RE: Is Bow Fishing a good way to learn to shoot?
I WOULD ALSO SAY NO. YOU SHOOT ALOT BUT YOU HAVE TO SHOOT LOW TO HIT THE FISH. I WAS SHOOTING MY RECURVE RECURVE A FEW YEARS AGO ON A TRIP TO FLORIDA. SHOOTING FISH DURING MID DAY AND TRYING FOR PIGS IN MORNING AND EVENING. ONE MORNING I MISSED TWO 90-100 LB PIGS AT LESS THAN 20 YARDS, ONE FROM TREE STAND AND ONE FROM GROUND I WAS LOW BOTH TIMES. THAT DAY I DID NOT GO AFTER FISH I PRACTICED AT THE 3-D TARGET FOR ABOUT AN HOUR AND KILLED A 250 LB BOAR THAT NIGHT. I ALSO DON'T THINK REGULAR SHOOTING AT THE COMPUTER GENERATED TARGETS IS GOOD FOR INSTINCTIVE SHOOTER. YOU ARE SHOOTING A FIXED DISTANCE BUT THE TARGETS SIZE MAKES THEM APPEAR AT DIFFERENT SO THIS CAN SCREW UP YOUR "ONBOARD COMPUTER" BETWEEN YOUR EARS. I GUESS SOME SYSTEMS TAKE THAT IN TO ACCOUNT BUT NOT THE ONES I HAVE SHOT. ONCE YOU GET YOUR BASIC FORM DOWN GET A FEW JUDO POINTS AND GO FOR A WALK "STUMP SHOOTING" THEN YOU HAVE VARING DISTANCES YOUR BRAIN HAS TO ADJUST TO. ORGANIZED 3-D SHOOTS ( ONE SHOT AT UNKNOWN DISTANCE)CAN BE GOOD AS WELL.- GOOD LUCK- PAT