Shooting problem please help!!!
08-14-2008, 04:10 PM
#1
Fork Horn
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Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: San Angelo, Texas (Now in Tulsa, OK)
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Shooting problem please help!!!
Hey guys im tryin to get some practice in and get pretty good as i just started with a bow and i want to get ready for bowseason. Im shootin about ping-pong paddle sized groups and i wanted to know if anyone has any methods of like staying still with the bow or focusing on a certain point etc. i just want some thing that will help me get my groups tighter and help me be able to hold the bow steady and on the target so i will be ready for deer season.
Thanks
Colten
Thanks
Colten
08-14-2008, 08:54 PM
#3
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Sep 2004
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RE: Shooting problem please help!!!
Buckmaster, maybe try to workout a little like pushups/pull-ups? That might help your shoulders stabilize the bow.
And buck, something that has been really helping me lately is really "burning a hole in the target" right before I release my arrow. I focus on my pins, then to the target....then I burn that hole in the target. Someone on here said that line about burning a hole recently and I tried it. My groups have improved.
And buck, something that has been really helping me lately is really "burning a hole in the target" right before I release my arrow. I focus on my pins, then to the target....then I burn that hole in the target. Someone on here said that line about burning a hole recently and I tried it. My groups have improved.
08-14-2008, 09:05 PM
#4
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Middletown PA United States
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RE: Shooting problem please help!!!
Practicing and building the muscles that shoot a bow is good. A syabilizer can definitely help too, but probably the most important thing for being able to control a bow is getting the draw length to fit you and not trying to shoot too much draw weight. These are the two most important things.
Accuracy comes from developing decent, consistent shooting form. You can't develop good shooting form if you're fighting a bow.
If your draw length is too long and you're drawing about 10# too much weight then consider yourself to be in the same group as 80% of people shooting today.
Accuracy comes from developing decent, consistent shooting form. You can't develop good shooting form if you're fighting a bow.
If your draw length is too long and you're drawing about 10# too much weight then consider yourself to be in the same group as 80% of people shooting today.
08-14-2008, 09:36 PM
#5
Fork Horn
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RE: Shooting problem please help!!!
no my draw length is fine and my draw weight is perfect i just have a problem with holding the bow until i get the shot i want i get to anxious and just shoot without fcousing a lot but theni focus too hard and i pull the shot way sumwher else
08-14-2008, 09:39 PM
#6
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
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RE: Shooting problem please help!!!
ORIGINAL: BGfisher
Practicing and building the muscles that shoot a bow is good. A syabilizer can definitely help too, but probably the most important thing for being able to control a bow is getting the draw length to fit you and not trying to shoot too much draw weight. These are the two most important things.
Accuracy comes from developing decent, consistent shooting form. You can't develop good shooting form if you're fighting a bow.
If your draw length is too long and you're drawing about 10# too much weight then consider yourself to be in the same group as 80% of people shooting today.
Practicing and building the muscles that shoot a bow is good. A syabilizer can definitely help too, but probably the most important thing for being able to control a bow is getting the draw length to fit you and not trying to shoot too much draw weight. These are the two most important things.
Accuracy comes from developing decent, consistent shooting form. You can't develop good shooting form if you're fighting a bow.
If your draw length is too long and you're drawing about 10# too much weight then consider yourself to be in the same group as 80% of people shooting today.
I know alot of bowhunters are still shooting too long but there are alot of target archers that are going the opposite way and shooting too short.
08-14-2008, 09:40 PM
#7
Giant Nontypical
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RE: Shooting problem please help!!!
ORIGINAL: Buckmaster519
no my draw length is fine and my draw weight is perfect i just have a problem with holding the bow until i get the shot i want i get to anxious and just shoot without fcousing a lot but theni focus too hard and i pull the shot way sumwher else
no my draw length is fine and my draw weight is perfect i just have a problem with holding the bow until i get the shot i want i get to anxious and just shoot without fcousing a lot but theni focus too hard and i pull the shot way sumwher else
08-14-2008, 11:09 PM
#9
Dominant Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Blossvale, New York
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RE: Shooting problem please help!!!
Well, it depends on your style if you really need help at this point. Are you shooting pins, peep, barebow or what? Besides the muscle build up, the bow must be tuned. The arrows must fly true and be the same. Form is the driving force.
08-14-2008, 11:15 PM
#10
Fork Horn
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RE: Shooting problem please help!!!
im shooting pins looking thru a peep the tuning is fine i just have trouble relaxing and keeping the pin where i want until im ready to fire