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Originally Posted by SCHOOCH
I practice out to 60, i limit myself to 40 when hunting. Practice out quite a bit further and it will make the closer distance much easier at the moment of truth
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One of the biggest misconceptions out there....
How does hitting your driver all the time for practice make you better with your putter?
Instead of adding distance and a bigger target, how about same distance and smaller target....
Guys that shoot 18m indoor target archer don't go and shoot at 40 to get better....at 20.... They practice at 20 and focus on shrinking group....
Another thing I tell people as well that want to shoot a perfect round at 20.... do you go and try to shoot the perfect round at 40 on a target double the size....
No you start at closer and using 20 yard size target back up, I tell many archer s how will you shoot a perfect round at 20 until you can do it at 10....
When you go see a golf pro for the first time.... what club do you learn to hit to get better.... the 3 iron or the 9 iron....
If you are shooting for "practice" at 60 and 70 when you a saying you will hunt at 40 or 50..... besides practice is about repiution, you can shoot far more arrows in same time frame shooting at 40 than you can at 70.....
How does practicing the long game in golf make you better at your short game!?....
Practice what you play!.....
I understand testing limits, but that is not practice.... testing limits is important, knowing one can hit a pie plat at 70 adds confidence but if you limit yourself to 40 and expect a 40 yard shot then practice at that...
Here is a small mental tip, when you are practicing success and your are ingraining your brain on arrow placement, it does not compute distance into the equation!..... Thus why when I am teaching archers I often get them to be confident at 10 yards then when they reach their expectation move to 11 yards... etc. their goal is to shoot a tighter group, not a broader one so we give their brain positive reinforcement....
Same concept in any sport.... can't teach a slap shot until they master a wrist shot.... etc...
How far is to far ?
What you think is the normal maximum range is of the normal hunter . I know lots of guys shoot out 80 ,100 yards for practice . But is it honestly ethical to shoot way out there at game ?.. I personally shoot 60yrds max with my 70# apa before that it was 50yrds with my 60# bear . that's where I draw the line and only if everthing feels good and would fall together. I bow hunt to make me a better hunter ,stalker and to get as close to as I can. So far this year I have meet two guys that have been slinging sticks at deer over 90 yards and both wounded and lost the animals ! 
I can't even fathom shooting that far at a deer or elk that's what gun seasons for !
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