Archery is very calming when done in the proper mindset.
Eagler
I agree. I get the same thing out of archery I get out of pool, and I think if I got into golf it would be similar. I haven't done archery in a long time, but I used to shoot an unsighted recurve. When I was doing it 3-5 times a week, it was more like throwing a ball than trying to align sights. A truly excellent feeling.
Wiley.
Title: Re: Archery
Post by: Shuffler on January 08, 2021, 02:27:07 PM
I sold all my archery equipment years a go. Enjoyed it. I played a lot of golf too. Not much lately. I play pool, or did till they shut down the halls and bars. Some of the bars are back open.
Title: Re: Archery
Post by: The Fugitive on January 08, 2021, 06:13:22 PM
I play a little bit of pool too. Im not very good at it. I do have a 6' and a 7' pool table, both one piece slate, so there isnt much waiting if you guys want to come over :noid
Title: Re: Archery
Post by: Getback on January 09, 2021, 11:24:32 PM
Up until Thanksgiving I shot a whole lot. Maybe 200 to 250 arrows a week. One of the good folks that helped me along the way was state champion this year in outdoor archery. I went to see him shoot. It was so phreaking cool.
That video was at 20 yards. I really prefer shooting at 35 yards are more. There's that split second anticipation of will I hit it.
Title: Re: Archery
Post by: Rich46yo on January 28, 2021, 11:20:08 AM
Dad raised me as a hunter and I started as a bow hunter. I think I was about 6yo when he bought me my first kiddy bow and I used to practice with him in the basement. My uncle was a world class archer and personal friend of Fred Bear.
At 9yo I was hunting with a bow. A few years later I took my first deer, a doe. Ive thought about getting back to it but my hunting spots have dried up, I used to have more spots then time to hunt in.
But you dont have to hunt to love the great sport of archery.
Title: Re: Archery
Post by: Chalenge on February 02, 2021, 08:43:18 PM
I used to love archery. These days it would be F-Class Competition shooting, except I don't have any hand strength at the moment. That, and it's impossible to find reloading components at the moment.
Title: Re: Archery
Post by: icepac on February 12, 2021, 04:25:10 PM
One year at "camp awana", I was in charge of the archery shack.
We took all the damaged arrows and fired them off to have one really curved one shoot out of sight and land right beside us.
It had done a partial loop.
That camp had "archery golf" and I asked "what if one group catches up to the one in front of them?"
Archery golf officially ended that day.
Title: Re: Archery
Post by: Gman on February 24, 2021, 04:52:48 PM
I play a lot of pool as well, well, used to obviously since C19 shut the world down. My X is a pro 9 ball player, her twin sister has also been on the pro 9 ball tour for years. Their team also wins Vegas' VNEA or APA 8 ball tournaments every other year.
I play mainly 8 ball in local bar leagues, it is good fun, lots of great players to learn from, lots of so-so players that you can beat. When the league shut down I had 1/2 dozen EROs, 4 1st attempts, and 2 10-0s. Some guys end the league year with 20 +EROs, which shows the talent in Western Canada re VNEA/APA 8 ball league.
RE archery, I've primarily focused on firearms, but I enjoy shooting anything, and have a lot of friends into archery that have bugged me to go. Joe Rogan comes up here to Alberta to bear hunt with guys I've trained in handgun shooting who run a hunting guide/lodge business. They are huge into all kinds of archery shooting. That's what I'd like to do, get a decent Hoyt target bow, a good English longbow in a reasonable draw weight, a good recurve, and a good hunting compound. There is a great indoor 3d archery range 2 miles from our current place that I should be taking advantage of, and a bunch of English/historical archers in this area as well. Going to start this spring, get a decent target bow first, and then go from there. Some good archery instructors in my area too. Since here in Canada firearms disarmament has begun, getting into archery is probably a good idea at the moment.
Any advice on a really good 1st target bow for indoor 3d and general archery "plinking"? Sight/trigger-release/arrows/etc?
Title: Re: Archery
Post by: Shuffler on February 24, 2021, 06:23:47 PM
I play a lot of pool as well, well, used to obviously since C19 shut the world down. My X is a pro 9 ball player, her twin sister has also been on the pro 9 ball tour for years. Their team also wins Vegas' VNEA or APA 8 ball tournaments every other year.
I play mainly 8 ball in local bar leagues, it is good fun, lots of great players to learn from, lots of so-so players that you can beat. When the league shut down I had 1/2 dozen EROs, 4 1st attempts, and 2 10-0s. Some guys end the league year with 20 +EROs, which shows the talent in Western Canada re VNEA/APA 8 ball league.
RE archery, I've primarily focused on firearms, but I enjoy shooting anything, and have a lot of friends into archery that have bugged me to go. Joe Rogan comes up here to Alberta to bear hunt with guys I've trained in handgun shooting who run a hunting guide/lodge business. They are huge into all kinds of archery shooting. That's what I'd like to do, get a decent Hoyt target bow, a good English longbow in a reasonable draw weight, a good recurve, and a good hunting compound. There is a great indoor 3d archery range 2 miles from our current place that I should be taking advantage of, and a bunch of English/historical archers in this area as well. Going to start this spring, get a decent target bow first, and then go from there. Some good archery instructors in my area too. Since here in Canada firearms disarmament has begun, getting into archery is probably a good idea at the moment.
Any advice on a really good 1st target bow for indoor 3d and general archery "plinking"? Sight/trigger-release/arrows/etc?
Everything here has gone to BCA. I played a lot of 9 back in the day when I was a bit more serious and the money was right. I stopped and played golf for years. When I went back to pool I just played what I called my third game, one handed. Most of the folks I play will be playing 2 handed as usual. I play one handed and never touch the table with hand or stick. More fun for me.
Title: Re: Archery
Post by: Gman on February 25, 2021, 10:49:29 PM
BCA/Cue sports live is very popular and active in Calgary as well. My old team has lots of Youtube vids up from Cue sports tournaments.
You shoot any good cues Shuffler? I've been using Predator cues since I got my first one in 1996 when I bought one for my X right before we split, and I kept it. Great cues, I got a new one a few years back, haven't had the chance to use it much. Hopefully C19 restrictions end - I made it through C19 like a snap, especially considering underlying health conditions, but my pops is still in the ICU since Feb 11th when he went down in his home and was unresponsive from his C19 infection (it had killed his kidney functions, they are back now, still fighting other issues though, he had surgery again yesterday morning and is hanging in there.)
Be great once this is all over, new hobbies to get into (Archery), and some old ones to pick up again (pool). I can still go shooting, our 1100m rifle range is private, and on private property, and it hasn't been ordered closed here (yet).
Title: Re: Archery
Post by: Shuffler on February 26, 2021, 09:19:46 AM
McDermott is my preference.
We used to play some 8 and a lot of 9 down here. When I returned after playing golf for some years, they were all about BCA.
The covid shut things for awhile. They have been back open for a couple of months but I have not gone out to play.
Title: Re: Archery
Post by: Getback on March 06, 2021, 08:45:36 AM
Made another video yesterday. I was using 2 cameras but dropped the GoPro SD Card into the couch. So until I do some upholstery work it's just this one camera. I was shooting at 50, 60, and 70 yards.
https://youtu.be/bR7Pcgts72Y
Title: Re: Archery
Post by: fracdude on March 10, 2021, 08:00:36 PM
is that a bowtech? I used to shoot archery ALOT, got so I could put 5 arrows in a dixie cup at 120 yards. The wife worked at a pro shop in Pueblo Co years ago, she got so she could tear a bow apart and put it back together and do all the tuning stuff. All I did was shoot haha. I was shooting a golden eagle bow from walmart at that point, had trophy ridge sights and rest, the rest screwed up and cost me first place in the league shoot that we were in. This summer was first time I shot my bow in almost 12 years, need to have wife build a new string.
Title: Re: Archery
Post by: mechanic on March 11, 2021, 09:21:45 AM
Big lover of archery here. I always have a selection of bows from home made primitive to my bowtech compound. Right now I'm mostly using a 50lb glass/wood longbow called Black Hawk made by a company called Buck Trail. One of the best bows I have ever owned. I really love the accuracy of the compound but more often I always seem to get drawn into trying to improve my barebow abilities.
Title: Re: Archery
Post by: Getback on March 19, 2021, 06:22:35 AM
It's a Mathews Traverse set at 50 lbs. draw.
Once the bow fell off a picnic table. That caused the string to leap the cam. It also caused the arrow rest to drop a notch. And that's when I learned to actually tune a bow. It was a great experience.
Title: Re: Archery
Post by: 1stpar3 on March 24, 2021, 04:42:52 AM
Archery has been a big part of my life, for like 35 years now! My Niece(who also is in game) ULBLIZZ, was on her High School Archery team! Ripley,WV HS....VIKINGS! Ranked #1 for 3 straight years :rock It was awesome, getting to train with her. I follow a Youtube creator Armin Hirmer, who does a lot of Historical bow reviews. I purchased a Tartar Style bow fro Simon's Bow Co.(Hungary ifir) ,after seeing his review."RAPTOR" for real! I shot a big Doe last WV bow season with it!!! Horse Bow...on White Tail Doe :aok Even shot it "Thumb Release" with arrow on "The Wrong Side"! VERY FULFILLING experience :rock Therapeutic experience!!! Even shot a Dozen or so Squirrels while "Stumping"(walking through wood shooting at random Rotten stumps, for practice)..so enlightening! :rock