Just wondering how much practice everyone does, how many days per week and how many days......Gary
sorry, should have read how many days and how many arrows
I try to shoot every day. I don't know if I would call it practicing every time. About 10 to 20 arrows a day .
At least 1 arrow per day but normally many more.
It's not how many arrows or how many days per week! It is WHAT you do during each practice session! Do you have a plan? Did you have one thing to work on and work on that? Did you keep track of what you did and how it worked out? That way you know what to work on the next time.
If your "practice" is just shooting arrows and hoping to get better, you probably won't (get better).
FWIW
Arne
5-7 days a week .15-20 arrows 10- 20 yd. 3-4 days walk around the woods around the house with a judo .
Thanks for the replies, I usually shoot every day, just curious I have been told by some guys that they only practice only shoot once a week. Seems like you wouldnt be able to keep your form or get the results you would want.
I shoot most everyday...sometimes a couple of sessions weekend days....30-50 arrows per session...just like to shoot!
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Glenn
I shoot almost daily from January to September. When the season comes in I don't shoot as much, probably twice per week.
I practice when I feel like it-once a day, several times a day, every other day-95% of the time stump shooting. Sometimes a half dozen shots, sometimes more.
Daily. I start by taking my first shot at my 3D target. Then I go to my bag target and shoot for form at around 5 yards. Then I move back and from different spots. Finish on a 3D target. Hard to get much in with the short days but I try to get in as much as I can.
I usually grab 1 arrow and stalk around the edge of the house and take a 15-35yd shot on my 3D deer that is in the edge of the woods behind my house. It is a cold totally focused shot and 9 times out of 10 it goes exactly where i look. I do this 2-4 times a week and it helps me.
I meet two or three friends and we shoot three times a week, about 75 arrows per day, at a combination of paper targets and roving targets. Quite often I shoot on the other days too, and I shoot in tournaments 6-8 times a year.
Never!!
I know what practice is, I had it when I was in High school.
I had to practice basketball and baseball.
It was work!!
I will however confess I love watching an arrow fly so I do shoot and I shoot a lot but the reason I shoot that much is because of one thing.... it's fun!!
God bless,Mudd
Not nearly enough.
I would like to practice at least two or three times a week, but sometimes it's weeks between. I think if you practice enough to maintain strength and muscle memory, that should be enough unless your competing.
Like Mudd, I enjoy shooting my bow, however, if I make it work, I feel like I may get tired of it. This way, it's refreshing when I shoot. IMHO
What Mudd said. But I also hunt just about every week end and some times way more all year long.
I think most guys shoot too much. The less I shoot the better I usually shoot. That means 1-2 sessions a week.
Too much shooting ESP when tired for guys like me develop bad! Problems
I shoot every day unless its a downpour of rain, I shoot between 20-80 shot, after about 40 though I can notice a difrence in accuracy and form and am just wasting my time, but it has helped me build strength to keep going. I start at 30yards, and finish at 10
I shoot my 'other' bow about five out of the seven days a week, usually a hundred shots or so. from different distances out to fifty or sixty. I have a few targets, but my favorite is when I take one into the woods behind my house, that are a small valley with a flat flat creek bed in the midde. I shoot from different angles, up hill, down hill, through small gaps in trees, crouching, bending squatting, and twisted back around my bow side. this gives me tons more confidence in the woods hunting, and confidence is key for me. I will continue to do the same with my Tall Tines, but obviously not at those ranges. I want to get deadly at anything under 15 at first, then I will slowly make my way out to about 30. then we will see where I go from there...im sure with your help and good sessions with my boy dirtybird, I should get pretty good. and I agree with so many of you on one HUGE part of shooting, have fun with it!
QuoteOriginally posted by moebow:
It's not how many arrows or how many days per week! It is WHAT you do during each practice session! Do you have a plan? Did you have one thing to work on and work on that? Did you keep track of what you did and how it worked out? That way you know what to work on the next time.
If your "practice" is just shooting arrows and hoping to get better, you probably won't (get better).
FWIW
Arne
This is SO true. Practice doesn't make perfert, PERFECT practice makes perfect. One good arrow is better than 100 bad ones.
I shoot about every other day. If I have a hunt coming up(year round for hogs here in Fl:)I will shoot every day, sometimes twice a day but not many arrows, generally 8-12 shots. Anymore and I lose concentration.
I shot about 20 arrows(at a hog target)just prior to going to my stand last Saturday. That does wonders for my confidence. I shot a hog on the way in to my stand 30 minutes later(pictured in the Highlights section).
Every day, every other day, twice a week, etc... I don't really have a shoot schedule, I just shoot when I feel like it or when I get the chance. I used to shoot for hours at a time , but not anymore. Like other have said, I'd rather have one good arrow than a hundred bad ones!
A dozen arrows once or twice a week during hunting season is enough to keep my skills up. In the spring and summer 3D season maybe double that for more endurance. Shooting hundreds of arrows several times week can give you more shoulder problems than heavy bows ever will......
I rarely practice. Once a new set of arrows has been confirmed to be right by target shooting, from that point on my judo arrow is all I practice with, roving or back and forth from my stand. A few shots to remind my eyes and muscles of their job, and I'm ready. I shoot low enough poundage now that toning up muscles to handle the bow isn't necessary. Works for me, and I have venison in the freezer.
Usually 5 or 6 days a week for me. Sometimes 50 shots, sometimes 200.
Bisch
I should add that I wouldn't advocate lack of practice- I shot so much for so long that I don't have to. I used to shoot 100 arrows a day at 65#. Now I'm shooting 40, and it's easy.
Reading back through some of the comments reminded me that Dan Quillian told me once that it is better to shoot one arrow a day and shoot it well, than to shoot 100 arrows a day with flaws in form, equipment, tuning, etc.
You have to get it right to get it right.
During the summer I shoot every day, sometimes 2 or 3 times, and 40-50 arrows each time. Once the clocks change it is dark before and after work and I can only shoot on weekends, usually twice per day.
I would shoot every day if possible and don't think of it as practice.
I just enjoy shooting a bow. :)
I shoot pretty often; almost every day. I don't feel a need to shoot lots of arrows, and a few rounds of a few arrows at my target set up is often enough (though it usually turns into a little more than that). I am also blessed with the opportunity to go for a walk with my bow at least a few days a week, and prioritize that roving time & practice. Number of shots varies, and I am finding that less shooting, with more time in between to walk and keep myself relaxed and attentive, is beneficial.
On the target, I usually allow myself a few shots to "warm up" and get my form and focus in line. When I'm roving, every shot counts. I've taken to walking for a bit before my first shot to gather my concentration, and doing more walking than shooting. Still, I get a good number of arrows, at different yardages and angles, each time I'm out.
That constitutes my practice, which is also my love of shooting.
Like Arne, I believe quality is more important than quantity, and if I'm not feeling together about it physically or mentally, would rather take a day, or two off. As I'm still building my form and muscle memory, I'd rather not miss more than a couple of days.
I am blessed to live in the county and there fore can just any time I want... which is a lot...
I'll shoot almost every day. Usually a few arrows at a time. When my wonderful wife is working and I am at home I'll shoot a few arrows every couple of hours..
I shoot much better when roving and picking random distance targets than I do when shooting repeatedly at a target butt. The repetitive shooting at the same sight picture is numbing to me. Give me a stick, a leaf, 10 yards, 30 yards... easy now, I think I see a pine cone up ahead...
It's the best way I know to learn to judge distance and trajectory of the arrow under "hunting" conditions. Love those Judo points.
I shot as often as I can. Just like the feel of letting an arrow fly. I always stop befor i get tired and start developing bad form. Seems i always walk away wanting to shot one more.
QuoteOriginally posted by McDave:
I meet two or three friends and we shoot three times a week, about 75 arrows per day, at a combination of paper targets and roving targets. Quite often I shoot on the other days too, and I shoot in tournaments 6-8 times a year.
Pretty similar to what I do.
I like shooting, I would like to shoot every day. I can't shoot more than every other day as I am building back up towards my 62# longbow. Had to lay off a few months for a strained tendon.
Arne is right, of course, about the training thing. You have to concentrate, not just shoot.
I work on just form the 1st dozen arrows at a blank bale from 10 yds. Then 10 to 40 yds shooting for accuracy until I start to get tired. Usually 30 arrows, 3 days a week.
Work on focus, form and release..pick a spot..focus on it..draw and knck in at the same place every time..check your form..and release the same way every time..release with the fingers only..if your hand is flying out the back u r plucking..work on the fundamentals and the arrow will take care of itself..
Work on focus, form and release..pick a spot..focus on it..draw and knck in at the same place every time..check your form..and release the same way every time..release with the fingers only..if your hand is flying out the back u r plucking..work on the fundamentals and the arrow will take care of itself..
Probably more than I should. I used to just sling them for fun, but that cause so much more harm than good. Now I try to make every shot a good shot, and the same as all the rest, as Arne mentioned practice has to have purpose. Shooting paper shows me what to work on the rest of the time.
Swing, draw, anchor deep, release, follow through. Over and over from anywhere from 100 to 300 arrows, 5 times a week at 10 to 22 yards. Just to keep up the strength and to keep the shot naturally grooved in. After the first session that was when the fun stuff always happened. These days with lighter bows only practice a few arrows right handed, the right side of me remains fairly natural. The left side I shoot most of my practice shots. I go through each part of the form until I feel things click, then I add from 50 to 100 shots of swing, draw, anchor deep, release, follow though. Of course all of these shots involves focussing on an infinately small spot. The real practice happens when stump shooting and shooting at moving targets. Notice I said 'at', I was better at moving targets right handed, so I still have work to do on that left side.
QuoteOriginally posted by Bear Heart:
QuoteOriginally posted by McDave:
I meet two or three friends and we shoot three times a week, about 75 arrows per day, at a combination of paper targets and roving targets. Quite often I shoot on the other days too, and I shoot in tournaments 6-8 times a year.
Pretty similar to what I do. [/b]
Same for me.