Hi guys I'd appreciate your thoughts of second guessing your distance judgement. I'm a long time fita compound shooter that has made the switch to 3-D. This is my most common problem.
Common problem I have is look at target, think ok thats say 30 meters, and the longer I look the longer I take to think hmm maybe it's 25 meters then gee it's a bit long maybe it's 35 meters. At which point my thoughts have gone from 25 to 35, so I've stuffed my inital thought by 10 meters So whats the best method to settle on a distance. yes it's easy to say go with your first thought but hard to do when shooting. I'm thinking maybe break it down to 3 consious efforts. 1 walk upto target and inital thought. 2 break down the distance into 10 meter incriments. 3 set sights based on first inital thought. oh maybe 4, shoot arrow then say sh*t over/under cooked that one.
Any ideas or help would be very much appreciated !
Thanks

If you are second guessing yourself I have two ways for you to try. First try cutting the distance in half and judging that way and second try judging from the target back to you. I hope one of these ideas works for you if i am having trouble it sometimes helps me.




KEEP THEM IN THE X-RING

a trick you may try is really studying the animal. look for definition in the animals face, or maybe the body and see if you can see the scoring lines without the aid of binoculars.

another trick is get behind the stake, way behind the stake. if a target appears to be set long, but you cannot tell, get back and look at it.

or, judge to an object behind the target. a 40 yard tree may catch your eye, and tell you the target is actually 36 yards.....

as for your problem of second guessing, it never really goes away, just spend time shooting your bow, and judging yardage. it becomes easier, but the second guess and getting tricked on yardage never goes away.

you said in your post you are a longtime fita shooter, so you have the shooting down pat im sure, spend a lot of time just judging yardage. take a rangefinder out and judge things at the park, or on a walk, or where you hunt. take it to practice range and keep a log of how you judge. after 30 targets see if you tend to judge short or long. there will be a tendency and keeping a log will help you find your weakness...

just remember, if you dont put the yardage on your sight, the arrow will never get to the target.....i hate to take yardage out if i get scared of my guess.