So I can make a pretty good group at 15, 25 and 35 yards. But when I try to sight my 4th pin at 45 yards its all over the place and I can't tighten the group up. Sometimes I cant even hit the Target. Any suggestions?
Couple questions. When you Say all over the place do you mean Left to right but at the correct height or do you mean when you miss the target they are flying over top or under? How well does you peep line up with your sight ring? First thing that comes to mind for me is bow torque. If you are torquing it just slightly it may not be enough to effect it that badly at 35-. Try shooting with your bow hand opened or at least as relaxed as possible. To me it sounds like a possible torque or form problem. If it were sights or pins but, you were not torquing or inconsistent in form they would be hitting in generally the same area and not all over the place. This could also be a problem with sight ring on your sight not lining up or maybe even the shooter is not making sure it is lined up the same time every time. These are just a couple things that have helped me. Last weekend I shot my first 4" group at 65yd. It is normal for me to have arrows touching at 40yd now. I use to struggle with hitting the vitals at 30yd consistently.
It could be alot of things, but like someone else said, you may have hit your limit for now ,,, some of the gurus may have something for you, but they will need more info...As far as I am concerned ... keep shooting at 35 until your groups tighten up and then start shooting at 45 .... sight picture changes DRAMATICALLY every 10 yards past 30 IMO
Are you shooting with a loose grip? You should be. Is your sight picture perfect? It needs to be. As you are aiming, is the circle you see of the peep sight, perfectly around the circle of the sight pin guard? It has to be perfect. Is you sight pin hovering all around the target and are you thinking, "Oh well close enough" and punching the release trigger? You have to make sure your sight is exacly where you want it and squeeze the trigger. Close doesn't count. You want that pin exacly where it should be, not just close before you squeeze the trigger. Are you trying to see where you hit at the instant of the shot? You shouldn't be. Are you looking to watch the arrow fly? Don't watch for it. Instead, try your best to keep the sight pin on the target until you hear the arrow impact. Don't watch for the arrow. A little trick I use is to focus my eye on the target and not the sight pin. let the pin become a blur. As you are aiming, just cover the target with the blurry sight pin and squeeze. What happens is, you will notice your aiming is much steadier when all focus is on the target instead of the pin. When you focus on the pin you are chasing the pin trying to compensate for it being off target and you slightly over compensate. Your pin then seems to be unstable. Just try focusing you eye on the target next time and see if you don't feel steadier. One more thing, when you get sighted in at 45, practice at even farther distances. It makes closer shots seem easier.
It works wonders with a rifle scope too. Actually someone first taught me that with a rifle, I just carried it over to the bow.
