| From: Brian waters
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| Date: 10-Oct-17 |
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Years ago when i picked up traditional archery an old man gave me some rubber blunts and told me to shoot 2 liter bottles in the yard to help me learn. I still do so to this day as its just flat out fun for the whole family. As a 2 liter has gotten easy i started to play spin the bottle by shooting @ the cap. After not shooting in 2 weeks after a family emergency has me in VA for a unknown amount of time, i finally got to shoot a few times saturday. As you can see i was close, but no cigar. Also, a few bottles are alot easier to transport than a target when traveling.
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| From: jk
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| Date: 10-Oct-17 |
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We don't generally have lawns in the SW...except on golf courses.
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| From: Brian waters
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| Date: 10-Oct-17 |
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You sound like a deprived individual jk. Although not having to mow grass is a benefit im sure.
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| From: PEARL DRUMS
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| Date: 10-Oct-17 |
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I always tell beginners to do the same thing, but with a cotton ball rather. Its fun, no doubt.
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| From: George D. Stout
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| Date: 10-Oct-17 |
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Yessir, that's all part of having fun with the bow and arrow. More folks should have fun.
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| From: GF
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| Date: 10-Oct-17 |
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You can get pretty good by just plinking... Rubber blunts are good, as are Judos (where there is grass/brush for them to snag on) and steel blunts for stumps - though it never hurts to carry a pocket-knife when you do that!
I'm also a big fan of tennis balls, wiffle golf-balls and 16-oz aluminum cans. Aiming for the cap is just plain good practice for picking the smallest spot that you can see....
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| From: mgerard
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| Date: 10-Oct-17 |
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Empty a few bottles before you shoot, it will help you relax a bit too!
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| From: nrthernrebel05
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| Date: 10-Oct-17 |
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that usually what I shoot at before I go out for an evening sit
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| From: Longcruise
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| Date: 10-Oct-17 |
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Might not have hit it, but I'd take that group any day.
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| From: Brian waters
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| Date: 10-Oct-17 |
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I hit it a few shots later. I only took this pic because i found it comical to have such a tight group @30 yrds and still missed. Hitting something the size of a quarter is alot harder than it sounds. GF, be careful of those tenn8s balls, my arrows like to jump back @ me. Im extremely happy with that group. Its been a while. Ive been struggling with new glasses since the sept 9th brierfield shoot.
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| From: Fisher
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| Date: 11-Oct-17 |
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Very catchy title . . .
Back in the day when I tried to be a regular participant in spin the bottle type activities, usually I could get closer than 30 yards. But, not always close enough.
Your version seems like a good present day game that may be quite safe and much better archery practice.
In a video, that famous movie star Barry Wensel suggested shooting at golf balls. I never had the balls to try it. (No golf balls.)
Best wishes.
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| From: sir misalots
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| Date: 11-Oct-17 |
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I love the cheap water bottles (very flimsy plastic) No deflection. And at our house they are plentiful
But they do damage fast if you connect a lot.
I often put em in trees as imitation squirrels
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| From: jk
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| Date: 11-Oct-17 |
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A wheelie I shoot with hangs a ping-pong ball at 20-30 yds from a length of coat hanger using mono fishing line. He shoots till he nails it, which is within a half dozen arrows.
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| From: crowfoot
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| Date: 11-Oct-17 |
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We used to han pinecone from fish line and use blunts or judos..Surprisingly we hit them quite often even at 30 plus
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