to whoam do you credit your shooting ability?

[Mike Mecredy]

Mine's God given ability and as good as he'll allow me to get.

[Tajue17]

99% self taught and self inspired,,,,actually its a gander mountain catalog and a picture of a Martin ML12 that inspired me to check out traditional and move away from the bear polar LTD compound I shot bare bow.

I honestly never heard of any of the traditional greats when I started I didn't even know Fred bear shot a recurve I thought he just made compounds.

I give Paul Brunner that last 1% for telling me what arrows to buy because I didn't even know what the numbers meant.


I can honestly say this style of archery was all my own idea.

[Basinboy]

I was introduced by a late friend. My ability to shoot half accurately came as a result of thousands of arrows and a will to not give up .......

[Horne Shooter]

Mark Horne

[Longbowcrowder66]

When I was a kid around 12 years of age my father who is deceased now started shooting a compound and I wanted to shoot one also but also wanted a dirt bike, my father said make a choice so I picked the bow. The friend that started my father was Donnie Frenier a great archer in my area of Va. He actually started a local archery club in the 1950's called Dixie Bowmen. Him and my father have both passed on and I miss them both dearly. Each and every time I make a bow kill I hold my bow up to heaven with tears flowing and say "That's for you Pop! I love you!" I even have that phrase on all my bows. Thanks all for reading this.

[Tajue17]

Floyd that's some good stuff you wrote.

[Yewbender]

Mike Shaw when im shooting lights out...Me when i can't hit the broad side of a barn from 10 ft away    

[fmscan]

SATAN!

[Gilky]

I would really hate to hang that buzzard around someones neck. Guess I can blame it on youtube and not giving up. LOL

[59Alaskan]

Brian Sorrell's through his excellent book
Rick Welch - although I no longer use his anchor points
Arne Moe aka Moebow - WATCH HIS VIDEOS ON YOUTUBE
And for all the many flaws - me

[mnbwhtr]

A guy named Vic Henry owned an archery shop on cty rd 18 near Mpls. The first 4 times I shot it was with a 7 pound bow, it's all about basic form and with 7 lbs you can't make mistakes. He taught basic Olympic style. Vic gave form and God gave talent!

John Schulz

[bowfanatik]

Grayarcher from Sweden, Rick Welch and my hunting partner .

[vtmtnman]

I started on my own and shot for many years with terrible habits.A  Dave Knipes'(Vermonster13) place and what a world of difference it made for me.

[Lady Frost]

Initially Jake from Snellville Archery Center and Bowhunting Shop (George Ryals place).  After that I just took what he taught me and practiced, along with getting tips from the guys here on TG, TBG and NGTA-Rob DiStefano, Chuck Nelson, Sam McMichael, Jeff Hampton, Crispin Henry, and Beecher Duvall, to name a few. Great people in this community. I still have a loooooong way to go.  All these guys gave me a good base, though.  Sorry if I forgot anyone.

[adkmountainken]

wow that's an interesting list for sure!