Well this might be my first year getting into the woods to do some hunting. Mainly because we just bought a house out in the country with 19 acres and surround by corn and soy fields and before i lived in the subs with no where to go. I have had my bow fer 7 years now and havent really been practicing as much as i did the first few years. So i know i am not going to be used to holding it back and probably will need to resight everything in as well. So how much time would you give yerself to practice before hunting?

None.
Never actually shoot the animal in my sights.

and the good answer is.  Practice until you can hit a pie plate with every arrow at your known ranges.

Thanks, i will give the paper plate thing a try.

yeah thats what I would do, but im more of a catch and release hunter.



 

Hey, thank fer all yer advise. I dont know if i can be a vegetarian hunter like you though.

I shoot at 2" spots on the excelsior bales out to 40 yds and practice on block targets out to 60 yds.  That makes me feel comfortable shooting at deer out to 30 yds, but still prefer them right under my stand.  Also, be sure to practice with your broadheads too.  If fixed blade broadheads don't hit the same spot as field points, the bow and/or shooter is not tuned.  That's why mechanical broadheads are so popular.  They're less revealing of poor tuning/shooting.