Actually I do. I bought a bow 10 years ago and still use. Would love to upgrade, though. You want to donate to my new bow fund? Sent from my SM-G900R4 using Tapatalk
I'm like you. I don't shoot my hunting bow very often. I'll shoot it starting in July but all of my energy is spent with my target bow from about mid December thru August Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Yeah I've tuned my hunting bow but aide from firing shots to tune it, all I've shot is my target rig. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
I do want, but don't currently have, a dedicated target bow. My NO Cam HTR as its set up is very accurate when I put my mind to it. Right now I just like to shoot to relax and for the fun of the sport. I've shot right thru and ripped 2" blazer and 3" hunting fletchings just at the range. I figured that the minimal cost of arrow and fetching replacement was just part of the hobby, and less expensive than the number of new ProV1 golf balls I hit OB when playing a round of golf. Taking down a whitetail deer here in Minnesota where I live, when shots aren't usually any longer than 30 yards, isn't a problem with my HTR, but putting a couple of arrows on a cigarette box back to back at 60 would require more concerted practice on my part. All in all I just love to shoot as often as I can.
I own 1 bow... A 2013 Bear Method and I shoot like 3 times a week. I shoot out to 40yds. I don't expect to shoot 3" groups every time I shoot. And I'm perfectly fine with that. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Since it's summer and I have nothing to do except fish at our dock and shoot my bow, I shoot about 200 arrows a day.
Good shooter... slow learner... When my groups get too tight, I quit shooting more than one arrow at the same target. Maybe you should do the same and save a bunch of money...
Slow learner? Not so much. It doesn't bother me to split a shaft. Shooting at the same spot in a target is part of my job. When I split a shaft it's just cost if doing business. I shoot the spots until they fail and arrows get busted in the process. Before I went to work for the company, I shot different spots. Sent from my SM-N910V using Tapatalk
40 is the max I will shoot since I still use a finger tab (because I'm old school and just awesome like that) but it gets the job done.
I only have one arrow left since the fletching is torn up on the other two, so I can't really shoot a group
I do the opposite, I practice and shoot target and 3D with Gold Tip Pro Hunters, then hunt with the cheap Gold Tip Expedition Hunters. Why break a $10 arrow on a deer, when there's a $4 arrow that groups just about as good and kills deer just as dead.
I run there so its Shoot,Run,Shoot, Run. If drawing back counts as Lifting its pretty much a Lift,Run,Shoot workout
Putting arrows on top of one another isn't that hard after you've been shooting a while. The trick is putting your "first arrow" where it needs to go! There is a lot to be said for the one arrow practice session, considering it's almost always a one shot game with whitetails. Shooting at a small (separate) spot is the ticket if you're shooting several arrows.
Most of the time, I find groups from a common distance useful only for setting sights. I'm a happy camper when I can put together a nice group of arrows where each is shot from a different random distance.
ruck139, I'm right there with you. I shoot VAP.166's for 3D and practice because I like their consistency at long distances and in heavy wind. I use Beman ICS Hunter Patriots for white-tail deer because of the greater selection of broad heads available and their toughness.
I wasn't saying that was always the case but it seems to be more times than not! My point was, usually the ones that get their picture taken aren't "average". Most people don't look at the target and say "Wow that was a really average group, let me take a picture of it!" I was just putting things into perspective. Didn't mean to offend anyone. I love looking at pictures of great groups/shots though! Post them up! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
