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WhistlingBadger:

--- Quote from: Deerhunter21 on October 06, 2020, 08:03:29 am ---if you can nail a rabbit head at 10 id say your doing! some of the time i hear people dont shoot past that!! really i guess you could just go out and say that your only going to shoot within that and youd have a better chance at a deer than not! and rabbit tase really good with a stick of butter!  (lol) (lol)  (SH) (B)

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I think that for a lot of back-east stand hunters, guys that really know what they're doing, 10-15 yards is plenty.  Around here the country tends to be open, ground cover is very low or non-existent.  Even in the mountain forests, 30-50 yard shots are the norm for the wheely boys.  If I'm not hitting at 30 yards, my odds of getting a shot are pretty low.  It's OK.  I missed this season, but I'll be back.

Hawkdancer:
Bunny head at 10 yards!  That is real good shooting!  Good luck on the hunt!  We can get about 18 yards in the shop, but we're not set up outdoors yet, have to find about 4 straw bales and mow the back "40" !  Hope to get some time to get after deer this week or next, still trying to line up hunting areas, as well.
Hawkdancer

bradsmith2010:
can you set you bow up,,, so you are point on at 30 yards,,
that always helped me when I was in a slump,,,

WhistlingBadger:

--- Quote from: bradsmith2010 on October 07, 2020, 02:56:27 pm ---can you set you bow up,,, so you are point on at 30 yards,,
that always helped me when I was in a slump,,,

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Yeah, I need to figure out where I'm point on and work from there.  I think there isn't as much difference between gap and instinctive shooting as most people think; instinctive shooters just don't do it consciously; split vision is somewhere in between.  At least, that's how it seems to work with me.  Going back to gap/POA shooting is what helped me out of my last long-distance slump.  Good suggestion.

bradsmith2010:
thanks,, I really got my confidence up, shooting deer with point on,, I raised my anchor, and shot a long arrow, I was point on at 20 yards made a big difference,, at 30 I just aimed a bit high,,maybe 6 inches,,

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