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Title: Just ponderin'
Post by: Pine on March 16, 2023, 03:35:26 PM: Made a new archery range closer to the house and I can stand in the driveway to shoot.
A guy I work with asked me how do you know what distancing you are shooting from?
That got me wondering, how many Trad Archer's mark out the distance on there archery range? :dunno:
Buy the way, he's not a traditional archer.
Title: Re: Just ponderin'
Post by: McDave on March 16, 2023, 05:02:41 PM: I've got 4-5 targets in different places in the backyard, and never measured how far any of them are from wherever I shoot. Didn't even occur to me to consider doing that until I read your post. Of course, since there are a limited number of places I can put targets in my backyard, and a limited number of places I can shoot them from, I have them all pretty much dialed in anyway. I wish I could shoot them from my roof. It would be totally safe, but neighbors and people driving by on the street behind my house could see me and might take issue with that. Issues that I would just as soon not have.
Title: Re: Just ponderin'
Post by: Pat B on March 16, 2023, 06:09:25 PM: I don't consider distance to a target either. I leave that to my brain and hand/eye coordination while I concentrate on where the arrow will go. :archer2:
When hunting I will try to estimate an approximate 30 yard diameter around my stand that will be my outer limit.
Title: Re: Just ponderin'
Post by: Friend on March 16, 2023, 09:10:29 PM: One range is marked in 5 yard increments from 10 to 50 yards.

The seventeen-3D target range is not marked.
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Post by: hawkeye n pa on March 17, 2023, 12:01:49 PM: I have the 50 yard marked for my bales, that's my point of aim that I'll use for a form check when I'm in a rut. All other targets are shot at random distances.
Title: Re: Just ponderin'
Post by: Captain*Kirk on March 24, 2023, 10:34:44 PM: People actually measure?

Only measurement I need is my self-imposed "do not exceed" range.
Title: Re: Just ponderin'
Post by: 5deer on March 25, 2023, 06:49:32 AM: :knothead:
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Post by: MCNSC on March 25, 2023, 06:58:51 AM: I know where 20 yards are on a couple of my targets but I don’t often shoot from the known 20 yard spots.
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Post by: Killdeer on April 04, 2023, 07:09:17 AM: Seems to me that if practicing for the hunt, it shouldn’t be done.
When developing form and muscle memory, it might be useful.

Me, I like being surprised. :archer:
Killdeer
Title: Re: Just ponderin'
Post by: Jim Jackson on April 04, 2023, 09:37:09 AM: I have no clue how far any target is. I have a bale in the back yard that I do form work on, and check for arrow flight and tuning, but I only stump shoot and shoot animals.
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Post by: cuboodle on April 04, 2023, 10:39:33 AM: I buried a brick so the top was at ground level (wont interfere with grass mowing) at 10 and 20 yds
Title: Re: Just ponderin'
Post by: LookMomNoSights on April 04, 2023, 12:04:37 PM: I mark out yardages ........ solely for the purpose of ranging something or knowing the yardage. The more you shoot at a known distance, the better mental idea you have of what a 15 or 20 or 25 yard shot looks like. Now having said that, when I'm shooting out there on a marked range, I find I seldom shoot from any one fixed mark. I move around all over the place in between the marked distances and reference the pre measured marks say between 15 and 40. Having a marked range is a helpful tool in the toolbox. Being able to range distances fairly accurately without a range finder is very helpful, not just for hunting. Thankfully, our shots are usually pretty close making it a bit flexible for us if we are off a yard or two or three.
Title: Re: Just ponderin'
Post by: mgf on April 05, 2023, 05:24:43 AM: The target where I "tune" and shoot to practice form or whatever has been siting in the same place for 25 years. How could I not know how many steps it is from any number of landmarks that have also been there all along. When I shoot at that target I know the distance within a yard or so...how could I not?

Out in my little patch of woods, I have some plastic jugs and stuff laying around to shoot at. They get moved moved around so they aren't always in the same places. I walk around with a handful of judos and take whatever shot looks like fun. Nothing is measured. Still, it's a small place. I have a tripod and a ladder stand out there. Again, they've been there for a long time so I know how far it from them to various landmarks.

Does it even matter? At any distance that I would generally shoot at deer sized game I can aim at the exact same spot and the point of impact will only change by a few inches. For hunting purposes (and much of my practice/fun shooting) there are only two distances. "Too far" and "not too far".
Title: Re: Just ponderin'
Post by: Terry Green on April 05, 2023, 08:55:54 AM: "Too far" and "not too far". YES! But this can also depend on several factors that I don't have time for at the moment. At some point, hunting becomes 'the hunt' and that yardage may vary for those same reasons.

20 yards in an eastern thicket is not the same 20 yards in WY open sage. It might be on the tape measure, but not mentally unless you do something to adjust it.

More later.....Maybe... :campfire:
Title: Re: Just ponderin'
Post by: mgf on April 05, 2023, 10:17:18 AM: Sure, it looks different and it can fool you...open vs heavy cover up hill vs down etc.
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Post by: PrimitivePete on April 05, 2023, 11:03:23 AM: Being I don't participate in tournaments, my choice target is usually a tennis ball that gets kicked around to vary my distance for each round, the best I can guess is that I usually am maxing out at 25 yards.