Yesterday we gathered in the local archery shop. The owner, a longbow shooter himself, lets us shoot -after we clean up, sweep and mop the shop. A very good deal for all concerned.
I put a golf tee in the block target, just the portion of the tee where the ball sets was visible-about 3/8 inch. we stood back at took turns shooting at it. Genearlly after two shots, we had to remove arrows as the taget was obscured. We were at about 12 yards or so. A compund shooter with a $1200 rig entered and was getting some serving done and watched us. He just shook his head at the accuracy of the bows. He could not believe how consistent and accurate we were. I believe a lot of wheelie shooters believe they are the only ones who can consistently shoot at dime sized targets with any degree of accuracy. Most of the tourneys we shoot here in NV, we stick shooters shoot in groups by ourselves and do not mix in with the other shooters-they just take too long!!!I have been shooting sticks since 1954, with some time in purgatory with wheels, but I just watch arrows fly for the enjoyment-can't see them with compounds these days. cheers.