Posted: 8/20/2009 10:15:40 PM EDT
| I am new to archery I recently picked up a Mission Eliminator so far I probably have 45 arrows through it and have probably shot a bow 90 times in my life. I was wondering what a good group size should be for someone starting out at 20 yards. Tonight I shot to finally adjust the site and get it sighted in my last three 5 shot groups all were within the 3 inch dot on the foam target. So just out of curiosity what is considered a good group? |
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You will know when you stop shooting groups from loosing to many arrows lol. LOL thats true. I would say for a beginner if you can keep all of your arrows within a paper plate at 20 you are doing good. when I shoot groups (which is not very often) at 20 all my arrows are usually touching each other. At 35 yards (my max hunting distance) they will be about what you have at 20, just about 2-3 inches. But I have been shooting pretty much my whole lift and have 10's of thousands of arrows out of bows. J- |
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Other replies nailed it.
I would consider 3" at 20 yd for a beginner fantastic. Focus on your form and consistency. If you're shooting that consistent as a beginner, very soon, as the others noted, you'll be more concerned (and not nearly as broke) by placing arrows at different single spots for accuracy than grouping a bunch in one place. |
| assuming your hunting deer. a deers vitals are a little bigger than a paper plate. as long as you can accurately hit a paper plate your good. then after you can do that then you can start knocking the fletching off of em. some advice to shooting. get a target that has multiple target on it, shot 2-4 per target, it gives you different angles to shoot and you wont knock the fletching off of as many arrows |
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assuming your hunting deer. a deers vitals are a little bigger than a paper plate. as long as you can accurately hit a paper plate your good. then after you can do that then you can start knocking the fletching off of em. some advice to shooting. get a target that has multiple target on it, shot 2-4 per target, it gives you different angles to shoot and you wont knock the fletching off of as many arrows I will be going after moose and bear. The target I am using right now is a hand me down Big Block with four circles on it |
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Quoted: Quoted: assuming your hunting deer. a deers vitals are a little bigger than a paper plate. as long as you can accurately hit a paper plate your good. then after you can do that then you can start knocking the fletching off of em. some advice to shooting. get a target that has multiple target on it, shot 2-4 per target, it gives you different angles to shoot and you wont knock the fletching off of as many arrows I will be going after moose and bear. The target I am using right now is a hand me down Big Block with four circles on it You should be alright ETA: We all know any wild game can be dangerous, just remember a Wounded Bear is not a good thing. Tighten you groups and learn where the sweet spot is on bear. I say this because a lot of people think they are like deer. Not true, and the leg bone can block the sweet spot www.alphatrilogy.com/064/where-to-shoot-a-bear.html |
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assuming your hunting deer. a deers vitals are a little bigger than a paper plate. as long as you can accurately hit a paper plate your good. then after you can do that then you can start knocking the fletching off of em. some advice to shooting. get a target that has multiple target on it, shot 2-4 per target, it gives you different angles to shoot and you wont knock the fletching off of as many arrows I will be going after moose and bear. The target I am using right now is a hand me down Big Block with four circles on it You should be alright ETA: We all know any wild game can be dangerous, just remember a Wounded Bear is not a good thing. Tighten you groups and learn where the sweet spot is on bear. I say this because a lot of people think they are like deer. Not true, and the leg bone can block the sweet spot www.alphatrilogy.com/064/where-to-shoot-a-bear.html that is true. theres a bone on a bear that in the wrong position will cut a perfect shot from being taken. also i strongly recommend a great broad side or slightly quartered away. this last year i went up to canada and for black bears. a friend of mine shot one, the bear was quartered alot. ended up taking one long and just barely catching the right lung. when they tracked it, according to the gps that bear was a mile from where he shot him at, but that bear also zig zaged, so all in all that bear ran close to 1.5 miles before it died. so just make sure you can take both lungs and learn where that bone is and where he can stand for you to miss it. as far as moose. with your grouping your more than golden |