Spring is in the air and the arrows should be also.  Ladies and gentlemen, winter has released its cold grip on us and now is the perfect time to start strengthening up your bow muscles, and extending your max range.



 During the first part of this spring I would suggest that you shoot a lot of arrows and get your muscles back to peak pulling strength also.  If you can’t go out and practice then just do this exercise.

 Take a round weight that corresponds or is at least close to the same weight of your bow or the weight that you want to be pulling at the end of the year.      

Use the round weight and take a strong rope with a handle or tie the end of the rope to form a handle. Insert the rope through the circular weight. Next, hold the end of the rope with the handle and drape the weight over a sturdy structure at chest height. Once you are set up use the handle and pretend to draw your bow.  The weight hanging over the structure will act as the draw weight of the bow; this will simulate drawing back and can be a good way to strengthen your bow muscles.  Once, the feeling in your arm is back to normal it’s time to extend your max range.

 What I like to do to accomplish this is take a normal size paper plate and tape it to your target. The reason I do this is because that plate is about the size of a deer’s vitals. Pace yourself back about twenty yards and take three to five arrows then begin to shoot at the plate.  Once your hitting the plate with all arrows step back five yards. Continue at this exercise until you begin to miss.  This will give you your maximum range.  You should be responsible and not take a shot past this range while hunting. As the year and time moves and spring begins to turn to fall practice often.  Consider every shot a kill shot at a live animal. Ten to fifteen arrows should suffice for a days practice.



You should be ready to head to the woods after this spring training. Heed these tips and you will see increases in your draw strength and your accuracy. also like gordy explained in the vid its often helpfull to practice from elivation this will help get you shooting the right angles from a tree stand.

Good Hunting and God bless
Ryan