6.5 CARCANO, great signature pic!!!

JoeR:

Pie plates don' t move, and neither do quarters - animals do. This sometimes sets a different atmosphere, form and equipment selection for accuracy. If you' ve had good success in overcoming " buck fever" , you' re doing just great. There are many ' tournament style' archers who are very capable; but, the equipment they use for extreme accuracy is sometimes not the best for hunting.

Matt and others gave you some good advice. Always strive to improve your personal level.

throw your bow away. buy a crossbow. there is no hope for you. You' re doing just fine. I know guys that can hit quarters at obscene ranges, but they also melt down when a deer comes in front of them.

You' ll be fine, you' ve got great genes!!! (He' s my cousin)

I can hit quarters at 30 yards....And last elk season I also hit a lodge pole pine at 30 yards and spruce at 20 yards........[X(]

That is good whooting keep it up. I have been Archery Hunting for over close to 30 years and see a lot of target hunters. Nown distant shooters place an arrow within a three inch circle at 60 yards. It is the unknown distance that kills them. Nowing how to judge didtance on the hunt it the #1 ctitical factor. nown distance is easy.....my 2 cents worth...

Well, I' ve been at it for about 33 years. I' ve seen a lot of people throw arrows. I' ve seen a lot of " Groups" on the targets from all levels of shooters. The truth is, we aren' t all the same. We all want to beable to shoot quarters. We all want to have every group the same. Some of us can actually do it... time after time. Some of us can do it with an occasional group and immediately forget the group that was 5 inch if you count the one arrow where you peeked or creeped.(but a lot of us forget that arrow) Then too, I' ve seen some world class(actual) archers make the worst shot I' ve ever seen on an animal. I' ve seen some archers that are absolutely great shots... but damn poor hunters. I' ve seen some people just come unglued when a little forky shows up but steady like a rock in front of a hundred gawkers with a state title on the line. We all strive for the quarter inch groups and on good nights we may have some. As long as we practice and try to maintain some proficiency so we can perform when we have to.. that' s all that matters. Don' t worry about Joes dime sized groups unless you want to be a champion.

Len, I' m sitting in a computer lab at Duke while my son does some homework. Did you guys go hunting today?

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Personally I think you shoot just fine . . . but keep practicing.

I practice every day and often shoot very tight groups and I could consistently hit the pie plate sized targets at out to 60 yards . . . but they are at known yardages at stationary targets and not creatures of the forest.

I believe that we react the way we practice. A famous handgunner coined once that only Perfect Practice makes Perfect. By practicing daily, shooting form and technique becomes something that we don' t have to concentrate on. It becomes almost automatic. When we achieve this level, we can devote our concentration on ranging estimates and all the other hunting challenges.

I do pretty well at targets . . . but animals are tough . . . and I' ve never seen one with a bull spot tatooed over its kill zone or at a known yardage. [My Yardage-Pro only has + or - 1 yard acuracy]

No, Dave. We' ll probably go Sunday.

There' s a Monster Bucks video which shows an Olympic champion archer that they take deer hunting. Guess what...he misses the first deer he shoot at! I' d say your at least that good, or should I say he' s as good as you? Either way, I couldn' t shoot a quarter at 60 yards. Hell, the truth is, I couldn' t even see a quarter at 60 yards. But I don' t need to. All I gotta do is pick a spot at 15.