots over 22 yds I move my crawl.
Today with the 17" or 21" metal risers and border's stiffer limbs it is a barebow hunter's paradise. Now you have hardware options that will let you used direct aiming method like string walking and not have to be Olympic quality shooter.
For the last 20 yrs I have been a string walking hunter on a constants search for the the perfect limbs and riser to put a BH thru an orange size tom turkey kill zone every single time without fail. For me a 21" metal riser and a pair of TXG's from Border is near perfect.
The only difference between target and hunting is a pair of lamb skins over the TXG's. I am ready to go elk hunting
rusty