Hitting the bulls-eye seems like it should be pretty intuitive. After all, we have been shooting bows and arrows for century’s. And I’ll admit, when I first started, I just expected to be great from the start. How hard can it be?
I started with a recurve bow, and it didn’t have a site or a scope set with it. Generally they don’t. But I didn’t think it would be that hard to line up the tip of the arrow to the target. It was going to be in my bones.
I had to learn how to aim. This became a pretty difficult thing to do because there isn’t a lot of good information out there on the web with good tips. I had to learn everything the long, hard way.
So I figured it out, and wrote an article that I’m hoping will help jumpstart many beginning archers to hit the bulls-eye faster than I ever did. Here’s a link to that article.
This article is all about practice. After you’ve read tips on aiming, hitting the bulls-eye just takes practice.
Try shooting 30 times a day at about 15-20 yards away. 30 arrows takes me about 15 minutes. I like to do this on my lunch break or before dinner. It’s quick, so it doesn’t eat into other parts of my day.
Aim for shooting 5 days a week. Get creative to fit this into your schedule. It really has become a great release for me from the stresses of work and life. Shooting my bow has become a place to relieve stress and replace it with happiness.