Dialing in...

[HuntNFish]

Give it to me, lets talk groupings honestly, four arrows, three distances. How do you group in inches. I know we all touch arrows at 20, so lets say 30, 40, 50 yds...

 

[whitetailassasin]

At 60 I'm roughly in an 18 inch diameter circle. 50=10inches. 40=5inches. 30=too close, start robin-hooding if i shoot at the same spot.

 

[bowhuntr311]

Depends on my setup. My hunting setup on an average day.

30 - 3-4in
40 - 5-6in
50 - 9in or less I shoot groups at 50 about every third time I shoot. So like 1time a week?

 

[Iowabowtech]

I have no clue whatsoever what my groups would measure at the distances you stated. I'd hope to believe that out to 30 yds they're not worth measuring for what I do which is strictly hunt. After that I guess it would depend largely on how much practice I've had at the time. It's a very fair question but for what I do in the archery world, I'm more concerned with the ONE shot that I actually get in the field. And that one had better be good. If not, you'll hear me on here sulking about it...and nobody wants that.

 

[BJohnson]

I am with IowaBowtech. Someone told me one time that is was more about quality than quantity so I only shoot one arrow at a time. My focus is better that way and arm fatigue is less of an issue.

 

[DannyBoy]

Usually by the end of summer/early fall I'm dialed in as good as I'll get. 30yds=awefully close, I'd say 3 inches +/-. 40yds=6 inches +/-, if I take my sweet time. 50yds I'm pie plate accurate, but don't shoot it often at all. It's too windy where I live to get a real grouping.

I can usually hang in there with my buddies. But unfortunately, I have made some costly bad shots/misses on bruisers in the past. I'm working through that though and am currently on a 9 deer shoot-and-find streak since my 2007 back-to-back heartbreakers on true Iowa giants.

 

[whitetailassasin]

It's my firm belief that if you practice at longer distances it will make you much more accurate at hunting distances. It also helps with judging wind. I make it a habit of practicing on the windiest days to simulate hunting conditions and then some. I guess if you expect to hunt only on calm days at 30 yards or less then that's all you have to practice. I would like to go elk or antelope hunting in the near future and <30yards with no wind isn't going to cut it for me. JMHO, happy hunting.

 

[DOR]

The longer you shoot the better shot you will become. I am a firm believer of shooting as far as you have yard.

I very but can at some points during the summer be consistent pie plate at 60-65ish.