3-D Shoots.....are they true???

[James Wrenn]

Well to me regaurdless of which bow I might carry it is still the best hunting practice I know of.Shooting at animals about the same size and looking like what I will be hunting has to help.    When I am hunting I often shoot more than one bow anyway.I don't shoot anything in a 3d that I would not carry to the woods except for maybe arrows.I might shoot a different arrow at 3ds because of size or weight.I am shooting some of the fat carbon shafts this year but I hunt with skinny carbons.

[Bow50]

Clesr shooting lanes !  you should have attended the GA. shoot last year at JC's place. I remember a bear target climbing out of a ditch that was a tough shot, LOL or try shoot a night time fun course with Chad (LBR) , I still think he brought his infared out on that one, LOL. Yep 3D shoots have truly introduced me to some fine people.

[shootrmn]

I and Miss Vette go together and even though it is cold and snowy during some of our early shoot here in Idaho we have had great fun. She was the only "lady recurve" last weekend so she won the trophy. We shoot our best arrows as we would when hunting. I love the fraternity of being out with the other shooters and have made some great new freinds that I hope to hunt with this year. It isn't a "real hunt" but it sharpens my skill and deepens my commitment to our sport.

[JEFF B]

hey i just won the safari recurve shoot and none of those shots were shots that any sane hunter would take. but hey its all good fun. looking forward to it next year. we have a thing called a kiwi 3d its a new thing out our club an 3 others are doing this year.and then on the 24th and 25th of nov we are holding the pacific 3d championships with other countries comming like the aussies and a few other pacific countries. add a large group of locals and we should see the largest 3d shoot held in this country it should be a hoot. why dont some of you guys come over as you would be most welcome.        

[JC]

Someday Jeff...someday! You be sure to holler when you get stateside, ya hear?   :D

[JEFF B]

ok bro bob will do that for me i think. lol!!! hey what is your home ph number i tried ringing but no go.

[Tom A]

They way I look at it. Any shot I take at a target is Archery practice.  The better Archer I am the better I will be able to hit what ever it is I am aiming at. 3D does give me really realistic hunting shots because I hunt from the ground and real animals are usually at a unknown yardage just like 3D targets. The competition part of it is very fun and rewarding also.

[dosbow56]

Ain't nothin like hittin the "hog trough" at Cloverdale. The whole place knows what happens! Not sure if it similates hunting but it sure is fun......

[Grizz 53]

Me and my wife went to our first 3-d trad shoot this weekend.... liked it so much we stopped at a sporting goods store on the way home and bought a bear and a deer. Love to shoot them critters real or not.

[Mike Byrge]

For me they are not "true" because 90% of my hunting is done out of a treestand.

They are fun though and I think they help your shooting because of the random distances and variations such as light and shadows, uneven terrain etc. similar to what you would encounter in the woods.

I rarely shoot my hunting setup at 3d's until later in the season.

[tamure]

For me, 3D is nothing like hunting exactly because there is no pressure. When a *real* deer walks out in front of me, I'm nothing but a quivering mass of protoplasm. I made the grave mistake of thinking that 3D was like hunting.       I did well at shoots, therefore I took it for granted that if I just got within range of a deer, "it was all over." Haha! Riiiiiiiight. Poor, naive tamure. I can't believe now that I actually thought that. So don't do that. :lecture:

But, 3D is still a kick in the pants. I do keep score and I like to compete. Even if the kill zones aren't anatomically correct, I will try to put the arrow in the 12 ring. That's what it's all about: putting the arrow where you want it to go, where ever that happens to be. A score is my best quantitative feedback on well I am doing that (I'm not anal to the point of scoring during practice).

For hunting, I like that 3D helps you learn to estimate yardage, and the focus is on the first shot. So it is relevant to hunting in some respects. Plus, it's just plain fun!