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Due to space constraints a video will be difficult until I can get outdoors with the bow.
Come on be a sport Mack. Take your Bow and ride far from the concrete and enjoy yourself with mother nature. Make us a few videos and show us how its done.
About my shot I had removed the sight (if you pause at 1.05 you can see as I pass the camera my riser does not have a sight attached to it). What you see in the video is my 3rd and 4th shot of the day.
The method I used to shoot at that day is what is described by some as Split Vision Shooting. This means I was vaguely aware of my shaft position and distance from the target. My 1st and 2nd shot which are not in this video hit a few inches above so I made some adjustments. At the moment of release my focus was only on the target. This is definitely not pure instinctive shooting and I may be many years away from that level skill.
To use the bow I have to ride out for 3 hours one way and that just does not look likely at present.
I will see if I can set up something at home but first I have to reinforce my back stop. Naughty Fellow arrived yesterday afternoon and proved to be a lot more powerful than I expected or the back stop can handle.
I know you did not have a sight on the bow...actually I didn't but I wasn't expecting you tell Porkys either. However, I did suspect you of using some sort of reference system to aim. Nothing wrong with that and Split Vision is the method I want to learn and use but just haven't got around to doing.
Now then, snuff out that candle flame whilst shooting in the dark.
BowMan wrote:That will be tough but I shall try.
I shattered one more of my shafts today and my reserves are now precarious. Where do you get your archery supplies from Mack?
Not if you use split-vision. I tried it once and it was fun. The video isn't necessary but I would like your thoughts after you do it.
All my gear is from the U.S. and the children's gear is from U.K.. I buy my Douglas Fir shafts from Surewood Shafts and the rest from 3 Rivers Archery. I have also used Lancaster Archery once but wasn't happy with their service.
I have a few Easton GameGetter 2117 and Easton CamoHunter 2317 alloy shafts to spare. Let me know if they would work for you. I will measure their lengths and get back to you.
In the video, I noticed an earth / sand bank, which I feel is the best back-stop one could have. How did you end up shattering the shaft?
Every once in a while there is a small or big rock hidden by the soil which you do not know of. I usually shoot only behind a bund which I know is only soil/sand without any rock but today I was not shooting at my usual place. And sometimes fletching gives way and sometimes you shoot your own arrow. I notice my string is also getting frayed...
BowMan wrote:Every once in a while there is a small or big rock hidden by the soil which you do not know of....
BowMan, why don't you use the Zute bags, old blankets as a back stop. Works for us,even at our hunt camp we shoot our bows into our own old mattress or pillows. Double fold them and use a tape around, no issues ever and wife never knew till today that how the mouses manage to poke holes in them - Haji
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. - Edmund Burke
Thats a neat group Haji. I am pleasently surprised I did not previously notice you posting much in Archery Sections.
Thats a nice idea and could save me a lot of shafts. Actually it's close to what I used to do; line up some old packing cardbaords with foam and newspapers till they are about 5-6 inches thich and stuff them tight inside a jute sack.
They last you some time but eventually you need to make new ones and i've been too lazy and did not make a new once since about 6 months now. The result, shattered shafts.
I think its time to make me something like the one you showed in pic.
