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Shooting in the dark

Started by Trond, February 03, 2015, 01:29:00 AM

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Trond

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?
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hart2hart

Yep...no" background" noise..like Don't hit the neighbor's house....nor the car across the street,etc.
Increased focus.
Mike

fnshtr

Yes. I followed up by setting up a laser pointer dot on the target with the same results... tighter groups.

Interesting.
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Ravenhood

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.

jackdaw

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..
John Getz:........... Time flies like an arrow, Fruit flies like bananas.
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jackdaw

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..
John Getz:........... Time flies like an arrow, Fruit flies like bananas.
Ed HOLCOMB 59' KODIAK 51#
Ed HOLCOMB 59' KODIAK 47#
67'1/2  BEAR SUPER K  44#
WILSON BROTHERS BLACK WIDOW 60" 45#
LONGRIVER ELK 62" LONGBOW 53#
1967 WING 62" SLIMLINE 43#

Trond

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.
Bigfoot Sasquatch hybrid (The Dark One) 60", 44# @30"
BearPaw Cayuga 66", 37# @29"
Samick Red Fox 64", 35# @28"
"The more you work, the luckier you get." Byron Ferguson

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