Shooting indoors vs outdoors

[RodL]

I went to our local club this evening to shoot at some 3d targets and haybales that are outside.  It was pouring the rain so I decided to go inside and shoot at the indoor haybales. I shot 25 arrows and was having a hard time hitting what I was aiming at, almost all of my shots were hitting low even at very short distances. I checked the brace height, nock point and everything was where it was suppose to be. Anyone have issues when shooting inside or have some suggestions on what I might have done wrong this evening.

Rodney

[Roadkill]

Artificial light maybe the culprit. Were there shadows across the target?

[Stumpkiller]

I shoot indoors (20 yards) every day.  It does "fool" the eye when you switch to outdoors and you lose the close ceiling and edge references.  

Focus on the target and forget where it is situated.

[RodL]

Thanks guys, the light tubes are positioned so that there are no shadows on the targets. Charlie, I would assume going from outdoors to indoors could also change things with the way my eyes look at the target. This was my first time shooting indoors so maybe I will get better the more I shoot indoors, it was just odd not being able to shoot as well as I do outside.

Rodney

[kadbow]

I tend to shoot high when I shoot indoors.  It seems like 20 yds indoors looks like 25-30 yds.  It really messes with my shooting and I avoid it.

[LBR]

I used to have a problem switching between 2-D and 3-D targets.  Pretty sure it was mass between my ears that was the problem.  Over time it went away (the problem--not sure about the mass between my ears).

[RodL]

I'm hoping that the mass between my ears can figure it out, but sometimes it takes a while!!!

I shot inside again this evening and still shot low for some reason, went outside and shot fine.

Rodney

[Stumpkiller]

Originally posted by RodL:
. . . it was just odd not being able to shoot as well as I do outside.

Rodney

Try it at twilight or in dark woods.  

Outdoors there is usually more light so your pupils contract.  Smaller iris opening = better depth of field.  Your 3-D vision and depth perception is better outdoors in sunlight.

That's another reason I prefer stump shooting for practice.  Similar lighting conditions to hunting.

[Jerry Jeffer]

My eyes go crazy on indoor ranges. I never shoot very well. Then I shoot outside, and wow I'm on!

[BigJim]

I used to have a problem shooting indoors until my wife got used to it  

I still get funny looks when I back up in to the kitchen and shoot down the hallway and through the laundry room to the back of our great room...I wonder if she thinks I could miss    :confused:  

Oh well, she'll get used to that too. I can get about 20 yards while shooting from the kitchen. I could keep going as It is about 30 yards from my front porch through the house to the far back wall.
This is mostly saved for Rainy days..or too many mosquitoes, or the spur of the moment, or too hot outside...or days ending in Y.
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[reddogge]

No problem for me. A gap is a gap. Once in a while I travel to York, PA and shoot an indoor 3-D course with my granddaughter.

[McDave]

20 yards seems farther away indoors than outdoors to me.  I think it's because indoors there is usually just a wall behind the targets and that's as far as you can see, while outdoors you can usually see quite a bit farther beyond the target, perhaps making the target seem a bit closer.