What do you consider to be an "accurate" shot?

That's the difference between hunting accuracy and target accuracy. I don't care how many arrows I can tube. I care about making one shot at an unknown distance, through obstacles when it counts.

 

This but I would take off an inch.
1"-20. 2"-30. 3"-40yards and I would also add, on your first shot.

I only practice with one or two arrows and focus on bulls eyes. You need your first arrow to hit it mark.

 

I like to keep my groups 2-3" at my shooting ranges when practicing. I figure that when I'm hunting and get a shot at a deer,cold, odd angles, nerves etc, that my groups would double. If I can put an arrow within 4-6" of where I aim when HUNTING that's a dead deer every time.

 

The thing that gives me the most confidence in taking a kill shot on a deer is actually killing deer. I fully recommend to any new bowhunter that they shoot a good amount of deer with their bow in the early stages of their development.

 

I say 2 or 3 inch groups are good for me.. I'm going to try and pick me up a ladder stand this year for practicing.

 

I'm very critical in my shooting practice is funny to my wife when I don't shoot how I feel I should be shooting. But that 1" per 10yds is good to me as well. But like all have said KD range and unknown distance is totally different I used to hang a stand on a light pole at my parents house and my brother would put the target at random spots and I couldn't move my stance to adjust. Good times

 

Well said, the biggest mistake new guys make is doing what they see on TV, waiting for a "shooter". Then, when a shooter shows up they miss, because they have never shot a deer. Hitting a live deer when your heart is pounding is very different than hitting a target. The best advice I ever got was to shoot the first legal deer you see. Unfortunately, the first deer I ever saw while bowhunting was also the biggest deer I have ever seen while hunting, a true giant, and of course, I MISSED!

 

This^^^^ Not to mention aiming for the wrong place on a deer... too far back... point of shoulder... neck shots.

 

I agree with that 100%. New guys need to get some kills under their belt but you see a lot of them get started and immediately start out waiting for a big buck. They finally see a shooter and they miss or worse make a bad hit because they've never actually shot at a deer before. Experience the nerves, the gitters, the blood trailing and every thing that goes with deer hunting with a bow before waiting on a big deer.