New guy / errant arrow question...

[fish4lmb]

Greetings all. I am a new bowhunter and am starting from zero learning how to shoot. I would like to set up a target in my backyard to get daily practice. I have searched my local ordinances and find no rules against that. My concern is with errant arrows. My target will be placed on the side of my house and I will be ableto make close to a 30 yard shot. The shots would travel towards my front fence where I'll have the bag and then a plywood backstop behind that. Should there be a legitimate concern with any errant arrows flying over a 6 1/2 foot fence?
I have shot it somewhere around 100 times at a different location and consistently hit the target with only 3 shots being 6 " off the target.

Thanks... I'm sure I'll have more questions as this bowhunting sickness grabs a deeper hold on me.

Mike

[gonehuntin68]

I've been around a lot of new bow hunters over my years and my answer is YES, you should be concerned as I've seen arrows stuck in ceilings, walls, cars, pipes and all sorts of stuff from arrant shots.

[El Coyote]

what city are you in? Lots of LEO's on here might be able to help you. Sometimes something like no discharge of a weapon.

[TexaswBOWhunter]

Not just new shooters, I have been shooting for 15 years and recently had a release break and send an arrow astray.... I have seen equipment failures cause several stray arrows, IMO there should always be concern and care taken for a stray arrow...

[3children]

You owe it to archery everywhere, to be the safest one can be. How would you feel if somehow an arrow got away and hurt someone. Not good, I know!! I have seen close calls, and then the comical end, someone shoots the refrigerator or television. Just be careful, go out to the dump, or a farmers pasture, ask first and then shoot away.

[bigtuna]

You can always build yourself a more sturdy backstop and place the target inside it.

[Matt_C]

Stand 10 yards from the target. Shoot a 1000 arrows then move back to 15 yards, shoot 500 arrows. U will learn to draw, build strenght, control the bow and perfect your technique... just my 2 cents.

[bbs383ci]

another thing that will help is to have your bow set at a DW that doesnt make you pick the bow up over shoulder high to draw your not gonna do that hunting so why do it when your practicing it just helps in the event that something does go wrong you wont send an arrow up in the air but toward the target area