shooting exercise

[hheneg]

One of the most difficult things for me to overcome has been judging distance for elevation.  I came up with an exercise that has really helped me with this.

I start 5 paces from my target bag, and shoot, then I walk 5 long paces and shoot again, then 5 more long paces and shoot, I continue this until I've shot 7 arrows.  Then I take five long paces back toward the target shoot, take 5 paces, shoot, and continue until I've shot 12 times and am back at the orginal 5 paces.

On alternating evenings I do the same exercise using 7 paces.

These two sequences give me 30 yard and 42 yard range.  I think of it like walking the arrows in to the target, but not from a single distance.

Just to mix things up, I sometimes shoot the moving away shots as a quick turn, snap shot with the bag on the ground, imagining my 4 inch dot is a brain shot on a pig.

I'm no Robin Hood, but I'm killing a pie plate consistently inside 40 yards now.

[Earthdog]

Yep,people have been doing the walk back thing for years.
I start my evening shooting by doing exactly that most times.
Then when I get to 40-50-60,,how ever I'm feeling that day,,I start to shoot for form.
I prefer to practice my form at what ever extreme range I'm happy with at that time.
I find shooting inside 30 yards doesn't give the imeadiate feed back I'm looking for.
Mixing it up with fast an slow,or off the knees or butt is also just plain fun.

[zetabow]

I do the same thing starting at 10y and out 80y for IFAA Field practice.

I try and see how far I can get back without missing a shot(using a 40cm indoor or Hunter face), if I miss I go back half the distance I reached.

This does three things, keeps if fun, keeps me focused and keeps me working at my weaker distances.

[hheneg]

I'm going to add the going back half the distance for a miss.  I'll also add kneeling, thanks for the feedback guys.