Tradgang Virtual Shoot (April) Information/Questions Thread (AND GENERAL CHAT)

[Msturm]

Huh I just read this thread for the first time. I just measured my target.  she was a little small. lol. no big deal. I will keep shooting at them to keep my results consistent. This was a great idea and a lot of fun!

Thanks everyone!

[monterey]

Yeah that's a problem with using these PDFs.  I made a second one that printed accurately on my printer.  The problem could be with printer settings, but that's above my pay grade!

[rraming]

I have a pdf if someone needs it, print landscape and good to go. I would not be to concerned about score, I have done a few of these over the years, being an average shot and not shooting for a year, I should make you look good!

[Cavscout9753]

Haha, yeah power point gave me fits trying to keep the size locked in. I think just drawing them is more my speed, haha.

Sorry for the lag updating scores. Was on the road all day up to Chattanooga. 2 kids, 2 dogs, and a bearded lizard later and we made it! Haha. Thank you again everyone. This has been so hassle free and auto-pilot, I was worried at first but those fears were unfounded. Really liking the results so far! More to come!

[Cavscout9753]

More scores rolling in. As always, if I missed you or meased up, just shoot me a PM! Thanks folks, its looking good!

[Dogboy900]

Just posted my result.
I must say that was huge relief to get it done AND a decent score!
I think I am an OK shot, I know I am not great, but not awful either, but man when I first put a target up there to practice shooting at I fell apart! My scores varied from a big fat zero to a best of 20, and most around 12 or 16. I think that big white sheet of paper makes me focus on the paper as a whole rather than the dot in the center. I enjoy these shoots but I really do find it stressful looking at that nice clean target when it comes down to making the scoring shot!
I really enjoyed watching Newhouse114's video. Nice to see the shots happening, and great shooting from Newhouse too!(I am too chicken to show my awful form in a video)

Cavscout thanks for organising this one, if you are looking for ideas on the types of shots to specify check out some of the old threads:
(The last one was a great way to make it seem real and was fun to shoot too    )
 http://tradgang.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=117873#000000
 http://tradgang.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=118092#000000
 http://tradgang.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=118525#000000
 http://tradgang.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=118832#000000
 http://tradgang.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=119298#000000
 http://tradgang.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=119557#000000
 http://tradgang.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=119801#000000
 http://tradgang.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=120053#000000
 http://tradgang.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=107147#000000

[Dogboy900]

Oh and by the way I hate shots where you have to cant the bow. I am and always have been a straight up and down shooter! Canting makes it hard for me but challenging  

[Possum Head]

Canting is something I mostly avoid while practicing as it seems unnatural. Where I hunt forces me on occasion to do it so I've learned to adopt it in my practice. Ron Laclair and Terry Green have both put together some good video clips for canting. Focus on not changing your anchor or release and you might be surprised at how well you do canting either direction.

[Cavscout9753]

Hey folks, I'll be driving back to Alabama today so I'll tally up any remaining scores later this evening with a last minute check in the morning. I'll start a new thread for the top shooters as well as some "honorable mentions" in the morning. Again, I appreciate everyone's help in keeping this in the spirit that it was intended!

[Cavscout9753]

Alright folks, well the shoot ends tonight. At this point its likely that most (but maybe not all) those that will post have done so. Right now the plan is that at Noon (eastern) tomorrow, or thereabouts, I'll do the final roll up and make a new post for top scores and honorable mentions. Thanks again folks!

[maineac]

Thanks again.  I missed the request to include my rig.  Next time it I qualify.  Are you going to start a new thread with each weeks challenge? We can then post our new targets in the new thread. Or will we just keep editing the first sign up, and have a new discussion each week?

[Cavscout9753]

They'll be entirely new threads so they dont get too large. I dont want to have to dig through 20 pages to collect scores each time. I have all the admin data saved to a notes page so its easy to adjust dates and perimeters and then paste into a new thread