The ABO was launched in South Africa last week Friday and we had our first ABO shoot on Saterday.

The range consisted of 20 targets anything from a duck at 5 yards[&:] to a male lion at about 40 yards and the rest of targets in between.

I really enjoyed the shoot as I only started archery two months ago. The organisers really presented a challanging and fun shoot under a almost 100 degree sun.[:'(]

One of the biggest challanges for me is to estimate the correct distance and I unfortunatly spined a couple of targets I also learned a lot during the shoot that can only help me during the next hunting season.

I will apreciate any advise you guyscan give me to practisefor the next ABO shoot.

Gerhard

A couple real helpful hints that have helped me.
Find 20 yards first. Add (in the US) or for shorter targets subtract from there.
Many shooters start with ten yards.

Compare your result from that with this.
Find halfway to the target. How far is that? Then double it.
I average the two and use the average as my distance.

After you practice these for a while you will start to learn target size at different distances. That can be very helpful to correct the above two methods.

But above all realize that distance estimation improves with practice. Just like a shot sequence.
It can be a challenge, but certainly a fun one.
Best of luck to you and welcome to the IBO family.
ken watkins