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bootboy:
 I've been shooting in my backyard for a while now and my aim is medium and not super. I'm hitting bullseyes (a drawn heart on a cardboard bow) 4 out of 12 shots from about 20 yards. I ideally want to be hitting 12 out of 12 from this range. So I keep practising harder and harder longer and longer and still it is about the same. All shots are in the box now though, so good news the grouping is most deffinatley getting smaller/tighter whatever.  So Then I started to put red ballons heart sized over the drawing of the heart. I hit the target with the first shot and havent missed the heart once.  I think that purhaps im aimming at the bow rather then the heart.
 With a smaller target my accuracy shot up, apart from that, I dont look down the arrow to aim as alot of my friends do. I kind of feel it in so to speak. Do any of you have any suggestions for improving my accuracy further still. Has anyone else tried this method. Lastly do any  of you feel the shot before you fire rather then aim down the arrow?

bootboy:
sorry 20 FEET!!! terrible

huntertrapper:
good to hear your gettin better, uh.... as for accuracy, make sure you got a good grip on your bow, not a squeeze but a firm grip.. i shot today and noticed if i held my hand to far down my handle that my arrows shot off. so make sure you hold in the right area every time. good luck :)

Pat B:
Sounds like you are shooting instinctively. You look at your target and shoot where you look. To get good, you need to concentrate on the exact spot the arrow WILL hit. Forget the balloons and aim for an imaginary spot. When I started I bought G.Fred Asbell's book "Instinctive Shooting(available through our sponsors). It is an easy read book that is chocked full of extremely helpful info about instinctive shooting. I would recommend it for anyone that shoots or wants to shoot instinctive.
   The secret to shooting well is practice. Start with form. Stand close to your target and concentrate on all aspects of your draw. Proper stance, the way you hold your bow and draw the string and your release. You want each aspect to be exactly the same each time you shoot. Don't worry about where your arrows are in the target, you can get to that later. With instinctive shooting you don't even think about the mechanical aspects of shooting a bow. That is what you are learning now. After lots of arrows, you will see your target, concentrate on the spot your arrow WILL hit and the next thing you know the arrow is THERE! 
    You want everything to be automatic but the concentration. That way you only have one thing to think about...hitting that SPOT!   Pat

ps, aim small, miss small!!! 8)

Coo-wah-chobee:
Howard Hill wrote a book in the 1950's. Its as true today as then. Read the chapter on shooting and what he says. Ya dont have ta follow his gap shootin; style BUT the read on form and brain burning is priceless and worth more than the price of the book ( available from subscriber on PA ). The rest of the book I think ya will enjoy. Get it its WORTH it .................bob

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