Ok, I was retuning my bow yesterday using the walk back method. And I was shooting tight groups, I even pulled a robin hood and broke and arrow. But after I got the windage calculated, my elevation was shooting too high and I finally fixed that. But then I could group worth s***. I have no clue how I "suddenly" got inaccurate. So I was wondering if there was a way that could help me practice. - Thank You
Yep, tired would be my guess. Maybe it was getting dark on you and you couldn't see the target as well as before, just another guess.
My suspicion is you were in “The Zone” while shooting well and then became fatigued. The other option is changing light affected your ability to maintain a consistent sight picture. I try to be in my “Zone” on my first shot. I never release more than two dozen in one session to assure fatigue never gets in the way of assessing my form.
Im also new to bow shooting and I fall victim to the same problem. I tend to push things farther than I should and would shoot for 2-3 hours a day. The muscles you use to stabalize the bow do get tired and I could see how tired I was by how I was grouping. I would start out at 2in groups at 35yds and it would start growing to about 5-6in by the time I was done. My dad told me that the best thing to do is to shoot 15-30 min. in the morning and about an hour at most in the evening to get your form on. Then just a few arrows every other day to keep things going. I did that and I like shooting more than that. LOL So I still shoot about 2 hours every day or so.
Oh also, make sure you use different bullseyes for each or each pair of arrows. Through sheer number of shots at one target, you WILL hit and break another arrows nock or shaft. Remember cheaper arrows are about 8 bucks a piece (carbon). Moral of the story, robin hood one once, hang it on the wall, get it outta your system. Then save your money and spread your shots out. I broke three arrows last year and it just aint cheap.
