“Cold Shot” of the Day ‘25

[TheBenHoyle]

First shot at 12 yards this afternoon with my recurve.



Been a busy couple of weeks with trips to New York City, Detroit and then the northeast corner of South Dakota. But soon my summer should settle down for a few weeks. Before you know it, school will start back up. Time is flying by.

 

[Robert N]

Just out of curiosity: what do you HT'rs consider "Acceptable Accuracy"?

I've been generally leaning towards 1"/10 yards. So at 40 yards, 4" would be acceptable to me.

 

[Jake.]

Just out of curiosity: what do you HT'rs consider "Acceptable Accuracy"?

I've been generally leaning towards 1"/10 yards. So at 40 yards, 4" would be acceptable to me.

Frequently Banned Troll would settle for just getting on the target

 

[Arcola]

First round from 30.
I’ve been battling this setup for a while, and finally am starting to get back to the consistency and confidence I had with my old bow that I never should have traded in.
Whether it be switching sites, a new string, new arrows, new broadheads, adjusting anchors, and tweaking form, I’ve been chasing one thing or another over the course of a few years.
Shooting more consistently this summer has definitely helped me pin down a couple of the issues.
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I’m in a very similar situation. Have been shooting much more consistently this year and have been following this thread from the get go. Finally have my bow where I want it. Now to focus on my shortcomings. Two shots taken over the weekend. First at 29yds. Second at 42. Both estimated and measured after the shot.

 

[Jake.]

61 yards kneeling and pivoting to the left

 

[Arcola]

40yds this morning. Known distance prior to shot. Time to start shooting at the other dots now that my confidence is improving.

 

[PRO MO]

30yds. First time shooting in two weeks. Used to shoot almost every day in the summer, but this is the first time in 10 years I haven’t had a target right out my back door makes it hard to get motivated to make the effort to go down the road to where I can shoot.

 

[Jake.]

Took the target to my folks place, they got a two story place on a hill with a pretty steep drop off the back, better than shooting from the roof of my single story rancher to mimic so cliffy stuff and test the 3rd axis. Shots were at 27yds

 

[Arcola]

60yd cold shot tonight. Unfortunately, I was aiming for the center dot. The rest were mostly better but there’s still work to be done

 

[Jake.]

22yds

 

[Mata]

80 yds

 

[Jake.]

Starting to find more consistency at longer yardage, first shot today at 76yds

 

[Jake.]

55yd cold shot this morning

 

[Lostinthewoods]

Looking good, everyone!
Keep it up!

 

[Jake.]

Looking good, everyone!
Keep it up!

You haaaaaaaad to say somethin didn’t ya

 

[grizzly63]

Well, if you were stump shooting, thats a winner right there!

 

[Arcola]

My six year old wanted to foster my quest for better shooting. Drew me a duck to stake to my target. I was pleased with my 42yd shot. He was less than impressed. Best I could do was hit it in the beak on my third and final shot.
Dropped back to 70yds today and was pleased. Was planning to make a small timing adjustment and paper tune again, but noticed separated serving on both of my cables. Less than 400 arrows on string/cables! Frustrated to say the least. Local shop has a set in stock, so that’s what I’ll be doing Monday night.

 

[TheBenHoyle]

I shot on Saturday afternoon. My first shot was good and the rest of my shooting was really good too. I feel like I should start shooting out at 15-20 yards. At 10 yards, I feel like I would need to be exceptionally stealthy in order to get a shot off. 20 yards is more likely.

 

[Bowmannate2000]

CSOTD: 30 yards. Practicing with broadheads.

 

[Jake.]

44yds