If you don't get the reference of the title I feel bad for you. But as it suggests I'm moving back! I think the top sight pin is almost exactly dialed in for 15 yards, only I don't measure out with a tape every time, so it's unfortunately approximate. But it should be close.
I did take a round from 30 yards (32 paces or so, long legs = long strides). I got a picture of it, but I did not upload it last night. I'll get to it this evening. I thought it was a pretty darn good group for being the last round after an upper body workout day. I think with a day of rest and a few warm up shots and I can close it down a lot. Even still the group was 3 in the 6 to 8 inch diameter circle (again I haven't measured it, but now that I think of it that's a great idea). The first one was way off because I was using the wrong pin. I wasn't sure if my 30 yard pin was the last one or the middle one. Turns out it was the middle. I was about an inch away from sending that arrow over the target. But the fact that the others were in the 6 to 8 inch circle was great. Not as consistent as I would like to see, but again I had already shot a few rounds and it was an upper body day.
It is good that I had a hard time yesterday, though. I tried to focus on making sure I was against the wall and I tried to keep good form even while I was fatigued. I think this represents a similar situation if you were hunting and had several tree stands. If you were going up and down all day and had walked a ways to your stand, you would probably be fatigued. As long as I keep practicing and working out, when hunting season comes I won't even have to try when drawing the bow. Everything will be second nature and I won't have to think about anything.
Pictures will be up later. If you are following this, here's a great blog post about keeping your form: Olympic Archer/Hunter. It is not just about form, but some great info from some pros. Also a good resource in general. Thanks for reading.
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