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The witchery of shooting....
Scowler:
Very enlightening feeling, isn't it? :) I strive to attain that feeling whenever I shoot. Check out some of the books on Zen/Archery (One Arrow, One Life, Zen in the Art of Archery, and Zen Bow, Zen Arrow).
gstoneberg:
Absolutely. I had a friend bet me once to see who could get closest to a hollow tree opening about 75 yards away. I declined the bet, but shouldn't have as I got the feeling drawing the bow. I was lucky the hole wasn't deeper or I'd have lost the arrow.
The last time it happened I was shooting at a doe with my glass recurve. As I drew she began to leave but my concentration was so complete I didn't even realize it until the arrow was in flight. I had a lighted nock and was shocked to see the arrow 10' in front of her and a couple feet or so over her back with her quartering away at a fast trot and passing 30 yards out. She was just short of 40 yards when the arrow arrived behind her front leg where it belonged. Only got one lung though with the long range and her moving. We found her on a sand bar in the river about 200 yards away, the lighted nock showing like a beacon in the dark. It's very cool, but since moving to the city I can't practice enough to maintain. Sadly, that takes some of the fun out of hunting.
George
gstoneberg:
Update: too bad the feeling doesn't stick with you. Tonight I put a cane arrow 6" through my cedar fence trying to feel the trajectory to a 30 yard shot. LOL
George
H Rhodes:
;D
jimmy:
I get into the "zone" on a very rare occasion. I wish I could harness it and do it at will. But just being able to do it at all tells me that the ability is there, it's just a matter of tapping into that all of the time. Archery is a mental game. To me, it's almost another form of martial art. Sometimes when I get into the zone, I come out of it with less arrows because I break or split the nocks from such tight groups. One thing about shooting arrows is that you can always get better.
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