Keeping my goal in sight!

I have been shooting.  I just stopped writing. I apologize. I have been varying my shooting from 10 to 20 yards. I am very consistent in this range at hitting a playing card on my target face. Clearance issues popped up with my fletching. I have ended up twisting my arrow nock so my cock feather (different colored feather) is facing down. This allowed complete clearance past my cable guard / guide which was the offending object. You'll remember I am using a whisker biscuit rest and my first thought was that the feathers were getting damaged by the rest. THIS WAS NOT the case. My other two feathers on my arrows show very little wear after almost a full month of shooting. And it's not because I'm not shooting. ;>)

I worked a little harder this weekend and have now shot and adjusted my sight all the way out to 40 yards.  I must say this bow - rest - arrow combination has been shooting GREAT! The arrows are light so my sight has one pin for 10 - 20 - 30 yards. And I'm consistently hitting playing cards. I just started shooting at 40 yards so I am not quite as consistent yet and it was getting dark. I am having a little trouble seeing the sight ring in low light situations. I am going to really snug my anchor up and hold the bow still at the release. We'll see how this helps in my shooting at 40 yards in low light. The other issue I see is the further you are from your target the smaller it is in your sight window. The pin covers the playing card. I have been trying some breathing techniques as I release but any thoughts any of you have are welcome. The next post will have photos...

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The shoulder is holding up well.  I'm keeping my draw arm out in front of me and as I draw the elbow is pulled back close to my stomach. When the bow is fully drawn I lift my elbow up high to the correct shooting position. It seems to be working. I have a lot of work to do though because one of my goals is to shoot the Sunrise Ski Lodge 3D shoot in July. Check it out here http://www.sunriseskipark.com/3-d%20shootout%202011.htm
I'm ready to paper tune this bow to the arrows I currently have. Although I will not hunt with this brand of arrows. It's a light arrow, only 7.6 grains per inch. My hunting arrows will be 400 to 425 grains. One of the target arrows shattered on impact with the soft foam target. Can't have that when I'm hunting. Perhaps the arrow shattered because the bow is so powerful.... no, I don't think so. It was just a bad arrow.  The bow is really shooting well. I love it.

Here is my question for the next few days....

1. Shall I use the lighter arrows to shoot at the Sunrise shoot and then switch to a heavier arrow for hunting? If it's yes then sight pins will need to be moved. Right now the lighter arrows are around 75 grains lighter than the hunting shafts will be. I'm not a pro shooter.  While I would like to score well at the 3D shoot will my shooting the lighter target shafts have a negative impact on my success this fall when I switch to the hunting weight shafts?

What do you folks think.  Pictures are on the way I promise! Including some photos of a great home made paper tuning stand.