# of arrows you practice with??

[Arrow-Tek]

Same for me! You only get one shot on an animal most times and one shot at a 3D target. You have to make it count

Same here. If you can’t “group” 1 you missed your animal or made a bad shot!

[Calitexembalmer]

sets of 3.

[BigErn]

I shoot three! I usually stick 1 at five yards,1 at 10yds,1 at 15yds,then shoot them,Then i move them 5 yds back.
1 at 10yds,1 at 15yds,and 1 at 20 yds.I'll do this till i get back to 25 yds,I consider this one round! 25yds is far as i can shoot in my yard. I'll shoot at least 4-5 rounds,depending how much time i have before it gets dark.
Ernie

[SRK14]

I have 3 for practice. I normally shoot 2 with field points generally. The 3rd arrow has a broadhead and it gets shot occasionally to make sure we are in tune

[Cenizo]

I only shoot one arrow at a time. Seems to give time to digest what went right or wrong while I am walking to and from the target.

[jamenefee]

I use three, but if you are shooting one at longer distances you can get a good workout in walking back and forth.

[DRT]

Sometimes it depends on how many beers in I am . . .

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[Johnwayn34]

Was using 4 but switched to 3.

[GaryJones]

Sometimes you dont get much time to draw and release. You need to practice enough to where it comes naturally.

[SwampGhost]

One

[CaptJack]

I grew up shooting NFAA Field so we shot 4 arrows at each target
for years i always practiced with 4
when I got out of the Army Viking Archery opened on my side of Houston and they had a 20yd indoor range.
We shot the blue faced PAA target for league competition - 5 arrows
so from 72 on I started practicing with 5 arrows at home,
even if I was going to go shoot an outdoor field round for the next shoot.
Through all the years I shot in competition I normally practiced at night with my Coleman lantern, with a flounder reflector on it.
It really helps you focus on the spot = tunnel vision
I made myself practice at least 100 arrows everyday for 25 years.
I very seldom didn't get in my nightly practice arrows.
and at home i practice from the door of my utility room - 30 yards because there was a light over my right shoulder next to the door.
this has been my practice range since 1960

[CaptJack]

..also to know about my practice target
It represents my granddad's rule of the 9" paper plate
he was the manager of our hunting lease
and he had a rule that regardless of what weapon you were using
you had to be able to keep all of your shots - no flyers
inside of a 9"in paper plate - he tested everyone
scoped rifle, rifle w/open sights, shotgun, pistol, or bow
you kept stepping forward until you didn't miss the paper plate
we had one tree that really took a beating
the reason for the rule is if you can keep every shot in the 9" paper plate
then you probably had a lung shot.
and if you could keep it in the 4" spot you probably had a heart shot

when I was competing in Freestyle i just put a little square of tape in the middle of the 4" heart spot

[CaptJack]

.btw...
in the pics above i'm shooting my 1972 prototype Wing Compound
built from a Wing C-II competition recurve.
a couple of years ago I gave the bow to John Ford
who I grew up with in Buffalo Field Archery Club.
John took it apart, repainted it black
and Mike Palmer, also from BFAC,
gave him a set of limbs that Mike had built a couple of years ago for State,
and John fitted them on my old Wing riser.
Mike, John & I grew up shooting Wings.
our all time favorite Wing grip was the C-II grip.
and 49 years later the Wing is reborn

[helical]

Is that a Palmer getting lit up by the Coleman? Good groups btw..

[CaptJack]

actually it's a 1990 'Partners' when Mike and Bob were building a bow together for a few months. before Mike went his way, and Bob & Rob went their way. technically it's really an original Palmer. 45#@28"