Is it practice?

[Pine]

I thought I would  mention this.
So many times I hear people say that stumpin' is good practice.
Or shooting at there target is good practice.
Well I don't call it that, to me it's fun, entertaining, good therapy and stuff like that.
Don't get me wrong, it is good practice but I just don't think of it that way. 

[The Whittler]

For me any time I shoot my bow it's practice as I'm always trying to improve. But I try to keep it fun and enjoyable when I stop enjoying it or the fun is gone then I'm done.

[Sam McMichael]

Yeah, its still practice, but, as you say, it can be a whole lot of fun. How many times as a  youngster did you face the target (this was before 3D targets) and imagine it represented the world record deer? The accuracy of the shot determined if you were a world record holder or a loser. Then, like now, I lost a lot, but it kept me coming back again and again trying to get better.

[Possum Head]

Agree a bent limb is a feeling like none other 

[1Arrow1Kill]

Flinging arrows is most always good, clean, healthy, therapeutic, fun practice for me.  A few times it is frustrating as heck . . . but humbles me and teaches me patience and persistence.  I always seem to enjoy shooting my bow most after a frustrating round of golf.  I hate getting old . . .

[GCook]

I agree it's therapy at the end of a stressful day.
It's also a freeing way to start a day.
It's a way to focus my body, mind and spirit that lets all the other stuff fade away and brings together a focus that centers me.
It is a passion, an obsession and a commitment.
But I'll be danged if doing it regularly hasn't made me a more consistent and better shot.
So I guess I'll call it practice.

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[Roy from Pa]

I do it cause the voices in my head tell me to shoot that bow:)

[hawkeye n pa]

Has our buddy been over at the shop?  Agree with the other posts, and is a much needed calming activity for me.

[Roy from Pa]

Haven't seen Kenny for a while.

[hawkeye n pa]

LOL

[M60gunner]

Just got back from a couple hours of “fun”. Shot lousy but still enjoying getting out there with the wife and our shooting friends. It’s getting hot here so for me “practice “ isn’t fun. So I am not practicing until need be.

[GCook]

Just got back from a couple hours of “fun”. Shot lousy but still enjoying getting out there with the wife and our shooting friends. It’s getting hot here so for me “practice “ isn’t fun. So I am not practicing until need be.

I often practice in the dark here in summer.  Either late night or early morning.   The heat makes most anything less fun.

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[Friend]

Spending quality time with my bow elicits abounding pleasures and satisfies the pursuit of plentiful objectives.

[Captain*Kirk]

Not sure what it is technically, but it falls under the category of "good times in the woods" for me.

[pavan]

Nice day on Saturday. Paddled my tandem Mad River Explorer, solo, clear around a lake, about 12 miles, that canoe is way too much fun. Got home and strung my heavier bow that I sanded from a custom blank some years back, that trim and lean bow really fires a hard clean arrow and does it very gently in the hand. I shot for hours with a quiver full of aluminum arrows. That bow is  way too much fun.  Sunday, I had one of those 'oh no' moments, when it dawned on me, that I am in no condition to play that hard.

[YosemiteSam]

As a hobby beekeeper, I wouldn't really call "workin' the bees" real work.  It's work.  Just not the same as actual work for pay.

Lots of things that I enjoy in my off-time require consistent, mindful effort.  It's still play to me.  If you ask my wife, she'd definitely agree.

[acedoc]

In the midst of the daily grind, work related issues and the woes of humanity one deals with being a
 doctor and the all too real realization of own impermanence due to gradual but inexorable aging I find archery to be - therapeutic!  It tells you tons about your mental state and if you want to hit the mark you have to let go of all your preoccupations and worries.
I shoot every morning and evening, God willing I hope to continue this till I konk off.
This is  a bit of fun and more of meditation for me

[Joni]

Same here. I dont take it like practice even if it is that. Just time to have fun whit my self or whit kids/local members.
Those fun times allso see when you are in competition, so...

[pavan]

Bee hives are work, i had some.  If we are talking midnights and caucasians okay , maybe a hobby.  Drop the super from the Italian hive with the queen in it and it gets to be work real fast.

[mcgroundstalker]

I Practice Having Fun!