is this good enough???
06-13-2008, 07:20 AM
#12
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Blissfield MI USA
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RE: is this good enough???
If you can hit something the size of a soda can at 20 or 30 yards that is accurate enough to kill a deer. That being said, shooting arrows into a metal can probably isn't the best thing you can do for them. And another thing is that when practicing the smaller the target you aim at the more accurate you are usually.
For hunting though it really pays to get some sort of 3-D target or a target with a picture of a deer. That way you can get used to aiming at an animal, not a dot. Accuracy is good, but you really need to learn proper shot placement as well. And shooting at a live animal or 3-D target is a bit tougher than shooting a regular target.
Paul
For hunting though it really pays to get some sort of 3-D target or a target with a picture of a deer. That way you can get used to aiming at an animal, not a dot. Accuracy is good, but you really need to learn proper shot placement as well. And shooting at a live animal or 3-D target is a bit tougher than shooting a regular target.
Paul
06-13-2008, 07:41 AM
#13
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Southern Illinois
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RE: is this good enough???
ORIGINAL: millerhunter13
^ see instead of a 3" circle i use a can
Know really the can helps me concentrate on teh shot, its kinda wierd, but i can shoot at just a target and shoot like crap, and stick a can or bottle or whaterver and i shoot better.
^ see instead of a 3" circle i use a can
Know really the can helps me concentrate on teh shot, its kinda wierd, but i can shoot at just a target and shoot like crap, and stick a can or bottle or whaterver and i shoot better.
06-13-2008, 07:47 AM
#14
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Pingree Grove, IL
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RE: is this good enough???
ORIGINAL: kickin_buck
You shoot better because you actually picking out a spot to shoot at. Aim small, miss small. The problem with this is, there are no soda cans on the lungsof deer, so how are you going to pick a spot then. I would recommend you practice at 3D targets and get good at picking a spot on a deer to hit.
ORIGINAL: millerhunter13
^ see instead of a 3" circle i use a canKnow really the can helps me concentrate on teh shot, its kinda wierd, but i can shoot at just a target and shoot like crap, and stick a can or bottle or whaterver and i shoot better.
^ see instead of a 3" circle i use a can
Know really the can helps me concentrate on teh shot, its kinda wierd, but i can shoot at just a target and shoot like crap, and stick a can or bottle or whaterver and i shoot better.
06-13-2008, 08:06 AM
#15
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Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Central Minnesota
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RE: is this good enough???
ORIGINAL: racewayking
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ORIGINAL: kickin_buck
You shoot better because you actually picking out a spot to shoot at. Aim small, miss small. The problem with this is, there are no soda cans on the lungsof deer, so how are you going to pick a spot then. I would recommend you practice at 3D targets and get good at picking a spot on a deer to hit.
ORIGINAL: millerhunter13
^ see instead of a 3" circle i use a canKnow really the can helps me concentrate on teh shot, its kinda wierd, but i can shoot at just a target and shoot like crap, and stick a can or bottle or whaterver and i shoot better.
^ see instead of a 3" circle i use a can
Know really the can helps me concentrate on teh shot, its kinda wierd, but i can shoot at just a target and shoot like crap, and stick a can or bottle or whaterver and i shoot better.
06-13-2008, 09:10 AM
#16
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Where the big deer are from, seminole county FL
Posts: 1,435
RE: is this good enough???
ORIGINAL: whitetailbowhunter
He is in Florida. LMAO If you can hit it on your first shot it think your good to go!
ORIGINAL: drenal
the only deer smaller then a soda can are in florida so dont worry.lol
the only deer smaller then a soda can are in florida so dont worry.lol
LMAO If you can hit it on your first shot it think your good to go!
06-13-2008, 09:14 AM
#17
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Where the big deer are from, seminole county FL
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RE: is this good enough???
ORIGINAL: Paul L Mohr
If you can hit something the size of a soda can at 20 or 30 yards that is accurate enough to kill a deer. That being said, shooting arrows into a metal can probably isn't the best thing you can do for them. And another thing is that when practicing the smaller the target you aim at the more accurate you are usually.
For hunting though it really pays to get some sort of 3-D target or a target with a picture of a deer. That way you can get used to aiming at an animal, not a dot. Accuracy is good, but you really need to learn proper shot placement as well. And shooting at a live animal or 3-D target is a bit tougher than shooting a regular target.
Paul
If you can hit something the size of a soda can at 20 or 30 yards that is accurate enough to kill a deer. That being said, shooting arrows into a metal can probably isn't the best thing you can do for them. And another thing is that when practicing the smaller the target you aim at the more accurate you are usually.
For hunting though it really pays to get some sort of 3-D target or a target with a picture of a deer. That way you can get used to aiming at an animal, not a dot. Accuracy is good, but you really need to learn proper shot placement as well. And shooting at a live animal or 3-D target is a bit tougher than shooting a regular target.
Paul
but i see what you guys are saying about picking a spot on a deer, so for right now i will use the cans to make sure my bow is shooting the broadheads true, then i will take the can off.
06-13-2008, 09:37 AM
#18
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Kansas
Posts: 3,288
RE: is this good enough???
Can sized groups are great. However like some of the others said, If I am practicing for a target shoot I practice on that target, If I am getting ready for deer season I practice on the next best thing to a real deer, A deer 3D target. It s the only real way to know how you shooting.
06-13-2008, 10:15 AM
#19
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Where the big deer are from, seminole county FL
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RE: is this good enough???
yeah, this is what i am gonna do, i am going to shoot a couple times at the cans, to make sure they are shooting true then i am going to just shoot at the deer target.
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