I use a barbless arrow and shoot plastic bottles in the yard off my deck

 

Sink beer cans at different depths and shoot till you retrive them

 

Go shoot fish

 

When ever it's an option this is the best way to practice

 

No practicing during season just try to get out as much as I can whether it is out on the boat day or night or walking the banks, doesn't matter to me. During the winter I'll throw out some poker chips in the snow and shoot them but not really practicing just something to do

 

THat is a damn expensive bowfishing bow there haha. Shoot at pencils in the yard if ya want, but the only true practice is to get out and fish like said above. Don't ruin that bow shooting fish, pick you up a cheap kids bow and go get bloody.

 

Those bows are less expensive than an Osprey, just may have an issue with the poundage...

 

Shoot fish

 

There was a good thread on here about cutting circles out of PVC pipe so I have been doing that (or will be as soon as the rain lets up).

Also I bought practice arrows that are the same weight as my usual arrows but without the barbs most of the catalogs have them.

 

I use a barbless arrow and shoot leave or weeds in the yard.

 

Just get out as much as possible!, if it's from walking banks to being in the boat, any shooting is practice! Remember aim low.

 

shoot more and shoot more often

 

stand on the shed and shoot bottle caps

 

thank you guys. I need to learn the refraction so I will sink some cans at various depths and shoot at them I guess.Thank you for all of the tips. I work 6 days a week and have a family at home so getting out is a little hard, but I think I am going to start going after work on Saturdays and Sundays because we close at 5pm.

 

Depending on where you are the poundage thing is different. everyone out here shoots 55+ lbs.

 

too much bow for bowfishing....

 

I shoot in the yard to just practice my aim. As far as practice for shooting fish I found shooting at trash in the lake works pretty good. Main thing is just to shoot as much as possible and you'll eventually get the hang of it.