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shooter123:
Is it harder to shoot close range at something small on the ground? I've got a 10 yard back garden range and when I shoot at a regular height target I can get a good group and hit where I want.

But today I was shooting a 5x5 inch insulation board offcut placed on the ground (facing me) around 7 yards, but found it much harder to hit it. The arrows kept landing either too short or too far (horizontally I was in the right place), but I was using the same technique which allows me to hit a regular height target.

Is this a nocking point issue or do I need to aim differently for such close, low and small targets? Bow is a primitive one shot using my hand as an arrow rest.

I should point out my eyesight isn't that great and I wear glasses, so maybe there's some weird interaction going on with that.

Thanks.

Pat B:
What style shooting are you using? I shoot instinctively so I look where I want the arrow to go. Straight on close shooting isn't  a problem. Shooting sharply up or down more difficult.

shooter123:
Hi, it's a homemade bow based on the English longbow with a bit of an arrow shelf cut out although the arrow still rests on my hand. I'm just wondering if aiming down at the ground at close range requires a different method of aiming.

I'm not sure what you mean by style but I can generally feel where the arrow will end up but I also aim, can't explain it but it's like throwing a stone. It just doesn't seem to work very well in this case.

Pat B:
Sounds like a sort of instinctive shooting. Just keep trying and adjust your shot according. You have to concentrate hard on hitting the smallest spot on the target and not just at the overall target.
Good luck.

HH~:
Do you what real aiming method your using?

Instinctive is just a person memorizing their arrow Trajectory. Not really an aiming method. You guess where the arrow will be at a given range based on how well your mind can remember the trajectory. After twenty five yards its is purely a best guess situation. Some can do well their entire lives shooting this way.

It cant stand up to a proven aiming method like gapping, SWing ,etc.

First got to know what your currently doing.

HH~

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