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Author Topic: 76 1/2 yards  (Read 748 times)

Offline NightHawk

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76 1/2 yards
« on: August 12, 2008, 10:00:00 AM »
or 70 meters. That's the distance the olympic archers are shooting. They are shooting fancy recurves but they're still stick bows.That's awsome that they can shoot that far and be that accurate   :notworthy:    :notworthy:  kudos to our olympians. Go USA   :clapper:    :clapper:
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Re: 76 1/2 yards
« Reply #1 on: August 12, 2008, 10:06:00 AM »
I do believe the USA is out of it. the targets are at 70 meters ( 76.5 yards )

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Re: 76 1/2 yards
« Reply #2 on: August 12, 2008, 10:08:00 AM »
WOW I didn't realize the targets were that far
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Offline Jeff Strubberg

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Re: 76 1/2 yards
« Reply #3 on: August 12, 2008, 10:16:00 AM »
I remember Tim Strickland, olympic coach saying that you could get a feeling for the sight picture of an olympic archer by holding a map pin out at arms length.  That's what the bullseye looks like to an olympic archer at 70 meters.
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Offline NightHawk

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Re: 76 1/2 yards
« Reply #4 on: August 12, 2008, 10:38:00 AM »
Don't know about all that but isn't Jennifer Nichols very pretty? That gal could definatley be a model as well as a great olympic shooter.
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2)The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not.
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Re: 76 1/2 yards
« Reply #5 on: August 12, 2008, 12:09:00 PM »
Jenny can sure shoot. I have had the privlige to meet her and see her shoot several times. Her and her younger sister are amazing archers. They are very disaplined in there practice routines.
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Offline upatree

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Re: 76 1/2 yards
« Reply #6 on: August 12, 2008, 12:30:00 PM »
I wonder if they would let me shoot twice just so I could get closer to see the target  :knothead:
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Offline Mike Falkner

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Re: 76 1/2 yards
« Reply #7 on: August 12, 2008, 01:57:00 PM »
I think I'd need to shoot off of the kid's tee's at that range!
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Offline Shovelbuck

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Re: 76 1/2 yards
« Reply #8 on: August 12, 2008, 02:44:00 PM »
Sequences of distances fixed for the men's archery competition are – 90 meter (300 feet), 70 meter (230 feet), 50 meter (165 feet) and 30 meter (100 feet). The sequence of distances for the women's competition is 70 meter (230 feet), 60 meter (around 180 feet), 50 meter (165 feet) and 30 meter (around 90 feet).


Try shooting 90 meters with 35 to 40 lbs. sometime. It can be a eye opening experience.
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Re: 76 1/2 yards
« Reply #9 on: August 12, 2008, 04:00:00 PM »
90 meters, that would be a par 3 for me.

Offline AZStickman

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Re: 76 1/2 yards
« Reply #10 on: August 12, 2008, 05:19:00 PM »
70 yards is commonly know as a Fetrow in our hunting camps.... I shot an Olympic style competition here in AZ at the Grand Canyon State Games with my hunting Longbow..... That was a humbling experience but real fun..... Terry
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Offline C2@TheLibrary

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Re: 76 1/2 yards
« Reply #11 on: August 12, 2008, 06:42:00 PM »
In the qualifier for the 1980 Olympics Darrel Pace beat me by one point so I failed to qualify. I went over to the dark side after that and started shooting with training wheels. I never tried for the aOlympics again. Back then the distances were 70, 80 and 90 meters.

Offline Mitch-In-NJ

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Re: 76 1/2 yards
« Reply #12 on: August 12, 2008, 09:28:00 PM »
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Originally posted by C2@TheLibrary:
In the qualifier for the 1980 Olympics Darrel Pace beat me by one point so I failed to qualify. I went over to the dark side after that and started shooting with training wheels. I never tried for the aOlympics again. Back then the distances were 70, 80 and 90 meters.
Was that at Colorado Springs?  I competed there at the end of 1982 or the beginning of 1983.  I didn't make the team either.  I stayed with FITA for a couple years after that, but was more interested in hunting and stopped competing.  My hunting style and my FITA style were at odds with each other and FITA lost.
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