Practice.

[shankspony]

With longer evenings now, Im finding time to get back into a bit of practice.

Thought it might be interesting to show one of my routines Im using.

For trad archery, In my opinion there is only the first shot. I also find that for me, repetitive shooting just produces muscle fatigue and introduces poor shots and frustration.
This way I get a little break between shots and relax my muscles.
I also like to get my head into processing different distances rather than getting comfortable at one.
I also prefer a blank target with no bullseye. It makes me pick a spot on a neutral canvas, much as like on an animal covered in hair.
I start at 25 meters and fire one shot, walk 5 meters closer and fire another etc.
The final shot may look easy, but its the one I often have most trouble with. The close proximity often induces a flinch in me and I tend not to be able to concentrate and have a mindset that I cant miss/ Introduce poor form.

Also if anyone out there picks up any form issues they see, would appreciate comment.

[ozy clint]

looking good shanks. i don't like to shoot lots of arrows either, instead trying to execute a few shots perfectly. 

[Silent footed]

Hey I practice the same way to drill in my yardage estimation. I rarely ever shoot the same distance twice. I'll do something like this: 35, 5, 20, 40, 15, 25, 10 etc. And every distance in between.  I try to mix it up as much as possible. Awesome practice. You know you're doing it right when all arrows fall in a killing group.

I do the walk downs and walk ups like in your video too. It really helps me learn my bow/arrow trajectory in a hurry. The rest of my practice is woods walks and stump shooting (usually when coming out of the field in the morning, or when scouting in spring and summer). I like this because I can shoot uphill/downhill, and practice around obstacles and work on threading arrows between branches midrange.

[shankspony]

Yep for me too, stump shooting is extremely valuable! Nothing like loosing an arrow in the sam type of country you will be hunting for sharpening you up.

[Silent footed]

Yeah, especially if the type of country you're loosing arrows in is new Zealand! Must be quite an interesting place.

[shankspony]

Its is, but you know the grass is always greener elsewhere. I keep thinking I should find a way to spend 3-5 years in the States hunting what to us here, are the wonderfully exotic species you guys have.

[SlowBowKing]

Totally agree with the first shot theory.

Keep shooting groups like that and you’ll be just fine!