I have been feeling really good about my recent shooting. Help from Arne Moe, Dave and others on this site have helped me immensely.
With that said, I went out this morning and measured off 5, 10, 15 and 20 yards. (I've never measured off yardage like that before, just shot at varying ranges.)
I was amazed at how POORLY I shot. Shooting at a circular piece of cardboard (from a frozen pizza container) from 10, 15 and 20 yards... 3 arrows each, I would usually have one off the cardboard at 20 yards. The cardboard measures 10" in diameter.
One thing I noted was that I have always "stepped off" what I thought was a yard per step... but it is actually less than a yard per step.
I have recently gotten my first true robin hood and have hit a plastic golf ball a few times from 40 yards... but I have a LONG WAY TO GO.
I've taken dozens of deer with the recurve... but all were fairly close shots.
Good luck with the accuracy!!