Saturday..my son went down for a nap, so I grabbed my bow and quiver and told my wife I was going stump shooting and to look for some sheds.
She stopped me in my tracks by saying "I want to try shooting my bow!"
I had her hand me down Bear recurve stung and quiver full before she could put her coat on. :D
This would be only the second time she's shot so I wanted to do something fun, I grabbed an empty 2 liter bottle and threw it about 8-10 yards in front of her. She did great, she was grouping arrows around the bottle and getting close...she nicked it once and got really excited! The shot after that she hit the bottle and jumped for joy! I was pretty proud...she asked me to shot too, so I'd whack the bottle and move it around the yard and farther out to challenge her. She ended up hitting the bottle a few times at 18-20 yards!!
At one point...she said I'm getting tired so I pulled her arrows and handed them to her, that was followed by "Well maybe I'll shoot these again, BUT then I'm done" with a big smile on her face.
I'm pretty sure she's hooked now. Next time we'll work alittle on her form and release but she enjoyed just flinging arrows. As we went in the house, she said "Now I can see why stump shooting would be fun"
I've got to get her some more gear now..
Thanks to Leroy "Golden Hawk" for the string, and my Dad for the Bear recurve!
** Forgot to thank Elaine (2big's wife) and Lori Thomas who at the MTB lit a fire in my wife to pick up a bow and give it a serious try.