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Title: Shooting in the dark
Post by: Trond on February 03, 2015, 01:29:00 AM
I had a funny experience last night. I try to shoot a few arrows every day after work, but yesterday was a busy day, so it became rather late. When I finally got time to take the bow outside, it was dark. The only light I had was on my target, and what happens? I have never been shooting this good before. I could barely see my bow, but my groupings where more than nice. Anyone else had the same experience?
Title: Re: Shooting in the dark
Post by: hart2hart on February 03, 2015, 10:03:00 AM
Yep...no" background" noise..like Don't hit the neighbor's house....nor the car across the street,etc.
Increased focus.
Mike
Title: Re: Shooting in the dark
Post by: fnshtr on February 03, 2015, 12:42:00 PM
Yes. I followed up by setting up a laser pointer dot on the target with the same results... tighter groups.

Interesting.
Title: Re: Shooting in the dark
Post by: Ravenhood on February 04, 2015, 09:39:00 AM
If its completely dark , I mean can not see the bow or arrow at all , I dont shoot as good as when its just dark.
Title: Re: Shooting in the dark
Post by: jackdaw on February 04, 2015, 09:20:00 PM
you still have to have some frame of reference of where your hand is. Complete darkness can be a disaster, pretty dark is still OK. It increases your focus on target only..
Title: Re: Shooting in the dark
Post by: jackdaw on February 04, 2015, 09:20:00 PM
you still have to have some frame of reference of where your hand is. Complete darkness can be a disaster, pretty dark is still OK. It increases your focus on target only..
Title: Re: Shooting in the dark
Post by: Trond on February 05, 2015, 01:30:00 AM
Yeah, I am standing outside the livingroom window so I get a little bit of light. Just enough to see what I'm doing. The idea of using a laserpointer sound good. That I will try when only the temperatures rise a bit. It's freezing up here now.