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Post by Major, Cory J on Oct 25, 2010 21:28:06 GMT
At my Parents hunt camp, there used to be a little old bow that some friends would use for the odd rabbit here and there, and my brother and I loved go back there and shoot that thing, it only had 1 arrow and we would launch it as far as we could out into the field, great fun. But one day we went back to the camp to mess around with it, and low and behold someone had come in and stolen it and some other stuff as well.... I was kinda crushed... Then a few months later my father brought me and my brother into the living room told us to close our eyes and hold out our hands, few seconds later we each had one of these in our grubby lil fingers I was hooked! When I got to high-school my gym teacher (Now my father-in-law) was big into Trad archery, including teaching it to us.I made the change over to Traditional and entered into my High School Board league. I brought home the Trad Instinctive Trophy for all 4 years I entered! Just this past summer I was looking to get a Rudderbow Warbow, but something else came up, and I was destined to make another switch (SORRY TARAN!) With that I went to a shoot near Toronto (my first 3-D and Field shoot ever) and came in 12th place overall (even beat out a 1986 Canadian FITA Champion!) So I have since gotten much more involved in archery (including getting my coaches certificate-1st level) and buying more toys for it. I went to that tournament 4 days after I actually got the bow, and I realized that I was pretty good with it pretty quick, so I am joining some leagues this winter and will see what comes of it! Pic from 4 days after picking the bow up shooting 4 arrows at 70m Also heres that same bow now, after more toys have been shipped in And THAT was how I got into and back into archery!
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Post by LittleJP on Oct 30, 2010 20:22:53 GMT
When I was about 10 or so, I started getting into the whole outdoors stuff, archery, camping, the like.
I had a 20 lbs draw little fiberglass recurve, looking back, it was the crappist thing I could've shot. I still loved it, and I still have it.
Now, about 6 months ago, I decided to get a new bow and start the whole hobbey again. Got myself a 50 lbs longbow, shot it a while, then realized it was too light for me, and got something heavier.
Right now,I'm shooting a 60lbs recurve, I'm almost able to land all 6 arrows inside a 8' diameter circle from about 20 yards, and I'm still improving.
Great sport.
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Post by Young-Soo on Nov 6, 2010 10:57:35 GMT
Very interesting thread you have started, Chris! I got into the art of shooting stuff with arrows when I was about 16. My school had a course called (roughly translated) "Other kinds of sports", and during one of the lessons we went to an archery school. I got hooked right away. Since I turned 19, I haven't been able to practice archery at the same place, and one other archery school said, after my first shot, "You can't shoot like that! You might as well take off the sight!". This because I shoot quite fast and don't take much time to concentrate and focus. Well, my temper doesn't allow me to, so I guess I'll have to warn the next archery school I enter . How well I shoot with this style? Well, let's just say that I don't shoot perfect shots, but I keep the arrows inside the target area Since the discussion about traditionality and modernisation has been brought up, I might as well add my opinion. I like more traditional bows, though I haven't used a really traditional one, but I try to use bows with as much wood in them as possible. And I don't use those stabilisation weights; I fear that using such equipment might not train your instincts enough. Who knows. My own little "rule" is that I try not to use more equipment than I would be able to create if I had to survive in the wilderness. I think it's a way to honour our ancestors, who had to manage with fairly simple, handmade tools and weapons. And, to get back to my fast shooting, I don't think our ancestors had much time to focus when a bear was charging towards them
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Post by Freebooter on Nov 7, 2010 12:21:00 GMT
Hello, I got into archery as a kid. I grew up wathing the old Errol Flynn movie, "Adventures of Robin Hood". When we were kids, way bck in the '60s, around 11 yrs old or so, a neighborhood friend got a 35lb longbow for Christmas. Oh heck, we just had to have one! So then a couple of others of us got one. My parents bought me a 30lb recurve. It was red and made of fiberglass, as were my two buddies. Oh how I loved that little bow! We never had a storebought taret, just shot all the time, distance shooting in a huge field, at targets we made or picked out, walking around shooting cans and milk cartons on the side of the road, pine cones in the woods, etc.. We were stump shooting but never heard of that then!
Then we got older and along came girls, cars, fighting, beer, pot, skipping school and all the other plagues of school days, etc. We just forgot all about our trusty friends; our bows and bicycles. Years went by and I was down in Orlando, Fla remodeling a big hotel there and one of the carpet guys, a fella named Gary Arthur out of Michigan, an avid archer and hunter, had brought his bow with him. We became friends and he rekindled my interest in bows and archery. He shot a Hoyt 60lb recurce and he was good too! We went to an archery shop and I bought a compound, but finally went to a recurve and then a longbow, back to basics and like my child hood hero, Robin Hood.
So there you have it. And I still love archery and my longbow. Later, Freebooter
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Post by Freebooter on Nov 7, 2010 12:32:25 GMT
Hey Cory, I see from that one pic it must have been hot. I went hunting on Oct 16th, day after opening archery season day, and it got up to like 75 or 80 quick and like you, I wound up being just absolutely soaked with sweat. Here in central and south Alabama the temp is always coupled with a lot of humidity. It is horrible. In summetime I don't even stick my head out the door unless it is to go to work!
But anyway, good pics you posted. Attached is one or two of me with my longbow. I am dressed in my Viking stuff, and am fifty pounds lighter now so don't pay any attention to the gut! LOL! Later, Freebooter Alabama
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Post by Freebooter on Nov 7, 2010 12:35:27 GMT
Btw, that sort of helmet, or any helmet with a nasal guard, is no good for archery. It obstructs your aim. Now I know why the old archers wore helmets without nasal guards or maybe no helmets. FB
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Post by Major, Cory J on Nov 7, 2010 14:02:55 GMT
That picture (of my father in law) was taken in mid July here in Canada, however, it had just finished pouring down rain (which lasted for about 2 hours...) just about 20 mins before that picture was taken. The other pictures (Me with a boar and the FITA target) were taken the next day, no rain Just humidity...
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Post by Taran on Nov 10, 2010 19:06:15 GMT
That depends on your draw. I could easily wear a helm with a nasal guard without screwing up my aim. But I don't draw to the corner of my mouth. I draw to my ear and keep my nose completely out of the way. But it would seem I'm the only one around here who does that.
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Post by LittleJP on Nov 10, 2010 19:30:46 GMT
It depends on the person. Personally, I draw higher, past my eyes. For those that have tried both, which do you prefer? Longbow or recurve?
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Post by Freebooter on Nov 10, 2010 23:31:35 GMT
I don't think I could draw my bow to my ear. If I did, with my luck I would somehow get the string behind my ear, release it, and tear my ear off! LOL! I am comfortable with my anchor point. There are probably no two archers that draw and release the same, or hold n the same place. When I used to go to tournements, it was interesting to watch the other archers and observe their style, hold, stance, anchor, etc, etc.. Very interesting. FB
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