I had planned and paid to shoot the Total Archer Challenge (TAC) today and tomorrow in Park City.
Except last week when I was trying to get my bow dialed in at 50 and 70 yards, I found myself unable to group reasonably, and then that started causing me problems at 30 yards.
Obviously my ego was a bit shaken, but it also put a pause on my plans.
I’m not good enough to shoot TAC.
Archery (unlike firearms) has a reusable ammo.
Relatively expensive ammo.
I’ve lost a decent number of arrows this year from missing targets at various distances.
Obviously that’s not good, but in a competitive (and I wasn’t planning on putting any money down with my shooting group) environment, missing the target altogether is a problem–even if I wasn’t planning to have any pride in what I was doing.
Point being, I need (a lot) more practice. Probably a year’s worth.
To feel confident, I need to be grouping arrows in a 3-4″ circle at 50 yards, not a 3-4′ circle.
So it’s time to exercise some humility, know that I’m not going to be at all successful, step back, and put in the time and effort to practice to perfection.
This is probably not the only area of my life I should do this.