Indoor competition shooting

[Marine Hunter]

Okay, I'm new to the whole indoor/competition shooting! The most shooting I've done is at a target for hunting! What distance/s do you normally shoot at? Would I have to also get target arrows for this or will my GT 7595's work? I want to try it this year which is why I have the questions. My current set up is a GT500 29/72, would I have to get that changed as well?

Thanks in advance!

[papapump]

20 yards. your regular arrows would probably work fine, but you can't beat super fat target shafts for cutting those lines. they have different classes to shoot, so you just need to check the rules to see what you can shoot with what you have. you may or may not have to modify your setup depending on the shoot rules. many shoots have a bowhunter type class and a lot of guys use their hunting rigs for that. i normally shoot a 70 lb hunting rig, but for target i shoot a 60 lb bow...much easier to hold and shoot for several rounds of 5 spot or vegas targets. there's lots of guys who shoot 70 lbs with no problems, but i'd prefer not to.

[stoley]

I think the main goal of target shooting is to feel comfortable with your rig. I shoot 55lbs and 29" draw and easton lightspeeds @ 300gr. total weight. I dropped the arrow weight to compensate for less draw weight and it seems to work very well and im not stressing myself out with a heavy draw.

main thing is you want to be comfortable on every shot. or your accuracy will suffer.

[jameswade725]

My opinion for what it's worth, start in a hunting bow class regardless. I think more fun and good company.

[Marine Hunter]

If I were to start in the hunting class am I allowed to use a slider sight? I think on here I read that I can not use that kind of sight.

[GTO63]

Slider sights will put you in the Open Class.
at our local indoor 3-D shoot,
The shots anywhere from 15 to 28 yards and they put everyone in the same class.
But when the outdoor shoots start....there are different classes.