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Main Boards => PowWow => Topic started by: Skipmaster1 on January 14, 2009, 02:31:00 AM
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I decided to use my longbow next weekend in the CT Jan season. I haven't shot it in 3 months so I busted it out yesterday. I shot pretty well. I shot for a while today and am getting my confidence back. Hopefully I'll be ready by this weekend.
Here are some pics from today.
(http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g167/skipmaster1/longbowpractice020.jpg)
(http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g167/skipmaster1/longbowpractice015.jpg)
(http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g167/skipmaster1/longbowpractice013.jpg)
(http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g167/skipmaster1/longbowpractice005.jpg)
(http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g167/skipmaster1/longbowpractice005.jpg)
(http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g167/skipmaster1/longbowpractice027.jpg)
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Here were my average groups
10yds
(http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g167/skipmaster1/longbowpractice031.jpg)
15yds
(http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g167/skipmaster1/longbowpractice036.jpg)
20yds....opens up a bit
(http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g167/skipmaster1/longbowpractice037.jpg)
Here is a reference for the size of this kill zone
(http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g167/skipmaster1/longbowpractice040.jpg)
I'm still not happy with my shooting at 20yds or beyond. I'm still always in the vitals but if I don't get tighter I'll keep my shots at 15yds or under this weekend. The high will be 17, but my GF still offered to come film me, so i am pumped!
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Cool, your shorthair looks like hes having as much fun as you.
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:thumbsup:
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:thumbsup: Great lookin pointer to!!
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Cool dude!
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Your girl friend OFFERED to film in weather below 17 ??????%@*^!$&# What?
Great looking dog btw.
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Great pics, I've got a Boston Terrier that loves to watch me shoot. Only problem she also likes to attack my arrows upon impact with the target.LOL
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Thanks guys. Yeah my dog loves to come watch me shoot, he thinks I'm gonna kill something fun for him to go get! He LOVES coming on bloodtrails with me for deer.
Yes, my GF offered! It'll just be a 3-4 hr sit in the afternoon, but it should be good. All I said was that I was looking for someone to come film and she offered! Heck, she dosen't even hunt....or eat meat. She does go beyond supporting me though.
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Nice Skip. I envy you bow only area guys with your long seasons!
My brit acts much like your dog. I trained her to find my "wild shots"...lol.
Once you are all set with the lb, you should check out Shawn's bunny hunt in Feb. Great time.
Good luck to you two filming and hunting!
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Originally posted by ishiwannabe:
Nice Skip. I envy you bow only area guys with your long seasons!
My brit acts much like your dog. I trained her to find my "wild shots"...lol.
Once you are all set with the lb, you should check out Shawn's bunny hunt in Feb. Great time.
Good luck to you two filming and hunting!
Yeah, it's nice to hunt from sept to the end of jan with no guns in the woods!
where is this bunny hunt? how do I get involved? i would totally be down for that!
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Good looking dog!!!
What kind of LB is that??? good looking bow.
Daren
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She's a keeper(I mean the girlfriend!). Bow aint half bad either. :D Mark
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Originally posted by Stick_N_String:
Good looking dog!!!
What kind of LB is that??? good looking bow.
Daren
It's a 49# Super Shrew. I own a bunch of longbows and recurves and this thing out shoots them all. It has plenty of power and I've even passed though a 600# Ferral hog with it, but I wanted a bit more, so I just ordered the same bow in 60#'s
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Originally posted by flatlander37:
She's a keeper(I mean the girlfriend!). Bow aint half bad either. :D Mark
Hahah, yeah. She just bought a house and is letting me set up a full archery wok shop in the basement and gave me my own room for all my mounts........besides the 2 she'll let me keep in the living room!
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Look that bag actually does stop 300 f/s arrows. :biglaugh:
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Hey Skip, check out the Joan Leonard Memorial Bunny Hunt thread. JLMBH....posted by Shawn Leonard.
It is held in Selkirk, just below Albany.
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you mean to tell me that you let that beautiful shrew sit unattended for three months. For shame. JK
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Nice looking bow....
Start closer (6 yards) - one giant step - repeat. And move back in stages it will help your concentration.....not bad for the first few though so you can get them tighter.
Jer Bear
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Originally posted by Jerry Wald:
Nice looking bow....
Start closer (6 yards) - one giant step - repeat. And move back in stages it will help your concentration.....not bad for the first few though so you can get them tighter.
Jer Bear
Yeah, i know. I really just need to shoot more. last summer I was shooting every day and my 40yd group looked like my 20yd group in those pics. I shot today and tightened them up a bit more. Hopefully I'll be where I want by sat.......at least at at 15yds
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Originally posted by Jerry Wald:
Nice looking bow....
Start closer (6 yards) - one giant step - repeat. And move back in stages it will help your concentration.....not bad for the first few though so you can get them tighter.
Jer Bear
1st…I wonder if my wife would let me look for a girlfriend that would act the same.
2nd…nice bow!
3rd…awesome dog, best friend has one and she is a blast on the pheasants. We were in the UP of Michigan this October for Partridge and woodcock and it was a blast.
4th…I agree with the starting close…I have a bow in the build process for my best friend and it should be done soon. I read a book when I stated shooting traditional in 2007 that suggested starting out close like 5 yards and shooting until you could hit the bull every time. Then step back 2 yards and repeat the process. I did this until I could shoot that way out to about 15-18 yards. I'm not always in the bull but very close. The more I shot the more I would start at longer ranges but if my groups were off I'd walk up to 5 yards (sometime closer) and hit the bull over and over. I think it makes me concentrate more and when I stepped back after doing this I was spot on. I was a beginners guide by Brian J. Sorrells and it was a great buy in my opinion. I’m going to give it to him to read with the bow.
But since you have been shooting before I'm probably just wasting space on the site...just wanted to chime in.
Josh
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You said you could keep all your arrows in the vitals at 20yards, that would be considered "world class" by competition shooters. Go Hunting! Love that Shorthair.
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Good luck, if you dont see any deer that nice looking shorthair pointer will fill the gap I am sure of that. I had one for 14 years good shooting partner, I miss her she is gone a year in Feb. :archer:
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Originally posted by Oliverstacy:
Originally posted by Jerry Wald:
Nice looking bow....
Start closer (6 yards) - one giant step - repeat. And move back in stages it will help your concentration.....not bad for the first few though so you can get them tighter.
Jer Bear
1st…I wonder if my wife would let me look for a girlfriend that would act the same.
2nd…nice bow!
3rd…awesome dog, best friend has one and she is a blast on the pheasants. We were in the UP of Michigan this October for Partridge and woodcock and it was a blast.
4th…I agree with the starting close…I have a bow in the build process for my best friend and it should be done soon. I read a book when I stated shooting traditional in 2007 that suggested starting out close like 5 yards and shooting until you could hit the bull every time. Then step back 2 yards and repeat the process. I did this until I could shoot that way out to about 15-18 yards. I'm not always in the bull but very close. The more I shot the more I would start at longer ranges but if my groups were off I'd walk up to 5 yards (sometime closer) and hit the bull over and over. I think it makes me concentrate more and when I stepped back after doing this I was spot on. I was a beginners guide by Brian J. Sorrells and it was a great buy in my opinion. I’m going to give it to him to read with the bow.
But since you have been shooting before I'm probably just wasting space on the site...just wanted to chime in.
Josh [/b]
Not a waste of space at all. I ahve been shooting recurves and longbows for 3 years. i have taken a few deer and hogs as well as smaller critters. I also shoot wheels and tend to spend more time with that during the regular deer season. It's always the late season i end up hunting with my trad gear. I'll shoot everyday for a few months and get really good then i end up putting it down for a bit and have to work back up to sooting great again. I do a lot of close shooting and blank baleing with my eyes close to work on form and release. That really helps a lot!
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I thought that was a shrew!!!
I need to get a hold of Ron!!!! :pray:
Skip like you, I would pick up the stick and shoot it till I got good then pick up the wheels and go deer hunting. I finally made the decision to go strictly trad and sold the wheels.
Best of luck
Daren
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So what took so long to get it out? :confused:
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Originally posted by longbowben:
So what took so long to get it out? :confused:
The main reason was I had some properties I needed to thin deer out on.....or not be asked back and I took part is a Control hunt for the town. Every opportunity had to be capitilized on. That means 40 and 50+ yd shots. So i Hunted with the compound. Next year I will not do the cull hunt and the landowners are now happy, so It should be different. Late season is always all mine though!