50 Yard Groups

First off Welcome to a great site.

I kind of chuckled a little when I read your post, especially the part about proving it. I have not had the need to prove anything in my life for a couple of decades so I am going to assume you are younger than me.

I practice at 50 yards not so I can take shots at animals at 50 yards but because it exposes any flaws I may have in my form. If I had my druthers I would shoot all my game animals with a bow within 10 yards. To me one of the biggest draws to archery hunting is how close I can get.

Now, for me my own self imposed limit on distance for deer sized animals is 40 yards. On elk I would take a fifty yard shot given all the conditions were right to do it.

Having written all this because you asked, I am posting a picture of my 50 yard target. It is a 7" pie plate on a round bail that just happens to be 50 yards off my deck which makes it very convenient. My goal is to hit all my arrows on the plate and I love the sound it makes when it hits because it that whack you hear when you have connected on an animal. I will actually practice out to 70 yards but that is purely for my own entertainment.

I shoot groups worse than this and shoot groups better than this but if I'm hitting all my arrows on the plate I'm happy. I could not even begin to tell you what a good standard would be to expect but this is mine.

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first off I would I agree with southwind as far as practicing goes at 50yds or farther it is all about keeping good form and also is excellent practice I personally shoot a tiny Cabela's Backyard Buck and at 50yds as long as all 6 arrows are in my replacement vital area I'm happy and on this target that is approx 6"x8" area cause then I know there is a great chance I will be able to smoke a deer at 40yds but here is my advise to you shoot as far back as you safely can and dont worry about your groups just try to focus on that point of impact and keeping your bow steady and in my opinion if you cant seem to get your bow steady at 60-70 yds to the point where you are all over the place to put it simply you are drawing too much weight archery is not about lets see how much weight we can draw and hold it is about well placed shots consistently time and time again and one other thing I do is start at your longest range and work your way up trust me this works great because you are not fatigued at first like you would be at the end of your shooting session try this and let me know how it works and again as far as groups go they are overrated if I knew how to upload pics to this sight I would show you my pic of 7 arrows in a 4 inch group at 40yds.