When do you find time to shoot?

[BleekLight]

Sorry I don't know if this has already been asked but at my other jobs I would always shoot after work or on the weekends. But I just got a new job starting this monday, I will be working 10 hours a day 7 days a week, and as of yet I don't know if thats permanent or just until the order is filled. I was just wandering when the rest of you found time to shoot your bows with your bizzy lifestyles.

[La. bowhunter]

I work shift work so I have a good bit of time off during the day but occasionally we get hung working long hours so my remedy is that I put my block target under the night light in the yard and shoot it under the lights at night.

But I also live a little farther south than you do so the cold temps dont bother me as much as it probably does you. Good luck figuring something out.

[Ramsey]

I work 10s so I shoot at lunch and at night

[jrchambers]

boy with those hours you wont get much time to hunt even if you find the time for practice,  i feel bad for you,  i am curently shooting more than i shoud as i am curently unemployed.  not by choice though

[Lechwe]

I shoot for 10-15 minutes at 5:30 every morning and then I try for another 10-15 minutes every night.

[BleekLight]

Thanks for the responses I will probably have to do what ramsey does.At least when it warms up a little any way. Luckily I am starting work on first shift and will get off about 4:00 pm so I will have light for a few hours. Just if I'm not to tired from working that is lol. If I have to I will take a nap and do what L.A bowhunter said and but my target under my street light in my yard. Any other responses would be appreciated I am just trying to figure out what every body else does.

[Ramsey]

The cold not a big deal I shoot in the wood shop at lunch when the boss is gone at night I just grin and bare it                                                        BILLY

[SOS]

I grab my bow and try to get 20 or so shots in right after I pull in the driveway each evening.  Have been known to shoot under the flood lights.

[adkmountainken]

weekends, thats it during fall and winter. summer i can shoot at night a little when i get home from work.

[longbowben]

15 to 30 minutes every day before work YES I HAVE A PROBLEM.

[Labs4me]

I keep an excelsior bale and shooting range in the basement year round and put several 3-D targets out back from April until about a week before  gun season opens (always concerned that some Bubba will start shooting first and identifying later).

In preparation for a bear hunt this fall, I've been shooting about a dozen arrows each night, Monday-Friday, with an emphasis placed on form. I also try to get out rabbit "hunting" with my Lab, Huck at least three or four nights a week after work. I don't typically take many shots on our hunts - it's more of a walk through the woods for the sake of getting some exercise -  unless we come across an unusually dumb rabbit or a liberal looking stump.

During the summer, my wife and I both shoot most every night while the burgers, salmon or chicken is cooking on the grill. We keep our bows and our quivers full of arrows on the wall of our great room, right next to the doorwall that leads to the patio. In this manner, it's nearly impossible for me to walk past my bows during the summer months without flinging at least a few arrows each day.

I imagine some day, a couple hundred years from now, while digging a new foundation for a house, someone will arrive at the concluson that an indian battle must have taken place in my yard based on all the arrows that will be unearthed.
         

[Moooseran]

Im retired and can shoot when ever I want. Indoor range 20 yds my basement......

[longbowben]

20 yard indoor range nice, im stuck outside in the rain and snow freezing my fat ass off.

[Arwin]

I shoot everyday in my basement. It's about 10 yds or slightly more. If I can get out, I like to stump shoot. Back when we lived in a trailer, I'd shoot down the hallway into our bedroom when nobody else was home. The wife would skin me if I tried that now!  

[DEAN]

I QUIT WORK!!!!!!

[George D. Stout]

"10 hours a day, 7 days a week."   And we call the Chinese slave laborers?  8^)..
Did you apply for that position?  Yikes.

Seriously, I did a lot of years in retail management that left little for "my time."  Down the road of years you may decide it wasn't such a great move.  I hope it works well for you and you stay healthy.  Don't forget yourself and your family.

[Schafer]

i shoot down my stairs it is about a 10-13 yards but it works great and it helps a little with treestand shots

[Shawn Leonard]

I shoot from my living room out through the family room out in to the kitchen. I get 13 yards when I sit on the back of the couch. I have dogs, so I let them out and lock the back door. Even if ya have to shoot in a room of 15-20 ft. ya can practice form and such. Make time and make do!! Shawn

[Big'n]

I don't FIND time to shoot, I MAKE time to shoot! It has to be a priority. I'm not casting dispersions. I realize everyone has to make a living, but shooting trad equipment isn't a necessity, It's a choice.

How bad do you want it?    DAVE

[Angus]

We all need to shoot, but as a coach, I'd like to remind everybody to practice perfection, not just practice!  10 minutes of flawless form is better than an hour of "flinging".  I wonder what would happen if we thought of ourselves as athletes as well as archers, and included form drills in our other workouts.  How many of us do that now?