100% in TOTAL agreement with Oldtimr and Topper. Even at this old age I still have to shoot different targets with each arrow at 40 yards to keep from screwing up my fletchings and nochs. I don't mind fletching, hell it's actually relaxing to fletch my sets, but it can get a little pricey when you start hitting nochs and busting the end of your arrows. Some people feel that if you can consistently hit a pie plate (9 inches) at 40 yards you are good to go. Those are generally the ones out there wounding deer and not cleanly taking them. You seriously need MUCH more practice and at distances that you will be hunting at. My regiment was this, when I could consistently hit a 2 inch target at 20 yards, I moved to 30, then 40, then 50, then 60. I don't take shots at game past 40 yards but I do practice at 60 yards a lot so that that 40 yard shot is a chip shot. That regiment was well over 50 years ago and with a Long Re-Curve. Nowadays I use a pretty speedy compound and have absolutely no problem busting arrows. All my kids were raised with the same regiment and wasn't allowed into the woods with a bow until they could show me they were ready and able to deliver a shot that will cleanly and efficiently take a deer.