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Main Boards => PowWow => Topic started by: sweet old bill on March 14, 2008, 06:04:00 AM
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I find I do much better if I just shot a few arrows and then go back to other items that I can do around the house and the bow shop. I shoot one arrow and will walk to the target, pull it and then walk back. I will shoot a max of about 5 arrows and then stop. I am doing this in my bow shopo and just shooting 10 yards... If I am shooting outside I have several targets 3D next to the shop and will shoot a total of 7 targets at shooting yardage from 10 yards to a max of about 30 yards...I also seem to fine this helps me to get a better overall workout for my bow form... how about you and how do you practice ?????
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i have 3 3Ds, 2 burlap targets, 1 foam block, and 1 bag target I shoot from varied distances. I just enjoy shooting and do it several times a week.
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I have a couple of bag targets, a Morrel outdoor range target, a couple of 3D deer and a Block. I'm also a member of a local club. During winter, I shoot at the club alot, but it will soon be backyard season. I love nothing more than a summer evening in the backyard with the grill going while I shoot.
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Some weeks I shoot every day other weeks I shoot 3-4 days, Right now I'm shooting in my cellar, Sometimes just a few arrows other times I'll shoot 60 or more. I like to mix it up with a lot and a little, I feel it keeps me in tune with hunting situations and also long days at the 3D range, anyhow I love to just shoot.
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I have 4 different targets set up right outside my shop at different distances and usually just grab a handful of arrow and a bow,fling some arrows from different ranges.Sometimes only 1/2 dozen total,sometimes I'll shoot 3 dozen or more.Guess it all dependes on how much time I have and wether or not my backs giving me problems on that particular day,well not wether it's giving problems really it's how much problem it's giving me.
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This time of year, I'm like you, 10yds, a single shot every now and then, while I'm making rods. Once it thaws out up here, 3-4 targets right out back, move them around every couple of days. I try to keep them from 10-25yds, plus I leave a ladder attached to my garage, for those down-angle shots.
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This time of year my practice is limited to a bag target in my shed. But outdoor season will be here soon, and then it is mostly stump shooting with judos around the yard.
No matter what I am using to shoot at, I tend to shoot too much for my own good. I know that the short sessions are much better for my form, and I do shoot better when I limit the shots and just do one at a time. But I just enjoy it so much it's hard to stop!
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I fling 1 or 2 arrows at a time, retrieve. Then 1 or 2 more arrows. I do this until my "practice time" runs out (I.E. when my girls are tired of jumping on the trampoline) or until I reach about 20-50 shots depending on how I feel.
I practice as often as possible, but usually 3-4 days a week.
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Down in Louisiana, I can always shoot outside unless it rains. I usually shoot for about 30 minutes to an hour on my work days (2 on, 2 off), always using only one arrow. On my off days, I might go out for 2 or 3 sessions throughout the day. I only have a bag and the pitiful looking rear section of a deer target, which I stick a small white dot on to shoot at. I always shoot a few arrows for form to warm up, then move around from 15 to 40 yards. Anytime my shot execution doesn't feel right, I go back to point blank range and shoot for form till it does. Paul.
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I like to vary my practice and vary the distance and days I shoot,but also I like to think about the shot and focus on small spots without shooting.
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I only practice the very first shot, everything else is forum work. I shoot from 5 yards out to 40 yards now. need more work on the 35 & up yardage. I'll shot every chance I get (just got done shooting, since it is starting to rain)
Stump shooting is a great way to practice distance.. just walk & shoot at leaves, twigs & clumps of dirt.
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I find stumping to be great practice. I also shoot at a friends house with 3-D targets. I usually just shoot one arrow. Like Mystic said, it's the first shot that counts, and that's why I like the stumping. It's hit or miss.
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Forty plus yards for a few days then fifteen to twenty for a day. The long range really makes the close up ones easy. Stump shooting is also great practice.
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I usualy shoot at a target.....sometimes I even hit it.....
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Smoker going ,in the spring summer and fall while I shoot. Shoot a few stoke up the firebox. Shoot a few more flip the ribs and chicken. Shoot a few more, fill a glass with frosty beverage. I don't know that I'm getting a lot better but I sure do love it.
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One arrow, one judo and plenty of targets on the farm !
DR
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I have 3 3d targets, a bag target, and a yellow jacket block target. I usually shoot 1-3 rounds; 5 arrows each round, out of a treestand I have setup. All of my hunting is done from a treestand so that's how I practice. If I shoot too many arrows in one practice session my concentration and form start to suffer. Anyway, it seems to work for me.
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I find stumping to be the best practice. You go out in the field to shoot at different tagets at an unknown distance. I feel this is the best way for one to practice for hunting situations.
Mike
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I've found I have a tendency to back off and shoot longer distances at various angles. But I have noticed that I need to shoot short distances more to keep really consistant on form. So, I shoot a lot of short distances concentrating on form. About a 60 to 40 per cent ratio short to long. Always moving around for angles and use two to three arrows a shoot.