1st shots no warm ups ?s

[LinemanARK]

OK this is what has been happening to me. It is almost dark by the time I get home from work. When I run in to get my bow I grab 2 arrows and head out the door everyday The very first shot from 20 to 40yrds is right on so is the shot 2 by then is dark and I stop. I dont know if its from consetrating so hard or from not being fatiged so I'm thinking when I do get a shot at a deer maybe it will hit its mark. I went to Rick Weltch's school and shoot one of his bows not that any of this matters just alittle info about me so I think my form must be good for at least 4 or 5 shots then I start thinking about other stuff, I think like grip or back tencion .  I just need to be able to shoot like the first shoots all the time. Who gets better after warmimg up or makes the first shot count.

[Alexander Traditional]

I do get better after the first few shots. I'm concentrating on the first two,that you seem to have down. It is important to be consistent all the time,but on game it's the first shot that counts.

[old_goat2]

my first shot is usually great then it's up and down

[chanumpa]

I tend to do better after,just due to getting more stretched out.A good one for you on form is get a big target and from 10 or 15 feet do the old shoot with your eyes closed.Helps fine tune form and release.Byron Fergesons"Become the arrow" helped me quite a bit.The other thing you are doing right is to shoot all the time.Dont give yourself a chance to get rusty.

[wixwood]

I think that first shot is the one to train for when it comes to hunting.
I like to "warm up" by drawing my bow and arrow and anchoring, this is what I do every so often when I am hunting, practice that perfect anchor. When I warm up that way before I shoot at home or the range, my first shot is usually good to very good. My bane is the 3-d shoots. Warm up and the first few arrows are good then out to the course and some good some bad but it does add to the physical build up and usually is fun and, I think it also prepares you for those high pressure intense shots (nothing like having a few bystanders/ hecklers/ "friends" to add to that). All in all it is shooting the bow and I just can't stay away from that too long. As it gets close to the hunt season though I focus on the many anchors, few shots routein, that has worked best for me.

[BOWMARKS]

The first one is normaly the one that counts in the woods,I would be happy.  

[Archie]

I went out and fired 3 shots this morning, without warming up -- for the first time in weeks.  All three were in a pie plate, at 44 yards.  It seems like my shots get squirrelly as time goes on in a practice session, and probably due to loss of focus.

[wtpops]

Yup , when you get every thing dialed in to the old computer upstairs the worst thing you can do is think, Thinking screws me up, if i just concentrate on the spot and block out all else the shot just happens. Now when im out working on a particular area of my form of course im concentrating on that and not worried about where i hit.

[LinemanARK]

Well I hate it whem the arrow doesnt go were I want it. I have been shooting long enough to know what I did wrong to fix it, thats the best part. I have been working on all of my shooting parts but  focusing is were I am having the most trouble with. Is there anything I can do to help with this.

[threeunder]

1st shot for me usually one of my best....down hill from there until....well, usually my next "first shot"...LOL

Seriously though, for a hunter...the first shot is the most important.

[threeunder]

Originally posted by wtpops:
Yup , when you get every thing dialed in to the old computer upstairs the worst thing you can do is think, Thinking screws me up, if i just concentrate on the spot and block out all else the shot just happens. Now when im out working on a particular area of my form of course im concentrating on that and not worried about where i hit.

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[Pat B]

When I get near hunting season I only take one cold shot a day. Thats usually all you will get on stand.

[huskyarcher]

Its totally a crap shoot for me lol. If i concetrate and follow through something is useually in trouble though.

[Firefighter154]

Man I always seem to shoot better when it's getting dark outside and I can barely see the target. I also shoot better if I shoot at smaller targets. I'll sometimes take small stirofoam cups and place them in some planted pines and walk through at different distances and shoot. I think it's because it make me focus more.

[RecurveRookie]

I shoot best after about 6 warm up shots, but I always stretch and draw to anchor and hold a few times before my 1st shot to make it count.  But my bow feels a lot lighter after about 20 shots, and its only 47#.  I usually shoot at 20 yds, then shoot at 25 or 30, then back closer again when I get tired and ready to quit.  When I start getting tired I really stink!