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DC:
I've seen a few posts where people say, "It goes where I'm looking."  I've also read that any stick can make an accurate bow. If we take any bow and put it on a good shooting machine with a "perfect" arrow will it not plunk the arrow in the same hole(or close) time after time? What if the tiller is iffy? I realize that the major part of accuracy is the archer.

Urufu_Shinjiro:
Accuracy, what's that?

Pat B:
Accuracy comes with consistency and practice. Consistency with your form, your draw, your anchor and your release...and lots of thoughtful shooting. If you find yourself distracted or getting antsy or pissed, put the bow away. Make every shot count. Mindless shooting doesn't breed accuracy. Start at 10 yards and shoot one arrow and retrieve it then shoot again. Don't try to shoot groups. Shoot that one arrow until you are confident at 10 yards then move back 5 yards and repeat.
 All bows are accurate if the proper arrow for that bow is shot.
 Theoretically, a bow shot with a shooting machine should put the arrow in the same hole in the target barring  atmospheric  and geological maladies.

DC:

--- Quote from: Pat B on January 18, 2017, 08:22:42 pm ---
 All bows are accurate if the proper arrow for that bow is shot.
 Theoretically, a bow shot with a shooting machine should put the arrow in the same hole in the target barring  atmospheric  and geological maladies.

--- End quote ---

It's the part I quoted you on that I was curious about. I thought that a bow was a bow but I keep hearing comments that make me wonder if I was misunderstanding something.
Thanks Pat

loon:
Ah yeah, accurate if the proper arrow is shot. What if the arrow spine is way off an the arrow fishtails a lot? Would some randomness from the fishtailing hurt accuracy? Would be interesting to make a test.

Man, I often get annoyed when I shoot. And often there's a strong desire to change things about my form. Maybe that's why I can't hit anything. But I'm still working on my release, which makes it hard to find a perfect spine.

Mindful shooting... focus on the target and in my body? Try to be consistent in form? But maybe not on aiming, except maybe with peripheral (split vision)?

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