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Justin Snyder:
Get one inch red stickers and put them on the target.  Aim small miss small. When you get the focus down to a tiny spot your accuracy will improve by leaps and bounds.  Justin

JackCrafty:
For me, the release is the hardest thing to master.  I can hit my targets well as long as my release is flawless.....something that is not easy to accomplish without a lot of practice.
I shoot instinctively.  My method of shooting is one arrow - one target.  I try not to shoot at the same target with more than one arrow unless I'm picking the best arrows from a new batch.  I also walk around and shoot while moving.  IMO, I think you've got to "see" the flight of the arrow before you make the shot and "know" that your arrow will hit the mark.
Twenty feet is really close range.....you should be able to hit a softball-size target 6 out of 10 times....?(others might correct me on this)  Try using a bow in the 30-35lb range and see if your accuracy improves....if it does, you may need to strengthen your shooting muscles so that your aim is better (less shaky) with heavier wt bows.  Just an idea.   8)

bootboy:
Oh man thanks fellas. Thats a lot of info.
I have a 30lbs bow I was shooting with. Though I got the same acuracey the the 70lbs longbow.
The heart that I drew on the target is about soft ball sized. I think what i am doing is instictive. it just sort of feel the shot hit, then I release the arrow. You can really get a weird bzz when you know before you shoot if you're on the right spot on not. But I'm not so great at it ..YET!!

Pat B:
Practice, practice, practice!!! ;)   Get your form down first. Without that you are just flinging arrows. When I first started shooting instinctively I figured I was shooting 10,000 shots a year, at least. At 30 to 50 arrows a day, almost every day, it doesn't take long to add up...but without proper form, that can be 10,000 bad habits that will be hard to shake.
   The one arrow, one target is a good idea, also. That way you can concentrate on that shot. With more arrows in the target, it can be difficult concentrating on the "spot" you are shooting at.   Pat

Kegan:

--- Quote from: Coo-wah-chobee on April 26, 2008, 02:11:37 am ---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

--- End quote ---

I'll second that- it is an outstanding book. But I shoot split-vision (the semi-gap style he teaches) and have gotten much more accurate. Mainly, because I am more confident in my shooting now. In split-vision you concentrate on the center of what you want to hit, draw, anchor -noting the tip of the arrow in your peripheral vision (without concentrating on it), and release. It's like a back-up to instinctive shooting. Since adopting it and longer bows (70" or so) my accuracy has sky rocketed, and 40 yard target shots are well within the realm of possibility, with 50 and 55 yard shots what I'm striving to achieve consistency in now, where as before I was lucky if I could shoot a 6" target five times out of ten at 20 yards. Confidence is a major factor in how well you shoot.

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