One arrow at a time

[Buckfever]

No question I love shooting groups, to a fault perhaps. But it does for me burn in a consistency that I can not obtain otherwise.

But as I have some to focus more and more on shooting at the 3-D target, shooting more than one arrow at a time, seems all but worthless. As soon as that arrow is in the 3-D target, it is damned near impossible to do anything but aim off that arrow and the whole purpose of learning where to aim on the animal is gone. The other thing that I've come to appreciate is that something is lost when shooting a group at a 3-D animal and that is that only the first shot counts. Damned nearly all the time the group looks good, but did that first shot, really the only shot that counts look good? Have you really examined your ability to make that one shot. Have you learned your tendencies on that first shot? Have you practiced making that first shot?

Well you can. One arrow at a time.

[ncboman]

I agree.

Nothing helps a bowhunter become one with the arrow like only having one arrow.

[Twanger]

It's a very valid point, I I often practice at home while doing chores by shooting only one arrow at a time... say one every half-hour.

[freedomrules3]

I've been down to just shooting 1 since sighting in the broadheads. I now practice with broadheads only. I see no sense in shooting field points anymore when all i will be shooting in the field is broadheads now .

[Twanger]

I still like to practice with both, but certainly place alot more importance on BH's.