Target Practicing

I was out target practicing this week and i was shooting at 20 yards and i was extremely accurate at this range but once i moved it back to 40 yards my arrow was hitting left of the middle everytime is there anyway i could prevent this

 

Simple. move youre arrow rest slightly to the right sounds like center shot is slightly off

 

anyone one else have any ideas why its doing this

 

Could be a ton of variables. Flecthing could be bad, arrow shaft, rest could be hitting, form could be off. Video yourself shooting at 20 and at 40. If there are no changes, it is mechanical. Even the slightest change in form could cause the miss.

If it is consistent, look at everything that touches the shaft. Make sure the fletchings are secure.

A slight move of the sight might be the answer. It might just be the placement of your 40 pin. What happens at 30 and 50?

 

Sounds to me like you are tourqing the bow, not enough to notice at 20, but it rears its ugly head at 40.

Another good reason to practice longer shots, issues that may not appear at short yardages will show up.

 

Hand torque is the likely culprit. If it isn't, you want to move your rest to the left, not the right.

 

Good point, if you are missing left, you want to move it to the left, nit the right.

 

I have always moved my rest the oposite. Meaning if my arrow is hitting left I move it right. You chase the arrow with the sight. If it is hiting right you move right. Hitting it left you move it left. Doing it this way worked great for me 2 days ago.

 

Could be a bunch of stuff. Longer distances expose poor form or faulty set-up. First make sure your set-up is correct then experiment. Examples, making sure you don't torque your bow/ that your arrow is suitable for your bow, etc.

 

i had the same problem when shooting today. the only thing that i had to do though was move my bottom pin up a little bit. and i was right back on target