Any Bow Shooters?

[jkdbjj]

Just got done shooting my son's compound, and did pretty good at 40 ft shooting a foot square target! I'm just learning, so it is a start for me.

 

[rjssigns]

It has been many years since I shot. But I can tell you one thing that cleaned up my groupings was a sling. They are simple, yet a bit fiddly to get set up. The purpose is so you do not have to grip the bow. Gripping the bow tends to "torque" the bow off center one way or the other, which is something you then have to compensate for.
With a sling you just let the pressure of the draw hold it in the crook of your thumb and index finger. Once you release the bow will rotate forward ever so slightly but will never fall. Then you get a release and work with that.

I shot a Darton with a single lighted pin set for 15yards. Nothing fancy, but with practice I consistently put 6 arrows in a 2" circle at 15 yards.

BTW I was trained by my friend who runner upped in state two years in a row.:Big Laugh

 

[jkdbjj]

I have not seen a sling before, I can see the advantage right away after Googling it. We do have the release, although I wasn't using it today, it does help tremendously.

 

[rjssigns]

Get a good sling and have someone show you how to get it just right. Your shots will be all over the place until your brain finally tells your body that you aren't going to drop your bow. Good luck!

 

[Fred Weiss]

Back in the day, I was a member of a chapter of the Izaak Walton League in Silver Spring, MD. It had a stocked pond, skeet and trap ranges, a pistol range, a petting zoo and an archery range that was laid out like a golf course ... but in the woods. You went from target to target covering 18 in all. It was great fun and good exercise as well.

 

[signage]

Back in the day, I was a member of a chapter of the Izaak Walton League in Silver Spring, MD. It had a stocked pond, skeet and trap ranges, a pistol range, a petting zoo and an archery range that was laid out like a golf course ... but in the woods. You went from target to target covering 18 in all. It was great fun and good exercise as well.

Fred now a-days they call it 3D archery shooting!:ROFLMAO:

 

[OldPaint]

iam sort of a purist when it comes to a bow. i enjoy the eastern philosophies, chinese in particular and the bow they used was a longbow. similar to native americans, but taller. i have one, and it a #50 pull. when i was 100% well, i could rack it within an inch of my ear, but could never get that last inch of pull. 50 pound dont sound like much, but i was more into the zen effect of mind and bow. and with a longbow.....forearm sheath..IS MANDATORY)))) i shot it ONCE without one.....never again.

 

[Fred Weiss]

Fred now a-days they call it 3D archery shooting!:ROFLMAO:

That may be. In my day the only thing 3D was House of Wax at the movies.

 

[mark galoob]

I'll stick to my remmy .308. We shot out to 500 meters last week. It's such a kick to bullseye at thaT range


Mark Galoob

 

[Ken]

I used to use a recurve bow way back when. Target shooting only.
Considering a new compound bow.
Cheers! Ken