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hopeless, naw <img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle>!

A solid anchor point would surely help a ton! Everything in archery is about consistency. Change it shot after shot and it stands to reason getting accurate shooting at almost any distance can be one really low, slow, and frustrating learing curve!

Practice, practice practice....but do it right! Also tweaking out your set up for top performance (along the lines of the fine tuning section on fergusons book) will make things even that much &quot;on&quot; making gaining accuracy downrange that much easier! Arrow spine is everything, matching the arrow to the bow AND the bow to the arrow, you'll soon be able to do some amazing stuff! That along with &quot;perfect practice&quot; and you'll be shooting better then ever

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<BLOCKQUOTE id=quote<font size=1 face='Verdana, Arial, Helvetica' id=quote>quote:<hr height=1 noshade id=quote>I have always shot instinctive and never been able to shoot past twenty yards. I dont want to shoot beyond that but I would like to know how it is done. What is the easiest way to do this?<hr height=1 noshade id=quote></BLOCKQUOTE id=quote></font id=quote><font face='Verdana, Arial, Helvetica' size=2 id=quote>

The obviously easiest way is to pull the string back, point the arrow at a long target and turn loose of the string.

Now, if you want to hit something.... what Lilhunter said. Solid, repeatable anchor, consistent draw length.

Use a bigger target. If you're shooting at a 4&quot; circle at 20 yards, then a 9&quot; circle would look proportionally the same at 50 yards. As you get better, shoot at smaller circles.

I also recommend gap shooting when you get beyond your comfort zone. Figure out where your arrow tip needs to be in relation to the target to make the arrow hit center. To make it work though, you have build a foundation for that kind of shooting with that solid anchor and consistent draw length.

Most 3D shoots don't put targets further than 30 yards for trads. But sometimes they set up optional novelty shots, and you could see most anything at any distance. Like a standing bear target at 150 yards. You don't have to shoot at it, but you will. You won't be able to resist.<img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle>

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What Lilhunter and I outlined is for someone that wants to improve their shooting enough to be competitive. I know guys that snap shoot and they go to all the 3D stuff just for fun. If that's what you want to to, you just need to get good enough to be able to shoot 30 yards and not lose an arrow. Frankly, you don't have to shoot the 30 yarders. You could zero out the score on the longer ones and step up to the youth stake to shoot if you wanted to. There'd still be plenty of targets in the 15-20 yard range to keep you happy. At least, there would be if the clubs around you set their range like our club sets ours.

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IMO the first thing you need to do is work on your form, and that means a consistent anchor point. Without one, it's like shooting a rifle with no rear sight.

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Would Krisken be wise to use a sight while practicing his form? E.g., a matchstick?

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no way Bprep. NOw if you wanted to use one for accuracy purposes or to learn gapping/point of aim/split vision shoot, that would work I am sure.

Reason is....You are working on form. NOTHING ELSE! One needn't worry where ones arrows are going when they are working on things like anchor point, release, bowhand, shoulder, etc etc. There is a reason the best shooter ever shot half his arrows a day for form alone! Some was for looks, the rest I am sure is to keep up to snuff on skills, NOT accuracy!

You'd be better served doing as LBR has stated in another post on shooting up close to the target, eyes closed. It takes a bit to get used to but after a day or two you'll really be gettin down to work. When you are practicing for form, you must shoot an arrow! Its part of the process, like driving a car, things dont work when the distributor cap isnt there! But yet worrying about or getting flustered with accuracy will be your down fall or the beggining of the dreaded disease!

You'll notice the word consitent being revived in most of the posts...there is a reason for it! When you find yourself boggering things up, take a day off....go shoot at a blank but up close/eyes closed BUT DONT SHOOT FOR ACCURACY!!!