What distance do you regularly practice from? - TexasBowhunter.com Community Discussion Forums

Hooverfb · 03-06-2019, 10:57 AM

So I still can't shoot (forearm tendon tear), but anxious to get back into practicing. That said, the guy I normally practice with is a compound shooter, so inevitably I start practicing primarily at 10 yds. Then 15. Then 20. Which is all well and good but I walk away feeling like I don't have great consistency, and I know part of it is those ranges with a recurve. I also know I probably need to tune my setup a little better for those ranges compared to 10 yds and under.

RickBarbee · 03-06-2019, 11:18 AM

I'd have to say, my primary practice distance is rooted in 30 yards (point on distance), with a sprinkling of below 30, and out to 50 thrown in.

Practice sessions at my point on distance as the root, with a few shorter & longer thrown in helps me to get/keep a handle on my gaps & sight picture, but I shoot quite a bit anywhere from 50 to 100 yards as well.

Rick

xman59 · 03-06-2019, 11:46 AM

don't rush it, but when you are physically ready, start practicing at unreasonably long ranges to get better at the close ranges,,, it forces better concentration and muscle control,,,, using a compound I like to practice at 100 yards and even farther,, because after that shooting 40 and closer is a breeze...

so if a long shot with a recurve is 20 yards,, practice at 30 if you have a safe back stop

Hunter Todd · 03-06-2019, 11:47 AM

The majority of my practice is from 15 - 20 yards. But I do shoot out to 30 or so yards and some around 10 yards. Those 10 - 12 yards shots seem real easy after several shots at 30. I'll usually scatter 4 or 5 arrows from 15 to 25 yards and start shooting.

KenWood · 03-06-2019, 12:36 PM

During deer season I shoot 12-15 yards. 3D season is 10-30.

White Falcon · 03-06-2019, 12:36 PM

I start at 20 yds and then random distances from there down.

Phillip Fields · 03-06-2019, 12:59 PM

Most of my practice is at random distances from 10 - 20 yards from different positions. I also will throw in some longer distances.

DRT · 03-06-2019, 01:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KenWood

During deer season I shoot 12-15 yards. 3D season is 10-30.

This.

Gary

Trumpkin · 03-06-2019, 03:35 PM

I shoot out to 17 yards at home. That's as far as I can get. But I generally spend several months of the year shooting at a shop so I can at least practice at 20. Distance shooting is really good for developing consistency.

If you can shoot consistently small groups at 20-30 yards you know your shot is pretty repeatable. If you want to be a great shot, it probably would help to practice at 40-60 yards on a regular basis.

Insist on achieving consistency. Accuracy will follow.

hammackc · 03-06-2019, 03:49 PM

5-28 yards for me, across the street next to the curb is 28, and the majority is after dark, after dark really helps me focus on a spot too!

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strongbow · 03-06-2019, 03:50 PM

Usually start at 20 yards and work my way out.

jerp · 03-06-2019, 03:52 PM

From mid-summer through deer season I practice like I hunt - seated, with shots from 12 to 18 yards. I want to have supreme confidence and be automatic from those distances. Like others have said after the season when preparing for 3d I stretch it out to distances I am likely to encounter on the course. I can shoot out to about 45 in my backyard which I do from time to time just because it's fun.

skeeter · 03-06-2019, 04:28 PM

My back yard is 22 yds fence to fence. I have a 50 yd range at work. I like to practice at 40-50yds. Makes the 20 yd shots EZ!

billythefish · 03-07-2019, 12:17 AM

5, 10, 15 and 20, mix it up constantly for 'readiness' at any range (that plus I cannot hit a barn door at 30 yards, but then again never trained to)

i use hoyt satori recurve

az2tx · 03-07-2019, 07:04 AM

Now when I shoot its 20-30
When I lived in AZ I had a 90 yard range at my house and shot mostly 60-90

6.5 shooter · 03-07-2019, 07:42 AM

30 40 and 50 is where I shoot from.

DRT · 03-07-2019, 09:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by az2tx

Now when I shoot its 20-30
When I lived in AZ I had a 90 yard range at my house and shot mostly 60-90

Compound bows?

Gary

El Paisano · 03-08-2019, 10:44 AM

Recurve and longbow here. I shoot mostly around 20 yds. This year I am going so start going to the state range that goes to 50 yds with NFAA style targets. I am seriously thinking about more field archery than 3d.

Junkers88 · 03-08-2019, 09:18 PM

For me it's 25 yards. Although it's not so much the distance as it is the slowed down shot sequence. Don't get me wrong I like to step out to 10 yards and grip-n-rip arrows into the target. I truly love to step out to 25 yards and slow things down. My shot sequence takes near to 6 seconds. Bow up and take about 3 seconds to slooowwwwllllly draw to anchor, two seconds to settle in and and get my sight picture where I want it and feel my index finger and thumb on my bow hand just touch at the tips then ease my shoulder blades together. Shooting like this is much like shooting long distance with my rifle, I want to be surprised when the hammer drops. I like the feeling of my fingers just "letting go" of the string while the rest of my stays solid.

Richard.

gtsticker · 03-08-2019, 10:42 PM

I shoot from 10-30 mostly for 3D. I will not shoot over 20 at deer. Longer distances make you have a better release and form to be accurate. It makes the shorter shots feel automatic

kingranch · 03-09-2019, 12:55 AM

30-40 mostly
Then move to 20 for the last round and it always seems so easy

caughtandhobble · 03-09-2019, 05:04 PM

I practice up to 30 yards at my house. I try to go to the local range at least weekly, there I shoot out to 50 yards.

Like I always say, if you can't hit a quarter every time at 15 yards, don't worry about backing up.

Get well soon!!!!

150class · 03-09-2019, 05:27 PM

Man you guys shooting 40+ and up to 90 with trad gear are pretty dang good

RickBarbee · 03-09-2019, 05:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 150class

Man you guys shooting 40+ and up to 90 with trad gear are pretty dang good

Didn't say we were good at it. Just said we practice it.

Rick

RickBarbee · 03-09-2019, 05:48 PM

Here's some 100 yard shooting I did a while back:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDTWg...ature=youtu.be

Rick

150class · 03-09-2019, 05:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RickBarbee

Didn't say we were good at it. Just said we practice it.

Rick

Lolol

brokeno · 03-09-2019, 07:39 PM

20 30. 40. 50. When I went elk hunting up to 80 for a follow up shot if I needed to but didn't heart shot at 47 yards and ran about 40 yards and fell over. Luck was on my side.

Mexico · 03-09-2019, 08:36 PM

20 and 30... I'm scared to try anything over

03-06-2019, 10:57 AM	#1
Hooverfb Ten Point Join Date: Jan 2017	What distance do you regularly practice from? So I still can't shoot (forearm tendon tear), but anxious to get back into practicing. That said, the guy I normally practice with is a compound shooter, so inevitably I start practicing primarily at 10 yds. Then 15. Then 20. Which is all well and good but I walk away feeling like I don't have great consistency, and I know part of it is those ranges with a recurve. I also know I probably need to tune my setup a little better for those ranges compared to 10 yds and under.

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03-06-2019, 11:18 AM	#2
RickBarbee Pope & Young Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Texas Back Roads Hunt In: Where I am	I'd have to say, my primary practice distance is rooted in 30 yards (point on distance), with a sprinkling of below 30, and out to 50 thrown in. Practice sessions at my point on distance as the root, with a few shorter & longer thrown in helps me to get/keep a handle on my gaps & sight picture, but I shoot quite a bit anywhere from 50 to 100 yards as well. Rick

03-06-2019, 11:46 AM	#3
xman59 Pope & Young Join Date: Mar 2009	don't rush it, but when you are physically ready, start practicing at unreasonably long ranges to get better at the close ranges,,, it forces better concentration and muscle control,,,, using a compound I like to practice at 100 yards and even farther,, because after that shooting 40 and closer is a breeze... so if a long shot with a recurve is 20 yards,, practice at 30 if you have a safe back stop

03-06-2019, 11:47 AM	#4
Hunter Todd Ten Point Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Telephone, Tx Hunt In: Fannin co. /Boswell, Ok.	The majority of my practice is from 15 - 20 yards. But I do shoot out to 30 or so yards and some around 10 yards. Those 10 - 12 yards shots seem real easy after several shots at 30. I'll usually scatter 4 or 5 arrows from 15 to 25 yards and start shooting.

03-06-2019, 12:36 PM	#5
KenWood Ten Point Join Date: Feb 2016 Location: Llano Hunt In: Llano and Runnels county	During deer season I shoot 12-15 yards. 3D season is 10-30.

03-06-2019, 12:36 PM	#6
White Falcon Pope & Young Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Holly Lake Ranch Hunt In: East Tx. and Anywhere I can!	I start at 20 yds and then random distances from there down.

03-06-2019, 12:59 PM	#7
Phillip Fields Pope & Young Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Chesapeake, VA Hunt In: NC,TX, and anywhere else I can	Most of my practice is at random distances from 10 - 20 yards from different positions. I also will throw in some longer distances.

03-06-2019, 03:35 PM	#9
Trumpkin Eight Point Join Date: Feb 2016 Location: Austin, TX Hunt In: Sore Finger!!!	I shoot out to 17 yards at home. That's as far as I can get. But I generally spend several months of the year shooting at a shop so I can at least practice at 20. Distance shooting is really good for developing consistency. If you can shoot consistently small groups at 20-30 yards you know your shot is pretty repeatable. If you want to be a great shot, it probably would help to practice at 40-60 yards on a regular basis. Insist on achieving consistency. Accuracy will follow.

03-06-2019, 03:49 PM	#10
hammackc Ten Point Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Liberty Hill Hunt In: My House, Fredericksburg	5-28 yards for me, across the street next to the curb is 28, and the majority is after dark, after dark really helps me focus on a spot too! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

03-06-2019, 03:50 PM	#11
strongbow Nubbin' Buck Join Date: Feb 2019	Usually start at 20 yards and work my way out.

03-06-2019, 03:52 PM	#12
jerp Pope & Young Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Aledo Hunt In: Shackleford Co.	From mid-summer through deer season I practice like I hunt - seated, with shots from 12 to 18 yards. I want to have supreme confidence and be automatic from those distances. Like others have said after the season when preparing for 3d I stretch it out to distances I am likely to encounter on the course. I can shoot out to about 45 in my backyard which I do from time to time just because it's fun.

03-06-2019, 04:28 PM	#13
skeeter Pope & Young Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Cypress, TX Hunt In: Lavaca, Kimble and Colorado Counties	My back yard is 22 yds fence to fence. I have a 50 yd range at work. I like to practice at 40-50yds. Makes the 20 yd shots EZ!

03-07-2019, 12:17 AM	#14
billythefish Four Point Join Date: Feb 2019	5, 10, 15 and 20, mix it up constantly for 'readiness' at any range (that plus I cannot hit a barn door at 30 yards, but then again never trained to) i use hoyt satori recurve

03-07-2019, 07:04 AM	#15
az2tx Pope & Young Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Boerne	Now when I shoot its 20-30 When I lived in AZ I had a 90 yard range at my house and shot mostly 60-90

03-07-2019, 07:42 AM	#16
6.5 shooter Ten Point Join Date: Jan 2017 Location: San Antonio Hunt In: Montell, Hondo, Laredo	30 40 and 50 is where I shoot from.

03-08-2019, 10:44 AM	#18
El Paisano Ten Point Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Conway, AR Hunt In: Texas-Arkansas	Recurve and longbow here. I shoot mostly around 20 yds. This year I am going so start going to the state range that goes to 50 yds with NFAA style targets. I am seriously thinking about more field archery than 3d.

03-08-2019, 09:18 PM	#19
Junkers88 Ten Point Join Date: Jun 2016 Location: San Marcos Hunt In: searching	For me it's 25 yards. Although it's not so much the distance as it is the slowed down shot sequence. Don't get me wrong I like to step out to 10 yards and grip-n-rip arrows into the target. I truly love to step out to 25 yards and slow things down. My shot sequence takes near to 6 seconds. Bow up and take about 3 seconds to slooowwwwllllly draw to anchor, two seconds to settle in and and get my sight picture where I want it and feel my index finger and thumb on my bow hand just touch at the tips then ease my shoulder blades together. Shooting like this is much like shooting long distance with my rifle, I want to be surprised when the hammer drops. I like the feeling of my fingers just "letting go" of the string while the rest of my stays solid. Richard.

03-08-2019, 10:42 PM	#20
gtsticker Ten Point Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Jarrell Texas Hunt In: Lee and Fayette Counties. New Mexico	I shoot from 10-30 mostly for 3D. I will not shoot over 20 at deer. Longer distances make you have a better release and form to be accurate. It makes the shorter shots feel automatic

03-09-2019, 12:55 AM	#21
kingranch Ten Point Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: lakeway	30-40 mostly Then move to 20 for the last round and it always seems so easy

03-09-2019, 05:04 PM	#22
caughtandhobble Ten Point Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Highlands Hunt In: Texas	I practice up to 30 yards at my house. I try to go to the local range at least weekly, there I shoot out to 50 yards. Like I always say, if you can't hit a quarter every time at 15 yards, don't worry about backing up. Get well soon!!!!

03-09-2019, 05:27 PM	#23
150class Pope & Young Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: The Woodlands Hunt In: Uvalde, Boerne	Man you guys shooting 40+ and up to 90 with trad gear are pretty dang good

03-09-2019, 05:48 PM	#25
RickBarbee Pope & Young Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Texas Back Roads Hunt In: Where I am	Here's some 100 yard shooting I did a while back: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDTWg...ature=youtu.be Rick

03-09-2019, 07:39 PM	#27
brokeno Ten Point Join Date: Dec 2016 Location: Smiley, Texas Hunt In: Gonzales & Young Co and anywhere	20 30. 40. 50. When I went elk hunting up to 80 for a follow up shot if I needed to but didn't heart shot at 47 yards and ran about 40 yards and fell over. Luck was on my side.

03-09-2019, 08:36 PM	#28
Mexico Pope & Young Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Clear Lake Tx Hunt In: Old Mexico, Centerville Tx	20 and 30... I'm scared to try anything over