shooting

[schnitz]

how ofen do you guy shoot i try to shoot ever day but it seem like im only good out to about 15 yards past that cant group werth a darn any tips to help me be more consisent i shoot a 73 lb  hill big 5 with 2216 at 28 inches you think i should go to a lighter shaft i like to shoot a 160 head thanks guys

[wapiti]

Lighter weight bow I would say is in order with out seeing your form. Proper form and technique is everything IMO. 73 lbs is a pretty heavy set up.

[McDave]

No way could I pull a 73 lb bow, but I do practice with a 65 lb bow.  I don't do very well with it, but it does build up my strength.  Then when I switch to a 60 lb bow to hunt, or a 55 lb bow to shoot in a competition, I find that they are easy to pull and my arrows group much better.

This works pretty well for me, except that with the extra strength I build up, I find that I can hold the 55 lb bow at full draw for a while if I want to.  I have to fight the tendency to hold it too long before I release the arrow, because the shot just seems to get worse the longer I hold it.

[mike g]

Schnitz....
    Do you practice at further yardage....
Try what I call the draw back method of practice.
    Start at about 10yds shoot an arrow, move back 3-5 paces and loose another one, keep doing this untill your as far back as want to go, I do it as far back as 40-5- yds....
    Do this everytime ya practice, and pretty soon your on board PC will figure it out....
    Of course ya can't be over bowed and ya have to have nice flying arras....

[swampbuck]

I could probaly shoot 73#s but I sure wouldn,t wanna try to learn to shoot with a bow that heavy.

Assuming that your not over bowed have you done any bare shafting?? From what I,ve heard NOT first hand experiance the Hill style bows need to have the right spine more so than bows that are cut closer to center.

IF your not over bowed ya should be able to slow down a second or so to make sure your site picture is correct,give your brain a chance to read what it,s seeing basically avoid snap shooting you can speed up your shot process after you get it down.

I,d really suggest a much lighter set up even if you can handle the draw,I presently shoot 57 and wish I had a 40#er to work on my form with

Good luck

[Ben Woodring]

Hee hee...these guys are politely saying your pullin too much darn weight to learn good form etc.

[schnitz]

yea maybe ill stay with my 55 lb reurve its alot easeir to shoot ive been messin around with carbons out of it does any body shoot beamen 400 tring to figure out how much weight to put on the front any ideas

[swampbuck]

I shoot the 400's 29.5" lg outta my 58@28 drawn 28 with 250 gr,s up front.It bare shafted weak and since I didn't wanna cut them any shorter just yet I padded my side plate a little to account for the weak arrow.total arrow wieght for the camo hunters is 570gr

A complete set of tuning tips wouldn,t set ya back that much.Get a doz of every wieght ya can find switching tips before cutting

check out OL Adcocks web site and tuneing page

[Molson]

73# or 53# don't mean a hoot if you don't have good form. Going down in weight will make it easier for you to shoot with bad form, but it will not magically improve your form.

If you do not know why you are inconsistent, I would suggest checking out the threads on form in the Shooters Forum.  Once you can identify why you are inconsistent, then you can identify what to do to correct it.

[schnitz]

i dont think my form is all that bad   its just i have problems grouping at 20 to 25 yard range think i usally do pretty good on the first shot how far out you all practice

[Molson]

Schnitz,

Problems grouping arrows are usually caused by form errors.  The farther back you get, the more obvious they become.  If you group good with your 55# curve then obviously the 73# Hill is too much.  If not, then you need to be able to identify where your problem is to fix it.

When working on form, I would suggest you don't shoot more than three arrows at a time.  Any more and you'll end up just getting lost in shooting, and not concentrating on your form.