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Practice??

Started by 3Feathers, June 22, 2012, 03:57:00 PM

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3Feathers

Anybody practice shooting using just one arrow?Been doing it for a while now and seems to help alot.Its a pain sometimes going after one arrow but I think it will payoff when hunting season is here.Sometimes you amaze yourself on how you can shoot.......
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manitou1

You bet.  Some of your world class trainers STRONGLY recommend only shooting one arrow.  Groups  teach us bad habits if we aren't careful.
I know I have a tendency to take a little more time with my shot if I know I have to walk over and retrieve that arrow after each shot.  We usually only get one shot at an animal... so we need to make that one shot count, eh?
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bigbadjon

I sometimes shoot groups just to confirm consistency (or inconsistency). However I do all of my major practice with a single arrow.
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Brianlocal3

Sometimes, but mostly it's one arrow at a distance theme another arrow for a new target and new distance. I do shoot two rounds of five arrows for group everytime I shoot though
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Huntingnut

90% of my practice is with a single arrow.

old_goat2

I should, my first shot is usually good and it's downhill from there for that particular target. When I move to next target I'm good one time again. Now if my first shot is bad, I try and concentrate and get it right before I move on.
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threeunder

One of my favorite things to do is similar to Brian's.
I'll take 6-8 arrows and place them at different distances and angles from the bag.  I'll cycle through those.  Keeps me from getting one sight picture burnt to deeply in my simple brain...LOL
Ken Adkins

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Mic W

I have started shooting just one arrow during practice and have seen great results.

Other than the trainers recommending to do so, my reasoning behind it is. Since I am practicing for hunting and hunting is a "one shot game" I want to practice that way

toddster

I shoot my  usual string of 5 ends of 5, then one extra shot. I nock the arrow to the string as I would hunting.  I wait for the shot allow anticipation to build, focus hard on a hair, come up, draw smoothly and a slight woosh.  Where the arrow hits the target it stays there till I practice next.  This reenforces that I have to live with that shot forever and to make that once in life time shot count.

Terry Lightle

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traditionalman

Shooting a quiver full of arrows is the best way not to pratice. You will start making too many mistakes and develop bad habits. One or two at the most with one arrow being the best chooice.
Gary King

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helps your shoulders also
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Sirius Black

I practice with one arrow. At our ranges, it's not a big deal to walk down and get it.
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rick7

one arrow only. i concentrate more on the target. it seems to help me and i need to walk a few pounds off

The Whittler

It makes me concentrate more and I get better groups lol.

Bowwild

As hunting season gets really close I start practicing with fewer arrows and count only the first one as a realistic shot. During hunting season I mostly shoot one arrow -- either at the end of an AM sit or at the beginning of a PM sit.

I believe in shooting groups as I am constantly trying to improve my shooting. If I begin to fear shooting groups I'm putting too much emphasis on aiming instead of the "back of the shot".

Archie

One arrow is great shooting practice.  I also just started shooting one of those basketball-sized Rinehart targets that you just throw out somewhere.  Knowing that a miss means I'm probably going to have to search in (and under) the grass, I tend to focus better.  

The best shooting I've done in a long time was last week, at Compton.  I have only shot one other time on an outdoor 3D course; usually I practice with 4 arrows, in my back yard.  I was much less sloppy, more focused, and more consistent at Compton, where I got one arrow for each target.
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Cwilder

At the range I go to I shoot one shot each at
20
23
25
28
30 yards
I mix it up and shoot from 30 down
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QuoteOriginally posted by Bowwild:
As hunting season gets really close I start practicing with fewer arrows and count only the first one as a realistic shot. During hunting season I mostly shoot one arrow -- either at the end of an AM sit or at the beginning of a PM sit.

I believe in shooting groups as I am constantly trying to improve my shooting. If I begin to fear shooting groups I'm putting too much emphasis on aiming instead of the "back of the shot".
X2    i do exactly the same thing. 2 or 3 arrows a day from different angles. pull after each shot.

cbCrow

I practice 5 days a week, 25-30 arrows per session and use 1 arrow at a time. I vary the distance ( 7-25yds.) and also the angles within reason. I have found that using this technique has improved my accuracy quite a bit. Only one shot counts is the mindset I take.


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