Almost time..

[G-man]

Well September is almost here about time  i dust off the bow take  my dozen or shots a week and get ready to hunt.

With todays bows i foubd the need to  practice is way less than what i use to do in the early 80s and  90s. 

Pins are set  and  2 or 3 shots will be right back  to where  i was  after a month of  practice. 

Long gone are the 4 or 5 months needed to hone the skill . I know some  of you practice or shoot year round in 3d leagues.  I stopped that after breaking nocks ( arrows are expensive these days)  now  its 1 shot at 1 target and 1 shot at next target.  

[Robhuntandfish]

I used to do 3D shoots and a lot of extra shooting and it seemed I just got in my own head with tweaking.   Now I shoot about once a week starting in mid Aug. And I sling two arrows with practice broadheads then done.  

[grampy]

I took my first shots a couple weeks ago. First three were together, right where I wanted them. Will sling a couple arrows here and there up to and including the season. Pretty easy hitting on target with my set up now. Just muscle memory. Well....when my muscles remember to work these days......lol

[DirtTime]

I put 6 arrows through the compound bow and 2 bolts through the crossbow. Nothing changed since the last time I shot either which was last Spring.

 

[mowin]

Haven't even looked at the bow yet.  Too busy with work, and wife and I are getting ready to go on vacation in 9 days. Realistically, I probably won't shoot till we get back on the 20th. 

[Belo]

That said, there are no disadvantages to practice. I agree that muscle memory falls back in line pretty quickly, but I like to shoot and the more I shoot, the more confidence it builds. I shoot from an elevation, I shoot different angles. I have my wife and kid watch to add the "pressure". Putting 3 in a circle flat footed in shorts and t shirt in the back yard is not the same as 30' up at an angle with all your gear on.

As every good coach has ever told me, practice like you play.