Shooting in the dark

[Trond]

I had a funny experience last night. I try to shoot a few arrows every day after work, but yesterday was a busy day, so it became rather late. When I finally got time to take the bow outside, it was dark. The only light I had was on my target, and what happens? I have never been shooting this good before. I could barely see my bow, but my groupings where more than nice. Anyone else had the same experience?

[hart2hart]

Yep...no" background" noise..like Don't hit the neighbor's house....nor the car across the street,etc.
Increased focus.
Mike

[fnshtr]

Yes. I followed up by setting up a laser pointer dot on the target with the same results... tighter groups.

Interesting.

[Ravenhood]

If its completely dark , I mean can not see the bow or arrow at all , I dont shoot as good as when its just dark.

[jackdaw]

you still have to have some frame of reference of where your hand is. Complete darkness can be a disaster, pretty dark is still OK. It increases your focus on target only..

[jackdaw]

you still have to have some frame of reference of where your hand is. Complete darkness can be a disaster, pretty dark is still OK. It increases your focus on target only..

[Trond]

Yeah, I am standing outside the livingroom window so I get a little bit of light. Just enough to see what I'm doing. The idea of using a laserpointer sound good. That I will try when only the temperatures rise a bit. It's freezing up here now.