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Indian style shooting
hawkbow:
I once broke a bow while shooting from horseback, I would run the horse by the buffalo(hay bales ) and loose arrows , i actually got quite good at it until the horse decided to stop without warning . he stopped instantly i didn't..... broke my arrows bow and me .....i still shoot from the back of a horse but am a lot more cautious...often wondered how often the plains warriors ended up on the ground like i did... they were far better horsemen and archers than I ,as they did it every day... but still wonder... those short bows are deadly off of a horse.. Mike..A/ho
Sidewinder:
See. this is the kind of thread that makes me love this site. This type of bow and non typical style needs to be practiced and promoted more I think. Gets me to thinking. Danny
1/2primitive:
Yeah, this type if shooting is getting pushed into the backround. It is fun to shoot, and very versatile. I think everyone should try it sometime or other. I have a short normal draw length (24"), so when I shoot indian style, it goes down a lot. I figure I could make a 35" long bow and be able to draw it my 'full' short draw. I might try it. :)
Oh, and Keenan, you mean these short baby bows? I've been building them for years. ;D
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Sean
Kegan:
I have a small 50" hickory bow. It's got about a 20-22" draw. I tried drawing it in front of my face... didn't work. I tried a bunch of nachors, usually with the heel of my hand touching my lips or something. Then I turned to a hump of dirt, anchored on my chest and released... and sent the arrow right where it should go :). If I wasn't such a longbow junky I would convert :D.
sumpitan:
I'm a complete convert. Nowadays I can't even look at my old 60+inch flatbows, let alone bother to carry them around in the woods and use them. For the past year I've been shooting 46-50" D-bows, 19-22" draws. Presently I'm as accurate with these on a good day as I ever was with the longer bows, but consistency is not quite the same yet (it's easier to fumble with a short one). I can tell you, after sneaking in the bush with a 48-incher the man-tall bows suddenly feel extremely cumbersome and limiting. And a whole new mother load of bow wood unfolds once all the flawless four-foot saplings (formerly "just too short") are fair game.
The thing is, most guys trying out a short bow never give it a real chance. Remember how you felt when you first started shooting any bow? How "accurate" you were? How awkward? Shooting a couple dozen or even hundred short-draw shots while still in the long-draw mode tells little of the short bow's potential. Shooting a short bow exclusively for months, day in, day out, with a will to get accurate with this very bow, tells more. Quick pie-plate groups inside 25 yards is accurate enough for my needs. Even with these short draws, a stable, razor-sharp broadhead arrow of adequate mass is deadly enough, too.
Tuukka
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