How to Be a Lights-Out Bow Shot All Season Long

You’ve built your arrows, tuned your bow to perfection, dialed in your broadheads, and developed a consistent shot process and practice routine, and now that bow seasons are opening all across the country, you’re hard work will pay of with backstraps and some headgear for the wall. That is, as long as don’t stop now.

Once hunting seasons starts, it’s all too easy to leave the practice range behind and just focus on the chase. During the preseason, there’s plenty of time to squeeze in practice sessions; the days are longer, and you’re not hunting. But once you start trying to spend every free moment in the woods, with work and family in between, it can be hard to find the time to send a few shafts downrange. However difficult, though, you have to make the time.

You’ve gone to the trouble to develop some good muscle memory, which is great, but you can lose it quickly if you don’t keep shooting. To stay sharp, you need to practice at least three days a week during hunting season. More is better, but three days will keep those muscles tuned and your confidence up. Here are some ideas to help you stay in prime shooting shape all season long.

Sneak In a Few Weekday Groups

As fall progresses and it gets dark earlier by the day, one of the biggest challenges is fitting bow practice into a work day. This is where you just have to prioritize your practice and find a way to get it done. Wake up a little earlier a couple days a week to shoot. Or, if you work close to home, drive there on your lunch break and shoot while wolfing down some grub. These weekday sessions don’t have to take long. Just try to shoot several good three-shot groups at a variety of ranges. You can save your longer sessions for the weekend.