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You have several groups that are nice and tight around the bullseye. That's good shooting. Then the shots start getting progressively lower. My guess is that you're getting worn out from drawing and not being conditioned for long sessions, and it's causing you to drop your shoulder.
Shoot 6-12 arrows per day and stop. Then slowly add more arrows as it feels right. If you ever feel any sort of fatigue, or strain, or tiredness, immediately stop and rest a day. Archery uses muscles that don't otherwise get used, and you have to build them up. I've seen big-ass bodybuilders get tired after 6 shots with a 70 lb bow because they don't exercise those muscles with their bodybuilding routine.
Just keep it up and work on groupings. You can always adjust your sight, or your aim spot to get on target once you can consistently shoot a tight group. OR! If you don't feel like potentially breaking arrows, get a bunch of small targets and put one arrow through each of them. I have little bright green bullseye stickers that I put all over my target bag and shoot one arrow per bullseye.
Thanks very much!
I’ve been getting stronger, easier to keep the pin on the target, and my score has improved, though I feel like I have hit another ceiling. My best round so far:
https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/b9cf0739-18f6-447c-9f2d-5b647484e161.png
That's a strong showing! Stick with it, shoot regularly, and you'll build those muscles needed to keep a steady pin on the target for dozens of arrows.