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Discussion in 'Bowhunting Talk' started by Sticknstringarchery, May 5, 2011.

  1. Sticknstringarchery

    Sticknstringarchery Grizzled Veteran

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    Ho often do you practice and how important is it to you?

    Where do you practice shooting your bows?
    How often do you practice?
    Do you get out in a stand and practice?

    I am fortunate enough to live on a combined 200 acres. My wife and I opened an archery range a few month back. Until this past month due to studying for my finals for this semester, I was shooting 200-500 shots a week. my last final is next Monday and I plan to start back my practice. We have a tree stand lane set up and I practice all different yardages changing randomly from the stand. It probably helps that I love to shoot and I do believe that it is one of the more important things to do to be prepared.
     
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    Where do you practice shooting your bows? I practice shooting at my house. I live on 20 acres and have plenty of space to practice.

    How often do you practice? I like to shoot my bow 4-5 days a week. Some days it's just a couple arrows and some days it's hundreds.

    Do you get out in a stand and practice? Absolutely!
     
  3. indynotch50

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    Where do you practice shooting your bows? I practice shooting at my house. I live on 20 acres and have plenty of space to practice.

    How often do you practice? I like to shoot my bow 5-6days a week. Some days it's just a couple arrows and some days it's hundreds.

    Do you get out in a stand and practice? Absolutely!

    Some days I practice with set ranges, where I know the distance. Other days I'll go to another spot on my property, put the bag down and just walk around to different spots and shoot, to make myself judge the distance. Also I like to shoot from different positions, sitting, ground, blind...
     
  4. BJE80

    BJE80 Legendary Woodsman

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    I live in a city of ~35,000 so I can't shoot outside. But I do shoot in my basement. From wall to wall it's 17 yards. Then I get outside and shoot at the gravel pit at longer distances when the season gets close. I also go to one of my gun hunting spots to shoot from an elevated position to practice.
     
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    I practice in my back yard for 20yds shots and inside my shop at 27yds shots.
    Currently looking for an area to shoot longer shots. Would like to practice from my ladder stands but when we're on property we're either hunting or preparing the hunt.
     
  6. Indiana Hunter

    Indiana Hunter Die Hard Bowhunter

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    I can shoot up to 35 yards in our back yard, for longer distances and shooting from a stand I go to my parents house. They have a back yard where I can shoot up to 100 yards. I also have a practice stand set up at there house because I don't have any mature trees at my house. I shoot 3 times during the week, sometimes more. I try to make it to my parents once every other weekend.
     
  7. headstrong

    headstrong Die Hard Bowhunter

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    I have a park by me that has a 17' raised platform and can shoot out to around 90 yards. I also shoot from different positions. Right now I'm only practicing about once a week but will be about 3 times a week.
     

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