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Main Boards => PowWow => Topic started by: AB3 on December 22, 2011, 07:58:00 PM
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With it getting cold and windy and shorter daylight. Im starting to think about setting my block target in the garage and shooting some.Do any of yall do this and what is your settup.
Thanks Alvin
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I shoot in my basement. Can stretch it out to 13 yards. Works great for practicing and passing time
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Basement, but I get 8-10 yards. At that distance I only need a small bag to shoot at. I shoot off of a stool sometimes or try to hit really small stuff to keep it interesting.
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I think it is a great idea. I built a range in my basement. It gives me about 14 yards and it is really nice when the weather is bad out.
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I think it is a great idea. I built a range in my basement. It gives me about 14 yards and it is really nice when the weather is bad out.
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We shoot in my buddy's garage when it sucks outside.
Just don't miss!!!!! Great time to practice your release and concentration and you know how bad we need to do this....grin...!
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I still shoot outside with floodlights on and when it gets really cold I shoot in my basement that has an 18 yard range. That's the nice thing about ranch style houses- nice big cellar. But even garage good for strength and form practice.
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Garage and basement. Both come in handy.
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garage is good
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Just set up a range in the basement. I could'nt be happier. It maintains fundementals and muscle memory. But every chance I get, I'm practicing outside.
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Basement here too. I have a spider web on the ground with an 18-1 on top. I mark the 18-1 with little dots of correction fluid and shoot for those. I shoot different spots on the different targets. Also had the "shooter buck" in front of both to practice broadside and quarter away. Farthest I can get is 14 yards. I shoot standing, sitting on a chair, from the ground, crouching, etc. I shoot with the lights out on occasion as well.
All in good fun, of course.
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garage is good
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Basement for me, it's finished so I shot from tv room ,down the hall, through the laundry room door to the back wall. It's a dead end so no one can come around a corner. Freaked the wife out at first, but I have never stuck one in the washer yet so she let's it go on without much fuss.
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I have in my garage. My door has holes to prove it ha. But when you get the urge and its nasty out what else is a man to do?
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Im a little jealus of you fellas up north with the basements.Im not wanting yalls cold winters but we dont have basements in Texas.Just cellars for tornados and they are small.Thanks Alvin
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Yep, I shoot year round. I can get 14 yards in my shop if the spray booth isn't set up - 10 yards when it is.
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I insulated my garage just for this reason and I put a back door on it. Later I built a work shop dog kennel combination. I can now open the back door and shoot into the work shed getting nearly 18 yards. Great way to keep my form in the cold winter months.
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My first house that we built I put in 8 foot concrete walls so the top limb would clear and made the house long enough that I could shoot 20 yards in the basement.
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Originally posted by ksbowman:
My first house that we built I put in 8 foot concrete walls so the top limb would clear and made the house long enough that I could shoot 20 yards in the basement.
Now that is foresight!
I'm shooting about 11 yards in my basement. 7' ceilings allow it with my Kodiak Mag, but I think a 60-62" bow would be pushing it.
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Originally posted by AB3:
Im a little jealus of you fellas up north with the basements.Im not wanting yalls cold winters but we dont have basements in Texas.Just cellars for tornados and they are small.Thanks Alvin
Yeah, can't get much of a shot in a "fraid hole"....lol. Other than that?....shoot outside all winter.
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If I set the Target up in the Utility room and go to the bedroom down the other end of the house I can get a good 35 yard shot but got shoot over the dining table and miss the couch and not hit any door jambs....Just make certain the wife and kids are out of the house and you have a bag of 20 drywall quickmix and have hole repaired before she gets home!
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Just joking with ya but I can get about a 6 yard shot in my workshop or a about a 12/14 yard from the garage into my workshop shooting with the door open of coarse... :D
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basement i have 18 yards with 10 foot ceiling
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Yep, I shoot in the garage. Have a 12 yard shot set up. It's nice to be able to shoot anytime, any weather day or night. If I didn't have the garage I would only be able to shoot on the weekends in the winter time (due to the dark). When its nice I always opt for the outside range in the back yard though.
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I like my solution; I will be snowbirding in Arizona in 2 weeks, and not only will I be shooting outdoors, but most of the time in shorts and a tee shirt. The older I get, the less I like dealing with snow.
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Basement, in morning before hunting I like to shoot a few perfect shots. At night right before bed a few focused shots and sometimes when I get up in middle of night to pee I'll shoot a few arrows. It helps simulate sitting on a cold stand all day then having to "make the shot".
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It's the best thing I ever did I can get 15 yds
I got one of those huge foam blocks and use that as my back stop
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Especially for the kids
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I shoot inside my apartment. Can get about 9 yds if I really stretch it.
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I'm a little jealous. I don't have a garage or basement. If it snows I just go out i the snow to shoot.
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Shoot in my garage every nite, can shoot up to 25 yards. It is great just remember to get outside when you can, if your a hunter that is . If you shoot inside all the time it will effect your treestand and uphill ,downhill shots drastically. Shootin inside on the level surface is fun,dry and warm when the weather outsideis bad.
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my basement is where I learned to shoot trad, made the switch from my wheel bow last year. The 10 yard max distance was perfect. I will be back down there this year when it gets to cold to shoot outside.
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I shoot all winter. I manage a fastener distribution company and have a 20,000 square foot warehouse. Long isles make for a lot of fun. However, explaining the small round holes in the roll up doors to the building owner was a little touchy! :dunno:
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Originally posted by khardrunner:
Basement, but I get 8-10 yards. At that distance I only need a small bag to shoot at. I shoot off of a stool sometimes or try to hit really small stuff to keep it interesting.
I do the exact same thing. I'll put a small sticky note on the bag and shoot at that, move it and shoot again. Keeps me sharp and lets me really focus on form. I have found that when my focus is sharp and form is right I can then go out easily to greater distances with no problems.
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I remember reading a post from a guy who used to shoot in the house! If I remember right he shot through the kitchen down the hallway to the target. This all ended when he had a flyer hit the blender in the kitchen...while his wife was gone! All was ok until that summer when she was looking for the blender to make some margaritas!
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I shoot inside my house sometimes, but it distracts my wife watching TV as the arrows go by.I get about 10 yrds from inside the garage throught the living room into the bed room.
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only shoot out now since I moved to Tejas. If I'm going to hunt outside, I need to shoot outside in all types of weather that I'll be hunting in.
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My Kids grew up thinking that everyone had a range in the basment/cellar, archery and BB/Pellet. Got a sign at the top of the stairs for Clear or Shootn. Basment range was huge in learning to shoot the fun way, when I went back to the recurve.
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May your arrows fly straight & true
A silk slick string to loose
If not, you'll dang sure kill the wall
& momma'll cook your goose!
Gfeather, that's funny!
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Shoot in my garage every nite, can shoot up to 25 yards. It is great just remember to get outside when you can, if your a hunter that is . If you shoot inside all the time it will effect your treestand and uphill ,downhill shots drastically. Shootin inside on the level surface is fun,dry and warm when the weather outsideis bad.
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I knew a guy who had target backing on the entire back wall of his garage. Had a slide projector attached to the ceiling and projected animal pics on the backing. When summer came he shot from the driveway for more distance.
No room in my garage or basement. :( Shoot from the back yard to alongside the house. There is 14 inches of snow there now! If you do this, don't park an aluminum boat behind your target butt! :knothead:
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The inventor of the ceiling fan was not an archer!
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I shoot in my basement. I can get 17-18 yards down there, and I have a solid concrete wall as a back stop. My wife hasn't said anything about it so I'm assuming its ok :rolleyes:
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Thirteen yards in the basement...haven't missed the block or bag yet, in case there is a poured concrete wall to keep it in... :archer2:
Froggy
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my 10 yard basement range is where I work on my release (and after this year draw tempo). Shoot one arrow at a time and try to hit very small targets.
my first 3000 arrows were all in that setting.
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I use to shoot down the driveway into the garage. WARNING remove trolling battery from shelve 2 feet above target before attempting 25 yard shot.
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25 yds in the basement. Could get 32 corner to corner but that puts the furnace in serious jeopardy if I lose back tension and shank one to the left.
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I have a basement set up... I can get 11 yards if I cuddle up to my washer/dryer.
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I have a 8 yard basement setup with a paper tuner and bag target to keep the muscles toned.
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I've shot in my old trailer, a small appartment, and an army hotel for five months. I think it's a great idea. Good for form, concentration, exercise the muscles...all that good stuff. Not really the way you'd want to try and tune a new or altered set up, but it's a great way to keep things cooking.