I have a mckenzie carbon buck in the far corner of my yard. I can get from 0-50 and at several angles. I walk out the door and randomly go to a spot and shoot an arrow. I pull it and go inside. When I do shoot alot (my best friend is home) we only shoot 1 arrow at a time, so as to only dull 1 broadhead (montec, even though I shoot a rage). He is a very good shot, and got me into this along time ago. Some days we fling upwards of a hundred, but form usually does not suffer because the trash talk about who is better won't let it. I guess to answer your question, I believe I could kill out to 40 on any given day.
Amen!!! I really enjoy shooting and don't have a regimented "training program". I just usually go outside and shoot until it's dark. I know that's probably too much but I just enjoy it. I'm sure there are lots of ways to train your mind on how to react to the situations but to me it's still hard to be in total control of your nerves. I didn't realize how exciting bow hunting was until I had my 1st deer in range about 6 years ago.
Who asked you?? Just giving you a hard time old man!! My fricking elbow Is really starting to piss me off, I'm done with the meds I got from the doctor and It's back (the pain) like It was before. Not good!!! Thanks Todd!!
at least 5 times a week as we get closer here, and in my mind i never stop practicing... whats the shot gonna look like, when is it gonna be, how much lighting do i have? weather, is there another deer right below me and so on and so on.
last year I started shooting my bow a couple months before season. sets of maybe four arrows, yardages from 10 to 40. if I would scatter a grouping in any one set, I'd move back in and start over. I was getting fairly proficient, but I simply did not have the confidence I had when I was a young man shooting my old indian stalker bow. I shot that thing always and I positively knew I was going to hit what I was shooting at, period. no doubt in my mind. in fact I never even thought about it. I just did it. finaly last season, trying to regain that confident feeling, I took my bow in to gander to talk to a tech guy. being new to this new archery, having had the same old bow for 30 years, I had some questions and warned him they may be silly and he said "nonsense". " what would you like to know?" I went over some various components of my bow to be sure every thing was in order and finaly, I asked him if we could paper tune it. he took me to the back room and we shot it twice through paper. bullet holes he called them. it was a very pleasant experience and I learned a bit from him. I went home and set my deer target at 18 yards and strapped my climber to a nice basswood tree and ascended to 20 feet. I sunk the first 3 arrows perfectly in the vitals and stuck one in the neck. that was it for me. the confidence was back and three days later I arrowed my first nice buck. didn't even think about it. I just drew and released. schwaack! gold! the moral of my ramblings is confidence. when you feel confident in your shooting, I mean a no doubt, no thinking about "can I?" just a knowing that when you need it to happen, it's going to happen, then your ready. with a month to go, I'm ready. are you?
i have found it is much easier to just shoot all year, even it is just a couple arrows a few nights a week. I do shoot a lot of 3d and in the winter my buddies and I shoot a screen league
