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NFAS have a primitive class,
Oh yeah, good point, I'd totally forgotten that (I don't think I ever knew anyone who shot it).
Bloody hell Sorry Rich, I didn't realise you were the owner...I really didn't mean to be an arse, I though it was a chat about a bit of kit on ebay, I owe you a pint mate....
I'd watch out for digging down and getting close to stone or buried roots
Like an idiot, I aimed at what I thought was a rotten stump yesterday and it turned out to be a stone.
I wouldn't mind but it was only fist-sized and about 30 yards away... possibly my best shot ever, but it smashed an XX75 in the process! Bitter sweet moment.
Like an idiot, I aimed at what I thought was a rotten stump yesterday and it turned out to be a stone.
I prefer proper bosses or hanging bags of clothes
The backdrop needs to be carefully thought through as digging arrows out of trees or breaking them on rocks is tedious
This is (one reason) why I shot HT. Hit a rock with a wooden arrow, you can usually turn it into a slightly shorter arrow. That and they're considerably cheaper to start with, especially as I made my own.
Is compound crossbow a naughty word?? 😀
This is (one reason) why I shot HT. Hit a rock with a wooden arrow, you can usually turn it into a slightly shorter arrow. That and they're considerably cheaper to start with, especially as I made my own.
I hate breaking my wooden arrows, the time and effort that goes in to a good arrow for it to die on you. I usually get one or two pile breaks if lucky but it is demoralising when one shatters.
I'm using carbon heavy hunters for training in the woods which don't survive oblique hits but are good overall
Is compound crossbow a naughty word??
Arbalists!!!!!!!!!
Tend to be shot by kids at swans or by the old and lame who can't pull their bow anymore. 😉
To be fair I have come across the odd one who is a fan from the beginning, if it's your bag enjoy it
Tomorrow is my first competition. "Ds and downs" at Bromyard Bowmen. A Worcester tournament. Really looking forward to it. My first competitive shooting since I shot full bore rifle for UK Cadets in the mid 90s.
I didnt quite get happy with my sight mark at practice last week, and didnt make it this week so I've set up a target at home from an old danage block. I will be shooting at it later this morning so a chance for some photos in a bit.
Worcester???? sight marks????
What is this strange language????? 😉
strange language? You should see my odd dangly bits:
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and my range for today to sort out my sight mark (and my rest having just bust the wire!)
In that dark shed at the end is my target boss. I can shoot up to 25m at that.
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The great thing about instinctive shooting is that it just about shooting a lot, no faff
I thought it was about looking for your arrows most of the time? 🙂
At least I know where 90% of mine are 😀
Very true, arrow rakes are essential, aided by big bright fletching, none of this tiny bits of plastic
Border Archery have a Facebook sale of limbs at the moment, you should upgrade to some super posh Hex 7's
Has anyone on this thread ever dealt with Keith Raynor of Yew Tree Archery?
He hand builds traditional bows, and I would love to know what his work is like, but there is nothing to see on his website.
We have a metal detector for when some of our less capable Archers forget to move their sight marks from 50m to 20m in the outdoor season...
We have a metal detector for when some of our less capable Archers forget to move their sight marks from 50m to 20m in the outdoor season...
The archery hell of shooting on flat grass
What are these sight marks? Nowt worse than a group of twiddlers on a peg
@councilof10. Where are you based, I would love to have ago around your field course. looks great from the pics. I have recently purchased a timber creek cottonmouth Trad bow from Merlin archery. Our local gun club(Leigh) had an area for archery in an old mill but they have recently extended the shooting range at a cost of the archery section so not really worth it anymore. Have been looking for somewhere to continue shooting
Bloody hell Sorry Rich, I didn't realise you were the owner...I really didn't mean to be an arse, I though it was a chat about a bit of kit on ebay, I owe you a pint mate....
Ha! I'd retired from this thread to lick my wounds. Just checked back in to have another chunter and saw this - no worries fella! Anyway, 59 quid this morning. Woohoo! Mind you, the AGF sight alone goes for 70-100 quid new so someone's gonna get a bargain.
Still mortified mate 😳
@councilof10. Where are you based, I would love to have ago around your field course.
I'm just north of Preston, near Longridge. I'll have to organise a little shoot when it's all done! Got 3 tons of self-binding gravel coming soon to finish off some of the paths, and I'm going to have a go at building a rustic log bridge today 🙂
Those Cottonmouths look really nice, isn't that the reflex/deflex hybrid?
@councilof10. It is mate. Really nice to shoot. I am ordering some carbon arrows as the wooden ones from timbercreek are not the same quality as the bow. I got the zebrano limited edition as I liked the natural wooden finish. Will try and post a pic. I have some paper zombie targets I could bring along. Lol
Slow motion shot on Pig Deer yesterday.
Target.. blanket and engine nappy....its all you need 🙂
Slow motion 200fps then .25 in Movie Maker, second part. Check that arrow flex.
I like the look of Stoner's Hoyt, beautiful! Is it an Aerotec riser?
Flibrose, what carbons are you getting? I'm thinking of ordering some Easton Legacy - they're basically XX75s, the same as my Platimun Plus but with a wood effect printed surface. They look the same as Easton Trad Carbons but are only about 4 quid each...
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Silly me decided to play with the bracing height the day before a competition 😳
My button pressure is out, my tiller is out, and the string has barely a twist in it. All in all it's a miracle I hit the target...
I came third with weak competition and really ought to have won 🙁
Ah well, I can now do lots of mucking about sorting it all out over the next week. Then it's time to go shopping for some new carbon arrows I had promised myself for this season.
Gutted for you! Get it set up and NEVER faff with it again!
I remember once shooting an indoor FITA and my arrows were spraying in a vertical line - couldn't work out what the problem was until I remembered that I was chewing gum which altered my anchor! Sounds daft, but at 20 meters, when your groups are normally the size of a £2 coin, a fraction of a mm difference in your anchor can have quite a significant affect...
(New targets have just arrived - 60cm Field faces, and some new fletchings, 3" camo shields... 😀 )
Those Cottonmouths look really nice, isn't that the reflex/deflex hybrid?
Yes they are, that puts them in HT or barebow for NFAS. The Viper is the AFB
Merlin were selling them off at 40% off
I'm just north of Preston, near Longridge
I work out of an office near there occasionally
, when your groups are normally the size of a £2 coin, a
That's about two arrows if you are using 23/64 woods
23/64 woods
Wait, what madness is this? I've only ever come across folk shooting 5/16 or 11/32, I've never even [i]heard[/i] of 23/64.
You can pack a lot of ACEs into a small space! A lot of the compound archers used Fat Boys, or line-cutters as they were known as they increased the chance of cutting a line and earning a higher score...
I always thought there was something 'not quite cricket' about that kind of thing!
Anyway, ordered all the bits for my arrows yesterday - Easton Legacys, some white wraps and 4" shield feathers, red with a white cock fletch.
Looking forward to annoying my Other Half with the smell of fletching adhesive all weekend!
(they'll look like this but with shields rather than parabolics and a white wrap for visibility when I miss!)
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MERLINARCHERY.CO.UK Ive just placed an order for a CORRECT length string for my bow!
Turns out the guy I got the set from had put a standard 68" string on (64 1/2"). But of course the Hoyt Formula limbs create a longer effective bow for 68" nominal, so I really need a 65 1/4" string.
We worked out why my bracing height was out/and or I had to have no twists in the string when comparing the string with a club mate who also shoots Hoyt F7.
This chap was very helpful sorting it out.
http://www.evansperformancebowstrings.co.uk/shop/index.php
Looking forward to tuning from scratch with the new string, and taking the opportunity to wind the limbs in a bit for a little more oomf on the fingers.
My indoor arrows are Platinum 2016 XX75 - like shooting telegraph poles at the target, but the extra line cutting is worth at least 10 points 🙂
I'll bookmark that link thanks Stoner... I can see a custom Flemish twist winging its way to me before too long!
The Legacies I've ordered are 2117, so will be a bit thicker than the 1916s I've got, but not really linecutters... They're just an XX75 with a wood-effect printed on them - they look lovely!
some white wraps
Wraps?
They're just a thin vinyl "wrap" that goes around the fletched end of your arrow.
They make them far more visible when they've missed the target and snaked under the grass!
This sort of thing...
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MERLINARCHERY.CO.UK They're just a thin vinyl "wrap" that goes around the fletched end of your arrow.
Ah, gotcha. Not something I've come across with my woodies!
Loving the illuminated nocks!
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Just been and reminded myself how hard the Border Archery course is, two smashed and two lost arrows. If you ever get the chance to go. Anyone can shoot it for £15 and it's a 100 3Ds. Ask nicely and you get the tour and the sales pitch as well.
Make sure your arrows/bow is tuned and take an arrow take
There's trees, more trees and then trees
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Just a smidge North-East of dead centre?
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I hope that's not taken from the shooting point, it's a bit compound-hostile (unless it's just for you and you don't have anyone else shooting compound, ofc).
I hope that's not taken from the shooting point, it's a bit compound-hostile (unless it's just for you and you don't have anyone else shooting compound, ofc).
No compounder's 🙂 and taken from the shooting point.
All part of the fun 🙂
Just a smidge North-East of dead centre?
about right 🙂
I hope that's not taken from the shooting point, it's a bit compound-hostile (unless it's just for you and you don't have anyone else shooting compound, ofc).
The compound crowd would nail that shot.... much harder for the HT crowd.
One with 32lb and can still drop it in through the trees :-)..but then again he is truly instinctive and must think in some sort of matrix type way.
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