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phideaux4886
What distance should I start practicing at?

Yesterday my wife brought me home three bails of hay.
It was a nasty rainy day but I could not help myself, I wanted to take some shots.
I punched a hole in a couple of 5" paper plates, ran a string through them and tied them to the bails of hay.
I stepped back to 25' from the hay and with 5 arrows I took ten shots.
I was about 5" high and about 3" to the right, but all ten shots where within 5" of each other.
I am thinking of setting my sights for 25', 50' and 75' and then practicing at the 75' distance.
My thinking is that it would be harder to hit the bulls-eye at 75' and that would force me to work harder.
Any thoughts?
DSM
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  • bang250
    Start at 10 or 20 yards and work back. I don't shoot over 40 yards and most the time I shoot 30 yards.
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  • fishermanben
    Make it your mission to keep all of your arrows in a silver dollar at 30 yards.

    Ben
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  • phideaux4886
    Thanks guys.
    Maybe I can make it outside for lunch. [:D]
    It's a bummer having to work for yourself. [:D]
    DSM
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  • dcso3009
    If you are hitting high, raise your sight. For the right move the pin right. You always follow the arrow impact with your sight pin to sight your pin in. I too would suggest at 10 or 20 yard starting point, or your pins will be too close and seeing between them difficult.
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  • salzo
    Ten yards, or less. Dont worry to much about elevation, but do fix the windage adjustment. If you are hitting right, adjust your sights right.
    wHEN GETTING A CONSISTEN GROUP, TAKE FIVE STEPS back. When you are comfortable at that distance, take five more steps, and so on, until you reach 25 yards. Practice at twenty five, but continue practicing closer shots. Once you get to twenty five, adjust your elevation.
    Practice A LOT at 25 and under, dont go above twenty five yards until your form is consistent, and your poi is consistant.
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  • phideaux4886
    quote:Originally posted by salzo
    Ten yards, or less. Dont worry to much about elevation, but do fix the windage adjustment. If you are hitting right, adjust your sights right.
    wHEN GETTING A CONSISTEN GROUP, TAKE FIVE STEPS back. When you are comfortable at that distance, take five more steps, and so on, until you reach 25 yards. Practice at twenty five, but continue practicing closer shots. Once you get to twenty five, adjust your elevation.
    Practice A LOT at 25 and under, dont go above twenty five yards until your form is consistent, and your poi is consistant.

    Check. Thanks.
    DSM
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  • headzilla97
    shoot at 20 yards and stick to it till u can put all your arrows touching at that distance then move to 25 30 ext
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  • phideaux4886
    I work in feet, pace in feet and estimate in feet as part of my chosen profession, I just cannot think in yards.
    Twenty four years of feet is hard to beat.
    I am shooting at fifty feet and will stick with that until I can hit that consistently.
    Thanks all.
    DSM
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  • bang250
    quote:Originally posted by phideaux4886
    I work in feet, pace in feet and estimate in feet as part of my chosen profession, I just cannot think in yards.
    Twenty four years of feet is hard to beat.
    I am shooting at fifty feet and will stick with that until I can hit that consistently.
    Thanks all.
    DSM


    understand, for estimating though, I would think yards would be easier. 3 ft to 1 yrd "roughly" 1 step/stride whatever you wanna call it is "roughly" 3 ft or 1 yrd. So if your estimating, 20 steps from your target would be about 20 yrds. Whatever works for you is what matter though.
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  • phideaux4886
    quote:Originally posted by bang250
    quote:Originally posted by phideaux4886
    I work in feet, pace in feet and estimate in feet as part of my chosen profession, I just cannot think in yards.
    Twenty four years of feet is hard to beat.
    I am shooting at fifty feet and will stick with that until I can hit that consistently.
    Thanks all.
    DSM


    understand, for estimating though, I would think yards would be easier. 3 ft to 1 yrd "roughly" 1 step/stride whatever you wanna call it is "roughly" 3 ft or 1 yrd. So if your estimating, 20 steps from your target would be about 20 yrds. Whatever works for you is what matter though.

    Well, the thing of it is, I can pace 1000' on flat land and be within a couple of feet.
    When I pace I count five everytime I plant my right foot.
    I can also estimate distances and often be within a few feet on shorter distances.
    When someone tells me 30 yards I have to convert it to feet to be able to visualize it on the ground.
    I've been in land surveying since 1984 and I'm to old to try to retrain my brain.[:D]
    DSM
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  • bang250
    sweet, where you at, I need some land surveyed [:D]
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  • phideaux4886
    quote:Originally posted by bang250
    sweet, where you at, I need some land surveyed [:D]

    Not in Illinois, but if you have land in Louisiana, maybe I can help.
    [;)]
    DSM
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