Three shots at 20 yards, it feels a little shaky drawing my bow, but did ok.
Bow Bushman
Arrows Cedar
Everyone have a great weekend and the start of Autumn, I wish our leaves would at least change color. They do but nothing like up north.
I threw in my Boxcall hat, that is the first thing I put on everytime I shoot, I don't think I can shoot without it. Congratulations DAO on your win of your boxcall hat. We may have to start a club....chuckle.
Here's a couple shots from yesterday. I went to work in the dark and came home with dark falling fast, so I grabbed a bow and a pair of arrows that I left setting on my mantle and headed out in my shirt and tie. From beyond 25 yards, I couldn't even make out the orange disk against the white backstop, so I took two shots from there...with no idea where they were hitting. With my phone camera flash turned off, the shutter speed was really slow, and you cant hardly make out the bow, the two arrows , one of which caught the bottom of the disc and the other hit 5 inches left. It was a good lesson...I wont be taking any shots at game in such low light!
Nice job Dao! Just use your stomach muscles a tad more to raise up a few more inches so your lower limb don't contact the ground-excellent. I'm busy still putting on stuff for the chigger bites-haha!
2 from about 12 - low/left and just plain low, although I have to say that I got such a slap off of the riser window on that second shot that I seriously doubt I would've had a stationary target.
Oh… Wait, wait, wait! What I MEANT to say is that I held a little bit low on purpose because I knew that deer would be dropping!!!!
Shot at 15 yards, sitting on my bucket. I love my Box Call hat. It's the only hat I've ever owned that felt like an old friend the first time I put it on. I can't wait to get a little blood on it.
The club is holding their last shoot of the year this weekend. So this is target #1 from 17 yds elevated. Wearing my lucky Box Call hat using the Lamp with GT blems. Wish I could say truthfully that the other 29 looked like this one :) Thanks for the call CD
Looks like I will have to get one of my tech saavy sons to show me how to get my video on here from youtube-lol. If for some reason my earlier post with a link did not take you there you can search in youtube box for this----> Prone Position shot with Cari-bow longbow/cas custom arrows
Plastic squirrel huntin from 16 yrds sitting. Fs was white nock (miss) to the left the other 4 were ok:) . Thanks CD and I hope all are having a great weekend.
Finally got out late this evening after a crazy hot day. 90 degrees in Michigan September just feels wrong. Shot the K-4 and doug fir from 22 yards on one knee, quartering ever so slightly. Arrow is high and left of where I wanted. Thanks for the call CD. Best to all.
Two more at 20 from my bucket. One for me and one for LightPaw and I Missed with both, lol. LightPaw, if you can shoot today, ignore my shot and have at it.
Thanks for the call CD and have a good one everybody.
Took my first shot this morning about 8:30. Around 18-20 feet up a tree at a very nice 8 point. Went just barely over his back and he was quartering away about 25-30 yards. Maybe another day !
I watched the videos at dusk and had to rush outside with a clean "dog towel" and fling arrows from the prone position.
Only 4 of 10 arrows made it to the target, but the mosquitos loved the show. I put the towel down because I found 4 ticks on me this afternoon, but none had latched on.
Did a walk back 10, 15, 18 & 20. Right side of the bottle top to bottom 20,10,15, 18 went left. Kinda scattered today. Thanks CD and hope everyone is having a great weekend.
Ok First shot guys and gals. My first was 30yrds from my deck, bottom. 2nd from 20yrds flat ground, top and 15yrds, flat ground is middle Shooting my 1964 Grizzly 45@28" my draw. Probably will be my Max poundage and Old School color scheme Gold Tip Traditional blems 3555 with 175 up front. JF
Good evening FS Family - I hope you are all having an excellent weekend. Finally, sometime after 7pm, I made my first shot of the day. Looking forward to the week ahead.
I posted my "shot in the dark" efforts from Friday evening. Sunday my first shots were...surprising. I shoot a lot of old arrows, mostly Micro Flite ,some other fiberglass and older aluminum. The first shot involved a nock failure on release, one side of an old speed nock breaking off and creating a nice welt just behind the corner of my mouth, but, more worrisome, something approaching a dry fire with a 1961 Gordon>Browning Explorer prototype, my go-to bow. Inspection of my face and the bow revealed no other damage, so I nocked up another arrow.
The second shot produced the same result! Except this time the nock split in half and one half apparently hit my lower lip ,producing small tear and a fat lip minutes later! Again, inspection revealed a bit of blood but no damage to the bow. So I switched to arrows with "modern" Bohning nocks . Hit the orange disk with both so I retired for the evening while my luck was back on an upswing.
I learned my lesson and will be replacing all those old plastic nocks on my old arrows. My face cant be made noticeably uglier, buy I do want to keep my eyes and my old bows in good working order.
