I,ve been on here for a few years and never really posted but mainly used the forum to get info and shooting tips. But I figured I'd share this for the hopes it would inspire someone else thinking about getting into traditional archery.
After hunting with a compound for almost 30 years I picked up a recurve back in 2006 and started shooting it. Honestly it became a love hate relationship with traditional archery, never really good enough to have faith enough to hunt with it but for some reason I couldn't put it down. Sometimes I would hang it in my garage for weeks and then something would draw me back to it like a magnet. I shot it on and off for a few years but still hunted mostly with my compound and then a few years back I skipped hunting all together for a few years while I started a new job. This spring I had free time for the first time in a few years and the traditional bug hit me hard again. I picked up a long bow and for some reason it just clicked with me, I was able to shoot it much better then my recurve and practiced all spring and summer.
This fall I hunted bear in Manitoba with a few friends and I sat there in a stand one night with that long bow in my hand. just before dark a nice bear stepped out of the woods and my mind just went into automatic pilot. As the bear approuched all I remember is my eyes being glued onto a spot on it's vitals, the next thing I remember is being at full draw and then seeing the arrow spinning towards the spot I was watching and hitting the exact spot. IT WAS LIKE MAGIC!!!! The shot happened on it's own perfectly. I guess I shot some much it had become ingrained in my mind. Thanks everyone for the help this forum has provided to me during my learning curve in tarditional archey....DH
Topic: Just Like MAGIC!!! (Read 1019 times)
