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Not going to hunt this year
Russ:
--- Quote from: WhistlingBadger on September 29, 2020, 08:17:57 am ---How the heck am I going to shoot my bow in town???
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i shoot in my backyard but i lose to many arrows under the grass so i really just dont shoot anymore. if i ever go hunting my range will be limited severly because i just cant practice at a range of 20-30 yards its more like 15 at max but mostly 5 yrds or 10 yards
TimBo:
I can shoot maybe 25 yards max if I scrunch up in the corner, which is plenty for me. A good backstop is key! I shoot into a bag that sits in front of the hay bales in front of my compost bin (which has one of those black rubber stall mats hanging on it), which is in front of my 6' wood fence to the alley, and if I really launch one past that, it will hit the neighbor's garage. Unless I am working on flight shooting, I don't think I will ever shoot over the garage...although my kids have shot over the fence!
burchett.donald:
--- Quote from: WhistlingBadger on September 01, 2020, 08:33:53 pm ---Hey, gents. I just need to get this off my chest with some people who might understand. I have a general elk tag, and I was going to pick up a deer tag and take the Badgerling out on her first deer hunt tomorrow. But the way I've been shooting, I don't think I'll even try this year. My arrows are all over the place. Even at ten yards, only about one out of three is on the button. At 20 yards, forget it. I lost an arrow tonight because I missed my 4' square target butt. Pathetic. I'm no Howard Hill, but I'm better than that.
I just can't get my head in the zone. There's too much going on, lots of really unrelenting, stressful decisions needing to be made, demands I don't feel up to meeting. Life is a bit on the rough side right now. My mind all over the place, and my arrows are following. I just can't settle myself enough to make decent shots.
Much respect sir...You sound responsible...We owe it, practice and earn it brother...It will all click for you when you can concentrate...
Don
Wounding an animal and losing it would be worse than nothing. So, I don't think I'm going to be hunting this fall. I spent the whole winter and spring looking forward to September, and now it's here: The mulies will be shedding their velvet, and the raghorns will be starting to get horny, and I'm scared to go out. I don't know what's worse, not being able to hunt, or missing that great feeling that comes with a well-placed arrow. It's a bummer.
OK. Thanks.
Thomas
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WhistlingBadger:
Thanks, Don. It's coming back. I'm head-shotting the rabbit target regularly at 10 yards now. Man, that feels good. Usually in the deer-kill zone at 20. Still pretty worthless at 30. :o I might try to go whack a deer at the in-laws' place during rifle season, but now we're packing up Badger Manor for the big move into town, so there might not be time. Sure would like to get some venison in the freezer and a skin or two to work this winter.
But...the shooting is coming back, that's the important thing. If nothing else, I think some rabbits are going to get perforated this winter. 20 yards should be plenty good for that. (SH) (B)
Thanks for the support, guys! Much appreciated.
Thomas
Russ:
if you can nail a rabbit head at 10 id say your doing! some of the time i hear people dont shoot past that!! really i guess you could just go out and say that your only going to shoot within that and youd have a better chance at a deer than not! and rabbit tase really good with a stick of butter! (lol) (lol) (SH) (B)
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