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Why do I fall apart at distance?

Red Beard said:
Haha. Wait until it stops raining and I get a chance to show how I fall apart at 25yds! ;)
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So dont shoot at a deer at 25 until you figure that part out. 90% of the deer I have killed have all been 20 or less and the overwhelming majority were less. If you are stacking them like that at 15, you are crutching on shooting at some other distance. Get one to 20 or less and kill the hail out of it. Point the pointy end at the riblets, pull da string back den keep on pullin til she goes off. Wait 30 minutes. Use that time to touch up your skinnin knife. Climb down, follow the drippins then put that freshly sharpened blade to work. Go home and feed them chillins. Easy peasy.
 
Red Beard said:
Please excuse the 9,000,000 bags of baby clothes.
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Well, your elbow is this, you arch your back 4 degrees too much, you gotta put your right foot a little more this way, try aligning your bel buckle to your knee apparatus, if you’re shooting right at 20 it must be the way you braided your hair…

Seriously, shoot a deer at 15-18 and be happy. Put that giant freezer to work. If you can’t do that at 20-25 yards I stand by all my statements that you don’t have mental control over your shot.

We accept the self imposed limitations to which our tackle binds us. Some guys can do it a few yards further than I feel comfortable, some guys a few yards short. Live with it, or don’t hunt with a stickbow. If it’s all about meat for your family, get the thunderstick out and fill your freezer.

Now, all that shiny wall covering has tipped off the feds to all the “tomatoes” you’re growing in that basement. All I’ll say is if you’re holding…don’t hold out.
 
One thing that seems to help me the most is to stop shooting targets. I have about 5 acres of yard and there are oak leaves everywhere. I just walk around and pick out leaves to shoot. Never the same distance twice in a row. I shoot one arrow and go get it and repeat. I’m usually pretty close even out to 30 yds. Sometimes even further. There is something about a box target that messes me up past 20 yds. But I can concentrate better on a leaf or a tennis ball.
 
BTaylor said:
Get one to 20 or less and kill the hail out of it. Point the pointy end at the riblets, pull da string back den keep on pullin til she goes off. Wait 30 minutes. Use that time to touch up your skinnin knife. Climb down, follow the drippins then put that freshly sharpened blade to work. Go home and feed them chillins. Easy peasy.
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Congratulations B! You just made it to my signature.
 
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