Bad Shots
09-28-2005, 01:05 PM
#21
Site Bouncer
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Illinois
Posts: 4,099
RE: Bad Shots
Just so long as we are clear on this.....a 4in group means that all of the arrows are no more than 4in away from each other, they will all fit inside a 4in circle.....about the size of a doughnut.
NOT 4in away from the center bullseye in any direction, as was stated by MNpurplem this could be anything from the minimum of an 8in spread to who knows!
A 4in group is just fine for killing a whitetail deer at 25yds. That means he is putting his arrow through the heart at that distance. I would like to see every one who thinks that is bad to show me YOUR heart shots on the deer kills you post.
Come on people lets get real, this guy might be cool as a cucumber when he hunts and can produce the same groups in the field where some of you "target jockeys" can't hit the broad side of a barn when it counts.
If I went to a range and put my first 4 or 5 arrows into a doughnut at 25 yards I would say the same thing....."good enough"
NOT 4in away from the center bullseye in any direction, as was stated by MNpurplem this could be anything from the minimum of an 8in spread to who knows!
A 4in group is just fine for killing a whitetail deer at 25yds. That means he is putting his arrow through the heart at that distance. I would like to see every one who thinks that is bad to show me YOUR heart shots on the deer kills you post.
Come on people lets get real, this guy might be cool as a cucumber when he hunts and can produce the same groups in the field where some of you "target jockeys" can't hit the broad side of a barn when it counts.
If I went to a range and put my first 4 or 5 arrows into a doughnut at 25 yards I would say the same thing....."good enough"
09-28-2005, 05:01 PM
#23
Dominant Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Blossvale, New York
Posts: 21,199
RE: Bad Shots
Talondale... I think the guy you're talking about is the guy from Ohio. Was it Darrell Pace?? I think that's it. Great archer but he sure did miss a pretty easy shot pretty badly. Just like Bill Jordan missed that monster out west a couple years ago at 15 yards. Shot a foot over him and not from ducking. He just flat had a melt down.
09-28-2005, 08:15 PM
#24
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Aug 2005
Posts: 3,102
RE: Bad Shots
Not that it matters but I am guessing Jay Baar's.I think that is the spelling of his name.It was a realtreeprogram orvideoand it was a chip shot.It was interesting you would think these competitors would be cool as a cucumber,shooting 90 meters in an olympic setting,it just doesn't get more intense than that!
09-28-2005, 08:32 PM
#25
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Brunswick, OH
Posts: 272
RE: Bad Shots
I don't think a 4" group at 20yrds is that bad either as long as they are practicing and limit their shots to 25yrds. Most people on this forum (including myself) are archery junkies who demand more accuracy than most and always strive for better. Just my 2 pennies. 
09-28-2005, 09:36 PM
#26
Typical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Houston, Texas. Member since 04/05/2
Posts: 766
RE: Bad Shots
AND the point is? I am sure this has been told before but I have a buddy who shoots copetition, I have seen him consistently hit the yellow handles off of corn cob holders at 34 yards at the range...consistently!
Last year he missed a doe at 17 yards. I dont practice for groups, I practice to hit my "Pie Plate" area.
Last year he missed a doe at 17 yards. I dont practice for groups, I practice to hit my "Pie Plate" area.
