ORIGINAL: Heckler
the only kind of practice I do now is stumping, when I first started I shot into my deer target grouped my arrows in the vitals out to 20yrds with my longbow. It wasn't 3" group or nothing I am not an olympic target shooter and not near that good but as a hunter knowing I can put my arrows in the vitals of a deer is what I need to know. Now when I practice I stump shoot which puts me more into hunting situations and I guess you could call it one shot practice because thats what it is and thats what hunting is. You only get one arrow in a hunting situation. Shooting at a deer target from your deck or backyard is going to be a completely different animal than going inot the woods and shooting through branches and being tuck down ina down fall. Sorry if I got off topic but when it comes to being ready to hunt don't base it on how many arrows you can put into your deer target standing in your back yard or off your deck. Good luck.
So people on here are advocating stump shooting without practicing a good release, or learning some instintive shooting skills by shooting an arrow and adjusting and making that mental note it takes to make an instintive shot? Guys, you can't just learn to drive by putting a car in drive and heading out on the interstate. You might make it home and learn to navaigate eventually, but you have to learn the basics.
I bet you everybody on here learned to shoot by group shooting at first. And if they say they didn't, they are telling a fib.