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new testing standards for bow hunters at Fort Stewart...

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Kegan:
If your arrows are matched to your bow there's no reason you shouldn't be able to get two out of three shots into a 9" target at 20 yards. Fairly forgiving test the way I see it?

zdogk9:
"  I don't shoot that far because I can't!"
Is this because you do not have the space? If so get a playing card and place it about four or five yards in front of you flat on the lawn, shoot at it from a standing position, if you get to a point where you can consistently hit it you'll have no trouble meeting the standard that has been set for Ft. Stewart. If you have twenty yds. available, tape a 6" plate to your backstop, then put a red thumbtack in the center of it. The thumbtack is your point of aim, I'll bet that within a few hours of focusing on the tack to the exclusion of all else the plate will look like swiss cheese and need to be replaced. If this can be done at longer yardage than twenty so much the better.

paulc:
20 and 30 yds are for the compound guys, 15 and 20 yds are for the wooden bow guys.  I practiced with some carbon arrows and field points 4 nights in a row after work once I found out about the test and my shooting got worse not better:-)  I can shoot a baseball at 12 yds with the carbon arrows, often 3 shots out of 3.  But once I start to go longer than that I am lucky if I can hit a basketball.  I am sure it is a mix of all the factors that make wooden bows a challenge that, combined beyond about 12 paces becomes very unforgiving for me.  I continue to hope I can pull something together in time to test for fort stewart, but I also spent yesterday finding some other public land that I can hunt without having to worry about testing.  paulc

sonny:
are you shooting properly spined arrows from that particular bow ?? if not then you're going to continue to be
frustrated with how you're shooting........

paulc:
My bow, osage, was drawing 52lbs when I got it in 2002.  I am shooting some (I have two shootable and a 3rd with broken nock) Carbon Wolverine arrows that are spined for 50-60lbs according to the markings on the arrow.  These arrows are about as old as the bow and a Walmart purchase from before I tried to go completely primitive.  (I would buy some new arrows but I am out of time, they are expensive as he!!, and I would prefer not to hunt with them if I did not make them so why spend the money?)  The arrows are of course from China so no telling how good or bad a quality they are but they do typically leave my bow cleanly, straight, and fast if I do my part.   I did practice some more last night and was shooting terrible at 15yds so in frustartion I went to 20yds and I actually got the bullseye more than once...go figure.  I did find that if I put the bow more into the meat of my thumb instead of my palm I seemed to get better results.  I will try later today to see if I can duplicate the results.  Next test is Thursday, hunting season starts on Saturday.  I am out of town Tues and Weds.  So it will either happen this weekend or I will hunt some other public land. Thanks, paul

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