how many times a night do you shoot?

[JacobPack]

I have been shooting for a while now and I love it. Had some shots at deer and elk, but I really want to be more consistent and be able to shoot like a lot of the members on this site. i try to shoot about 3 or 4 times a week and also shoot all I can in my house. (that is when the wife is not watching) So I'm just wondering how often y'all shoot and how many arrows do you let fly?

[Sarah]

Not enough  :(

Especially now that it's dark outside by the time I get home...

[JacobPack]

Im with ya! its never enough, but maybe a number that would almost make it second nature? I need to be able to outshoot the father in law!

[JoeArizona]

I try to shoot a couple of times during the week and a few times on weekends.  Unless I'm working with my kids on their shooting also, I usually shoot my current set of 6 arrows about 10 or 12 times per session.  That's the ideal...but some weeks it's a big fat ZERO.

Wow...I should be a lot better than I am.   :(  

Joe

[Big Lefty]

My archery club has an outdoor range a few minutes from work.  I'm able to run over on my lunch break.  Very convenient.  I typically make it over there 4-5 times a week.  Sometimes twice a day if daylight and time permit.

[JamesKerr]

I try to shoot for atleast 15 minutes each day. I only shoot one arrow though so I focus on each and every shot.

[JacobPack]

Do you use a bright colored dot when you shoot to help focus?

[Covey]

I try to shoot a handfull of arrows every day...unless I'm hunting. Even then I try to take a few practice shot's before I head out. I don't shoot any kind of bright colored dot, I just try to pick a spot.

Jason

[Medley]

I usually shoot 3 weeknights, then Saturday and Sunday.

1 weeknight, shoot at 1" dot. 1 weeknight shoot at 3d deer. Last weeknight blank bale. All 3 of these are 10-15 yards, and are more about form than anything. Each of these are short sessions just to keep everything "feeling right"

Saturday, I will either stump with a buddy, or shoot a long session at many distances.

Sunday, I shoot a 300 round with my hunting setup. I like having a real score to see how I am doing.

Spend lots of time with family doing whatever they want to do. That's how I get away with this.

[JacobPack]

Well sounds good to me. Thanks for the input, I now have somethings to go off of to try to improve. I feel like i have just been stuck in a rut for a while and could not improve. I am going to start toningt and really focus on form.

[mtnwalker]

i'll shoot as many times a week as I can. Maybe about 15 mintues or so a session. Having two young kids and a wife seems to limit it.

[Medley]

Jacob- I think many fall into a rut because there are only so many different targets and distances. Some battle it getting almost boring. The way to avoid this is always have a goal this is realistic but not too easy to achieve.

That is the only reason I do those 300 rounds. I will never compete that way, no desire to. But to score good on the 300 round takes intense concentration, and consistent great form.

[jlowrey75]

It's never enough  

I shoot nearly every day. Sometimes it is only 20 or 30 arrows and sometimes it is 200 arrows. Just depends on what other things are getting in the way.

Bisch

[Friend]

Virtually every day and approximately 600+ rounds per week.

[Jake Diebolt]

In the summer I was shooting 40-50 arrows three times a week. Now I shoot about 40 1 day a week - I'm an apartment dweller and I can only shoot at my club in the school gym once a week. Although I also shoot indoors at a block target at a distance of 3 yards to work on form.

[Cherokee Scout]

It is not always about how much you shoot, it is how you shoot. I use to think that if I shot enough arrows I would continue to improve. I reached a point that no matter how much I shot I stopped getting any better. Compare it to golf. Your first round might be 120, then 105, 97, 96 etc. Your improvement gets smaller and smaller until it stops, sometimes even gets worse. Hitting more balls or shooting more arrows does not always help. It sometimes just ingrains bad habits which are stopping you from improving. I suggest you take some lessons from a proven and qualified instructor. I can tell you that I finally took lessons(I am 64 and have been shooting since I was about 9 or 10) and I improved more from those lessons than all other years combined. Others had told me how they had improved after lessons and I ignored them thinking I already knew how to shoot, I just needed to fling more arrows. Not correct. I suggest that if you want to get better take lessons. It was the best $225 I ever spent.