Pretty good for only shooting for thes than a year. Keep practicing and you'll get better and better. I need to shoot some more 5 spot. I love doing it, just don't have the time.

Please, I am not familiar with 5 spot, can someone explain it a little? [&:]

A 5-spot target is a target with 5 individual targets on it. They each contain a 4 ring,5 ring and an X ring. It looks like a # 5 on a dice. The purpose of these are for when you get better, you won't ruin your arrows by shooting at the same bullseye and by shooting at seperate spots you won't get glance outs. Imagine packing 5 arrows into the X ring 12 times in a row! You need a 5 spot.

Thanks GregH,

I thought that was what it was but wanted to make sure. I do have to shoot different spots...[8D]last year I did a Robin Hood[:'(]and stripped a few feathers and broke nocks so I started shooting at different dots. Guess I was doing it without knowing what I was doing! [8D]

Probably the worst shooter there last night did a robin hood on a 5 spot target. He missed the upper left target by about 6 inches to the right. Then he missed the upper right target by about 6 inches to the left and "robin hooded" the first arrow. He got zero points for both and ruined 2 arrows.

Huh oh! Ouch! [&o]

I know just enough to get me in trouble but last night was a good example of how important good form is. I am certainly not perfect and am quick to admit it. I am about 90% self taught. The other 10% has come from this forum and reading articles online.

I could see how poor other archers stance and grip were and how they contributed to poor shots.

Lethal,
I would say it is a pretty good score for you first time. Your X count was good. You should be shooting in the 290's by the end of the year. I've been shooting indoor 5-spot leagues for about8 years now. I know when I first started shooting five spots (although I was only 16), I shot in the 260's, and now don't drop out ofupper 290's.

It really depends on scoring as far as good vs bad scores. Our league only scores X, 5, 4, 0, (X and 5 are both worth 5 points). But I know some leagues that score X, 5,4,3,0. So it is going to vary a little bit.

Indoor winter leagues are were you really get to know your equiptment. Shooting 60 arrows at 20 yards everynight really allows for you to fine tune your patterns, catch if you tweaking you bow any, see if your dropping you arm, see it you sight/rest/nock/peep need to be slide just a little bit. All this fine tuning allows you to rip it up when it gets warm out and you shoot 3D courses.

The scoring in my league differed between targets. They are letting us shoot the 5 spot target or the big single shot target. On the 5 spot, we can score 5X, 5, 4, 3, or 0. On the big single shot they can also score score a 2 or a 1 since it has more rings.

Several of the "not so good" shooters opted for the big single shot to save some points.

Personally, I do not want to damage my arrows. I only hit one 3 pointer all night.

I noticed that all 3 of the open class guys and a couple of the bowhunter guys had the bigger diameter arrows. I could see from my own scoring how those fatter shaft would earn you a few extra points. I do not think I want to spend that kind of money on those arrows. I'd rather see how good I can do with my pure hunting setup. I have no modifications to my bow for the target season. I'm using the same sight, rest, and arrows that I hunt with.

Archery accuracy is all about form. Although indoor 5 spot shooting is kind of monotenous, I think it is the best practice for when you move outdoors and hunting, especially at longer yardages. BTW, for the last few years I've shot 2613's, x-7s. I'm not sure if they make a bigger arrow yet. They are a little tricky to tune, you have to use huge point weight to soften the spine of your arrow. I use 220 gr. Sometimes they can hinder you, like if you are in a shoot off, and you are shooting for inside Xs for a tie breaker!