pick a spot

[Plumber]

I shoot in my yard I have a target 3ft x 4ft I painted a bunch of squares on it.It is a little tought to look at but that is my goal .Iam trying to settle my eye on one square.In you alls opion do you think this is good eye training?My purpoose is to block out all the other distractions.when you look at the target at 15-20 yds the squares are a little confusioning.Iam just trying to hone in on one square.thanks for all the feed back ED

[straitera]

How big are these squares? Pic? If too small I'd be cockeyed in 10 minutes!

No question your training should prioritize finding & narrowing  your exact spot. Envisioning imaginary crosshairs (+) works for me.

[Plumber]

the squares are about 2in x3in

[Punch]

It can help but you should not always shoot the side you painted.  I have the same setup as you.  One side of my homemade target are random small orange targets the other side is blank.  I shoot the orange target side then flip the target to the blank side and try to focus and pick a spot.  If you shoot the squares too often you wont be able to visualize your point of aim on 3Ds or during hunting.

[TSP]

2"X3" is a pretty big 'spot' for focused practice.  If you intend to hunt then using a focal point more like what you'd be doing on an animal makes sense.  A 3-D animal is a clear practice favorite (shoot at an arrow hole in the vitals).  You can also suspend a small item (1" rolled-up ball of paper works) as a 3-dimensional 'spot', slightly in front of your backstop. It forces you to shoot at a very small object rather than zone shoot at a large area.  It makes a difference.  Like the old adage, aim small miss small.

[toddster]

This is good training.  But, IMHO as Punch said.  I like to have a blank target (white/black/brown/burlap) Then I pick a spot on this and shoot.  your training will help, but I think you will be amazed that shooting at even burlap bag your eye will be drawn to something.  Like looking at a white wall with nothing on it, human nature is to spot something that stand out.  I do train as you and found it works well to train me to blur out the rest to focus on what I want to shoot so when Mr. Bullwinkle comes in I can blur out the head and focus on the hair in the kill zone.

[windrunner]

this is good training as it will help to focus on a given spot.but the distance is always known. i like to walk a field and pick a clover flower or sonething similar and shoot at unknown distances.