Concentration and practice is the most important I think.....I think we shoot to many arrows and our fatigue factor and lack of concentraion kicks in...then the old lack of confidence is running right up behind that.

I shoot less arrows and concentrate on them more and I seem to do better.

Jer Bear

My groups are too big, after reading through this post.

oz

Here's one of my more famous 1 shot groups:  Red tennis ball can lid at 48 yards--please notice my arrow is at an angle indicating an actual descending flight path!
(Please ignore the 100's of other arrow holes which are nowhere near the red lid...)
 

If anyone is getting discouraged please don't.

Archery is one of few sports that you might get better as you get older instead of worse. Given enough time you can learn to shoot well, but don't forget why you started traditional. It's hard, it requires skill, concentration, patience, perseverance, and above all practice. There are no quick fixes. The price of your bow or who built it will not save you.

But luckily the road to accuracy is easy to follow. It looks like a 20 yd four wheeler path to nowhere. You can find it in your back yard. If you get lost look for discarded targets.

 

 

This post was obviously a joke, I just wanted to make the point that when you read peoples groups don't underestimate the years of intense hours of practice that allows you to say such things truthfully. I'm very happy to announce I'm accurate up to 15 yds. That may not sound like a great accomplishment but this stuff doesn't come easy.

I never really worry about "groups" myself, I really much prefer one shot at a time......

now Curt...you cut that out    

by the size of that hole, looks like a nice  tight three arrow group    

or one big bad snuffer  :eek:

I have never worried about groups, even before I shot traditional. It all comes down to one arrow. I like to shoot at a different target each time, at different yardages.

Nice shot Curt, love the new avatar  

Perfect shot Curt  

Curt, that's a classic shot on a fine buck!
So how do you practice to get results like that?

while I understand that in bowhunting there is only one shot, that does not preclude the fact that there are good bowhunters that can shoot more than one shot.

I didn't shoot these grops, would that I could.  they were shot by a bowhunting friend of mine, getnbetr.  at least in Texas he kinda sets the standard for barebow, one finger touching arrow.

   http://sites.google.com/site/stringwalkerbowhunter/gitnbetr    

in the bottom pic there are 10 arrows pictured, a bow hunter can be a very good shot.  all shot at 20 yds indoors.  if ya want to know how good ya are give it a try for 60 arrows.  it is tuff.

rusty

Toxophilite (philip) -
"Here's one of my more famous 1 shot groups: Red tennis ball can lid at 48 yards--please notice my arrow is at an angle indicating an actual descending flight path!"

Is that statement aimed at the pic of me with my group? I hope not, cause that would tend to offend me. And if it was, please know that the arrow angle looks weird, because my elk is leaning on the hay bales at about a 45 degree angle.

QuoteOriginally posted by Smallwood:
40 yards - shrew longbow
   

thats some nice shooting buddy!      im gonna have to come field test the range soon.

Andy, i can't wait, this spring we'll have to get together.
the reason i took this pic in the first place, was because for me, it was an exceptional group, definitely not the norm for me. lol

LOL Curt thats funny,nice shot by the way  
 

Guess it depends on how many arrows many say they only shot 1 arrow groups which puts there groups size down under 1/2" LOL

Most folks can't shoot 240 on the 300 round which means there's arrows in the 3 ring which is app. 10" across. Thats 60 arrows that ALL count...does a flier on game not count ?? I guess if was a clean miss...

Mr. Smallwood, please don't take offense. I really wasn't commenting on anybody's group--just my one arrow. I'm pretty proud of that shot.
After years of looking at postings of photos of tight groups of arrows shot from distances of 25 yards or more, I'm just amazed at how absolutely flat those bows seem to shoot compared to mine!

This thread got started in the first place because "1Cycopath" wanted some advice about getting good enough to hunt traditional.
He got lots of good advice but he also got some very unrealistic input from some who just can't resist bragging and showing off.    
Seeing that happening, I chose to do a little "tongue in cheek" about 1 shot groups instead of just getting griped off.

my group this year has been about 2 acres.some days a little better.

There is usually 6 or 7 in our group. Unless Ron is napping.