At twenty(20) yards I can stack 4 arrows in a circle the size of a baseball. I take 5 yards back to 25 yards and I'm all over the place. It seems like the pin I can' t hold steady. Do you think I'm trying to shoot too much poundage??? And should 5 yards make that much of a difference??

Thanks
Chad

Duk, its a confidence thing it sounds like.............80% of shooting is confidence.

I have to disagree...If a bow is completeley out of tune, then all the confidence in the world won't help you at all.

Now you can be right provided the bow is properly tuned, the arrows have proper FOC, and have the correct spine.

How many pins do you have and how do you sight. I mean, if you have multiple pins.... do you center each pin in the peep or do you center the gang in the peep. WAit,.... do you even use a peep or kisser or something.

I think the biggest part of it is mind games, but I don't know how to fix it. The other night I stood at 26 yards and put five arrows in a row into the 3 inch circle on my target, then the next round I stood at 30 yards, and I could not hold steady on the target like at 26. When i get to 30, my sight is bigger than the circlce I am aiming at, so maybe thats the problem.

Whatever the problem is, I don't like it. I just take care of the problem by not shooting from 30 yards.

Sounds like you're losing your focus without a hard aiming point.

At 25 yards, you're trying to split the difference between your 20 and 30 pins, with neither pin actually anchored on a point of aim. (Assuming you have 20 and 30 yard pins.) Rather than hold the spot floating between the pins, go ahead and split them, check where the 20 pin is, then hold the pin on that exact spot.

It's called 'reading the gap.' Here's how I do it. In my mind, I visualize a scale between my pins, in 1 yard increments, with 10 increments between my 20 and 30 pins. So, for 23 yards, I hold my 20 pin 3/10ths high, mark where the pin sits and aim at that exact spot. 27 yards, I aim the 20 pin 7/10ths high and mark the spot. If the 20 pin is completely off the target, then I switch to holding the 30 pin 3/10ths low, mark that spot and aim at it. Of course, 25 yards is right in the middle.

You have to aim at a definite spot.

Duk, I wouldn't guess about this one... take your bow in to a shop where they can inspect the bow, the arrows, and your form. You might be surprised how easily you correct this.

If I were shooting baseball sized groups at 20 yards I would not be very happy - take the bow in and get it corrected.