Anyone who spends a lot of time target practicing will tell you this, shooting at the same target over and over gets not only repetitive, but boring. It can be hard to keep your focus, which will in turn not only hurt your ability to hit your target, but devalue the time you spend practicing. For those who target practice for fun, it might not be a big deal, for hunters, however, being off target can mean a missed meal, and possibly a wounded and suffering animal, neither of which are good, and the latter is unacceptable.

I have, on occasion, practiced every day for months on end, and as a result have come up with a few ways to keep my practice sessions both entertaining and productive.

1. Teddy Bear Hunting: Alright, so this one is easy and really people have been doing it for years. All it consists of is tacking something to your target for you to shoot at. That item may be a bottle, a playing card, and apple, in my case I use old stuffed animals. I found an old teddy bear I had got at a yard sale one day for like $3. Not bad, not bad at all. Want more of a challenge? Take a piece of paper and tape it to the bear's back to create a "kill zone." Then tack the bear to your target and shoot at the bear, aiming for the zone. When your done check the bears back to see how well your shots were placed.

2. Get Some Exercise In: Any hunter will tell you, the minute a deer, moose, elk, or what ever you are hunting steps in front of you presenting a perfect target, your heart is racing at about a million miles per hour. Problem is, when you practice, your not practicing with your heart racing. So to get your heart pumping, try jogging a few laps before you target practice. If jogging isn't cutting it for you, try sprinting. Just be mindful of what you can and cannot do over do it running around your back yard. Also, never, NEVER, run in or around a shooting range, with your bow, or any other weapon.

3. Shoot Outside Your Comfort Zone: Just because you'll never take a 70 yard shot at a white tail in your tree stand doesn't you can't practice 70 yard shots. They may seem like your throwing a hail merry into your target, and at first you will. But eventual you be able to hit your target reliably, and those 30 yard shots are going to seem a lot closer.