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<blockquote data-quote="HSmithTX" data-source="post: 2649269" data-attributes="member: 121677"><p>Great video! I love seeing kids in the outdoors instead of on their phones or video games!!</p><p></p><p>Archery MOA to me is 1 inch per 10 yards, 6 inches at 60 yards to me is archery MOA. Shoot better than MOA and you are doing way better than most, like a rifle it has to be on demand and 3 shots minimum not your one time best group ever. A good bow dialed in well with good arrows is around 1/4 archery minute capable and maybe better so very similar to a good rifle in my mind. I used to shoot a LOT of long range archery, with a single pin mover sight. We routinely 'practiced' at 130 yards if the winds were reasonable, I didn't shoot much under 60 at all unless hunting or 3D tournaments. When you got a 50-60 yard shot in a 3D tournament it was a chip shot where most others were clenched up because it was 'so far'. Two big things for me kept me shooting long, 1st and probably biggest for me were form issues are magnified at longer distances, a little torque on the bow at 30 might drop a point or 2, the same torque on the bow at 80 would definitely go well wide and could miss the target entirely. Shooting a blank target at extremely close range is the only other way that form could be refined for me and that just sucks so I never wanted to do it. The second was anticipation, target panic maybe some people call it, is not an option. You HAVE to trust the float in your pin and release the shot without disturbing the bow at all, everything with a bow happens so slowly that trying to time and trap a shot are a really poor choice. </p><p></p><p>I am back into archery the last few months, and have a mover type sight in hand to go on the bow after hunting season. I don't have the area to shoot long close enough to use very often at all so I am pinning a whiffle ball type practice golf ball to my target and shooting it at 30 yards. It contrasts with the target really well and you find out really fast when you make a form error. It's also super cool to see arrows hit inside the pin when you do it right. I am shooting in my back yard, and it's even more fun to shoot under the bush between the grill and the planter, if you hunt seated shoot sitting down, etc. If you can't go long try going small!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HSmithTX, post: 2649269, member: 121677"] Great video! I love seeing kids in the outdoors instead of on their phones or video games!! Archery MOA to me is 1 inch per 10 yards, 6 inches at 60 yards to me is archery MOA. Shoot better than MOA and you are doing way better than most, like a rifle it has to be on demand and 3 shots minimum not your one time best group ever. A good bow dialed in well with good arrows is around 1/4 archery minute capable and maybe better so very similar to a good rifle in my mind. I used to shoot a LOT of long range archery, with a single pin mover sight. We routinely 'practiced' at 130 yards if the winds were reasonable, I didn't shoot much under 60 at all unless hunting or 3D tournaments. When you got a 50-60 yard shot in a 3D tournament it was a chip shot where most others were clenched up because it was 'so far'. Two big things for me kept me shooting long, 1st and probably biggest for me were form issues are magnified at longer distances, a little torque on the bow at 30 might drop a point or 2, the same torque on the bow at 80 would definitely go well wide and could miss the target entirely. Shooting a blank target at extremely close range is the only other way that form could be refined for me and that just sucks so I never wanted to do it. The second was anticipation, target panic maybe some people call it, is not an option. You HAVE to trust the float in your pin and release the shot without disturbing the bow at all, everything with a bow happens so slowly that trying to time and trap a shot are a really poor choice. I am back into archery the last few months, and have a mover type sight in hand to go on the bow after hunting season. I don't have the area to shoot long close enough to use very often at all so I am pinning a whiffle ball type practice golf ball to my target and shooting it at 30 yards. It contrasts with the target really well and you find out really fast when you make a form error. It's also super cool to see arrows hit inside the pin when you do it right. I am shooting in my back yard, and it's even more fun to shoot under the bush between the grill and the planter, if you hunt seated shoot sitting down, etc. If you can't go long try going small!! [/QUOTE]
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