Thread: Practice

Well I'm jealous of the groupings you guys are getting in the photos.

My first excursion consisted of a happy afternoon yesterday, at a little place I've found, that's my own private shooting range

So from having a fibreglass straight bow, 50 yrs ago, I'm new to this Compound Bow shooting and it went as follows:


Paper Tuning at 10 yds from the paper, 12 from the target.

I had no trouble shooting through the A4 papers I'd hung up. Of about 20 shots, I got 4 perfect bullet holes and the rest, were all over the place.

So I'm picking my form is the problem. More practice.


Trying to sight in the sight:

I sent a further 30 or 40 shots at the target from 20 yds, to see if I could get the sight within cooee.

Good news was, they were all on target (wine box stuffed with plastic packing and wrapped with packing tape), but they were not where I'd aimed them.

So my "grouping", arf arf, was about 12 inches.

At this time I was getting quite sore in the left arm, muscles used in compression, hurt a bit and I was having trouble holding the bow steady, a bit like waving an empty pint glass, after 12 Guinness.

My conclusions are, that more practice and then lots more practice is needed.


Again, I'm not trying to be a know it all, but as this is all new to me, my experiences may help other newbies.


Rained today, bugger, maybe tomorrow.