JPickett
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Sighted in my new bow and it got me thinking. I’ve mentioned on here before I don’t have any friends. I don’t shoot with any one, don’t hunt with anyone, and never have. Taught myself how to shoot a bow, sight one in, build arrows, tune, reload, hunt, call , all of it. Frankly it’s how I like it.
It does however give me a lack of perspective and I’ve always wondered what most consider “sighted in” or what their standards are.
Mine I know are pretty demanding. For example at 40 to 50 yards I shoot at a 2”x2” target. I shoot three arrows and if one is off that square at all I consider it a miss. , even a half inch. New bows doing it but I’m still a little off every few groups with the different grip I’m using. Broad heads I’m not hunting with until I can put it on a playing card at 60 every time. I shoot a lot and practice regularly to 80 yards. I’ll shoot all year but it’s every night from April to august then last half of august just broad heads getting ready. I guess my philosophy has always been when I’m hunting I even want my “misses” to be hits. It’s worked for me
So what’s your acceptable groups to be ready to hunt?
It does however give me a lack of perspective and I’ve always wondered what most consider “sighted in” or what their standards are.
Mine I know are pretty demanding. For example at 40 to 50 yards I shoot at a 2”x2” target. I shoot three arrows and if one is off that square at all I consider it a miss. , even a half inch. New bows doing it but I’m still a little off every few groups with the different grip I’m using. Broad heads I’m not hunting with until I can put it on a playing card at 60 every time. I shoot a lot and practice regularly to 80 yards. I’ll shoot all year but it’s every night from April to august then last half of august just broad heads getting ready. I guess my philosophy has always been when I’m hunting I even want my “misses” to be hits. It’s worked for me
So what’s your acceptable groups to be ready to hunt?