Eastwood, if you have one by march and practice on a regular basis your skill levels should be to a point to allow you to hunt this year.

How much practice?

It varys from person to person, some people have to practice a lot more than others. How do you know when you are there? When it becomes second nature, when you bring the bow to full draw and you are right on target and you are on your anchor point, steady, release and can put 6 out of 6 in a pie plate.

I practice 1-2 times a week all year, the closer the season draws the more I practice, I practice every day for at least 2-3 weeks before the season starts.

You need to stay in practice otherwise the muscles used to draw your bow and hold it get out of tune! When you first start to practice start out every 3 days, you will find out depending on how many pounds your pulling all about muscle groups you did not know existed, depending on you, it could be in either arm or shoulder, maybe both or all.

Remember what ever distance you can put 6 out of 6 in a pie plate at target shooting, subtract 10 yards for your max hunting range!

The Tazman aka Martin Price
Founder and President of
Virginia Disabled Outdoorsmen Club