practicing frequency
 

I only practice maybe 3 times right before bow season, as I've shot the same setup for close to a decade. I haven't ever owned another bow, although all of my friends upgrade every other year. I've shot so much in the past that i feel I can't get much better and familar with it. Anybody else not practice much anymore?

If I still shot a compound....I'd do just like you (only to check equip.).

Since this has been a relatively mild summer, I started shooting a little earlier than normal this year. My bow case is next to the door leading to the deck and the targets are up in the back yard so I can get a few rounds in after I get home from work. I've probably been shooting 10-15 arrows 2-3 times per week for the past month.

Normally I would have started last weekend.

I used to shoot once a week year round, but I live too far to go to the club now. I have been shooting once or twice a week for the last couple of months.

I shoot pretty much everyday year round.

And I still suck.... haha....

I shoot about 4 times a week. Each session is a bit different. I have been doing alot of close up practice just practicing my form and release. Sometimes it is strictly my 3-D targets more so as hunting season gets closer. Other times it is just shooting at the block. I also vary my practice with a Zenith BT and my Tru Ball Pro Diamond.

Shane

I shoot in 3 300 leagues a year. that's 60 arrows every wed night, and sometimes on sat too. so i pretty much shoot all year round. although the few months leading up to hunting season my friends and i start to do the 3d shoots as well. i live in the city so it's very hard for me to shoot in the backyard. my season opens Oct 12.

I begin shooting my recurve-Damon Howat Super Diablo- in June,:deer: almost every day, 20-24 arrows til season starts, after that, when ever I can.

I really enjoy shooting, so I do it quite often. As far as staying proficient, I don't need to shoot as much as I do, but I still do. Usually about 3-4 times a week average.

I average 75 arrows/day. I shot 88 arrows, earlier....and I'll blank bale another 30 or so, tonight.

I do this for 2 reasons:

1. I like shooting this bow.
2. I HAVE to.

I have been shooting 6 arrows every morning for a while now. Just got a new zipper recurve and trying to see which arrows I like best, and want to shoot fresh.

I love shooting my bow, no way would I not shoot throughout the year and then pick my bow up a few weeks before season. My practice routine is at least 3-4 times a week, and I shoot year round. I'd shoot my bow 7 days a week 365 days a year if my job and family obligations would allow me too. Shooting a bow is fun, I don't do it just because I need to get ready for hunting season...I do it because I love to shoot.

If I didn't go with a whole new arrow setup this year, I wouldn't have really shot that much.
I have 2 weeks to my elk hunt, I've been taking 1-3 shots, mostly every night. NO reason to do more than that.

Be the arrow!

Having been involved in archery and bowhunting for 36 years I would have to say that for at least the last 20 years I take about 20 shots a year for hunting practice. That is just to check the tune of my equipment and how well my broadhead tipped arrows fly.

The other 10,000 shots each year are because I like shooting; shooting targets and 3D. There is no way to really practice hunting. Hunting and shooting are not the same thing. I never have to practice shooting for hunting because my mind and body are never out of tune in the first place.

For the most part, I shoot everyday beginning Jan. 1 and stop shooting Dec. 31. A spectator I am not...

I'm like Will, I love to shoot my Bows!

Same here lol! I could pick up the bow just before season and be fine hunting im sure, but I love shooting. Its a hobby, not just a hunting tool for me.

Derek

Nice. i skipped over this somehow the first time through. I feel and do the exact same way as you do. I shoot out of the multiple stands in my backyard before season to make sure my mechanics(in extreme angles) are good and I can shoot from the tree like I can from the ground...

Derek

I'm not a hardcore, though I do enjoy shooting. I shoot sporadically throughout the year when it's warm out, mostly to check my accuracy. Since I shoot a sights free trad bow it sometimes surprises me how much I retain, my first shot is nearly always within a couple of inches of where I aim. Sometimes I'll hang Daisy™ Shatterblast™ discs on the target to shoot at for focus, the bright orange color makes it easy to zone in on, and the small size is challenging to hit.

Starting in Sept I start doing one-shot practices, several times per day. I have found that I really benefit from that, just getting the feeling for how it is going to feel in the treestand when I need to shoot without any warm up. I'll usually shoot maybe 10 arrows a day, but all are just one shot at a time. I shoot in the morning before I head to the gym, just one arrow, then when I get back home, one more arrow before I head to work. Then, in the evenings, I'll shoot the rest of them between 5 and 10 p.m., but again, just one at a time. I've got the bow in my bedroom, and the target out the sliding door, so all my stuff is right there.

I guess I am different than most in the forum, seeing as I don't practice much. I spend way more time scouting than shooting. I'm not that fanatical about bowhunting, in fact if it wasn't for archery season opening first I wouldn't hunt with a bow at all.

for me i must satisfy my OCD and shoot daily....do take a few days off here and there but i LOVE my shooting bows and wouldn't have it any other way!! nice also to be able to shoot in my own yard & from trees in the yard --- lots of times i'm entertaining the does that are watching me!!

I shoot two to three times a week up through July, four times a week through August-early September, and five times a week in late September. During the season, I try to shoot at least three times a week.