Arrow grouping at 20 and 30 yards.

[ATI]

Just wanting to see what a decent grouping should be at 20/30 yards.
I'm within 2.5" - 3" from the center circle at 20 yards but it would help me more if I could see some pics.
Thanks!

[Texastaxi]

In theory, if you can hit a pie plate, at 20 yards, you can kill a deer.

In reality, most bow hunters can hold less than a 2" group at 20, a 3" group at 30, etc.

Target shooters will constantly damage arrows, at 20 and 30 yards, if they shoot at the same spot.

[DuramaxDude]

Uncle Ted the Nudge says if you cant consistantly hit a softball at 15 or 20 yards you should not be hunting. lol

[ATI]

In theory, if you can hit a pie plate, at 20 yards, you can kill a deer.

In reality, most bow hunters can hold less than a 2" group at 20, a 3" group at 30, etc.

Target shooters will constantly damage arrows, at 20 and 30 yards, if they shoot at the same spot.

a pie plate or a pot pie plate? in that case I need to stop fiddling around and target practicing because I can do that!!!

[docmay]

I have always felt an inch for every 10 yards was a good goal. 2 inches at 20 yards, 3 in at 30 yds, ..... 6 inches at 60 yards.

[ATI]

I have always felt an inch for every 10 yards was a good goal. 2 inches at 20 yards, 3 in at 30 yds, ..... 6 inches at 60 yards.

That's a good rule... is this from the center most point of the bullseye or from the outer line of the circle?

[elkbowhunter]

Uncle Ted the Nudge says if you cant consistantly hit a softball at 15 or 20 yards you should not be hunting. lol

Yep and IMO this should be tested before you even get your bow license. If you can't hit a softball at what you are aiming at you should not shoot. Takes practice but its just the way it should be. It kinda blows me away there is no actual testing of accuracy in Texas bow license. I know Montana has the big steel targets that have a kill zone hole cut out. On testing day you hear a lot of pings going on. No ping you get a license...you have pings you come back later after you PRACTICE!!

[Texastaxi]

That's a good rule... is this from the center most point of the bullseye or from the outer line of the circle?

That's a measured group, so a 2" group would be a 2" circle centered on the bull.
Essentially, you can hit within 1" of where you're aiming, creating a 2" group.

[docmay]

When I measure a group it is the diameter of the cluster of arrows. If you can group but not hit the bullseye then just move the sight. Thinks of the same as rifle shooting. Doesn't matter where the group is to determine how good the rifle shoots.

[JMcCullough]

Yep and IMO this should be tested before you even get your bow license. If you can't hit a softball at what you are aiming at you should not shoot. Takes practice but its just the way it should be. It kinda blows me away there is no actual testing of accuracy in Texas bow license. I know Montana has the big steel targets that have a kill zone hole cut out. On testing day you hear a lot of pings going on. No ping you get a license...you have pings you come back later after you PRACTICE!!

What's a bow license?

[dirt dauber]

Backyard fun @ 30yrds

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[elkbowhunter]

What's a bow license?

The bow license is the training an archer gets to be able to hunt with their bow in other states. You don't need that endorsement in Texas but you do in some states that respect the necessity to have their hunters pass a course on bowhunting.

[dmcm33]

When I measure a group it is the diameter of the cluster of arrows. If you can group but not hit the bullseye then just move the sight. Thinks of the same as rifle shooting. Doesn't matter where the group is to determine how good the rifle shoots.

Doc has it spot on. An inch for every 10 yards is a good goal to set. It doesn't matter where you are hitting, as long as they are all within that particular group, i.e 3 inches in diameter at 30 yards.
Once you have the precision, then you go for the accuracy (moving the sight).

[sportsman]

Here is my 40 group when I first got my "new to me bow" back at the end of December. It's much better now that I've gotten use to the bow

[treestand]

It's those d&m# fliers that ruin a group and frustrate most archers, me included. 3 or 4 arrows right next to each other and one 4 inches left.