trad archer artist

[centaur]

While perusing the numerous petroglyphs at the 3 Rivers Petroglyph site in New Mexico, this particular one struck a nerve. This is trad archery in its' most basic, and from the picture, it appears that the artist was having trouble with shot placement like many of us do.
 

[frassettor]

nice

[Stumpkiller]

Good stuff!

Looks like he was mixing parabolic and shield.  

I think the hieroglyphs say: "Is 45# enough for rock sheep?"

[FerretWYO]

Five legged sheep are long extinct.

What an awesome picture Pat

[chall]

thanks for sharing ,very cool.

[Cyclic-Rivers]

with 3 arrows for a  kill, I see the flint knappers worked full time.

[NIGEL01]

Neat

That's cool!

Bisch

[fmscan]

That was great to see.... thank you

[Green]

Thanks for sharing that Pat.  Only thing funnier than the five legged sheep would be a pile of sheep poo in front of that rock.     :D

[GreyGoose]

Have to add THAT trip to my bucket list- thanks for the inspiration.

[centaur]

3 Rivers is a great place. It is about 30 miles north of Alamogordo, and has over 20000 (yes 20 thousand) petroglyphs on the rocks there. For guys like us, it is a wonderful place to wander around and think of those people who were making their living from archery a long time ago. Watch your step if you go; the wife just about stepped on a diamondback in the trail while she was looking at all the glyphs.
There is a BLM campground there if you are so inclined, but the wind was blowing a steady 40 when we were there this time, so we opted for a motel in Alamogordo. Definitely worth a look if you are in the area.

[Jack Hoyt 75]

Thanks for posting the pic. Cool!

[Keith Zimmerman]

Its amazing it hasnt washed off over time.  Thanks for posting.

[Thumper Dunker]

Cool stuff That's not a fith  leg its an arrow in the neck.  

[ron w]

Amazing.........     Would be a cool Tattoo!

[huntnmuleys]

now that is cool.

[DarkTimber]

Pretty cool!  Makes you realize that in the grand scheme of things, it really hasn't changed that much over time.

[Izzy]

Real nice. Maybe three fellas shot at a sheep in unison on that particular hunt.  

[BrownA5]

This is like "way Cool"!  Thanks for sharing!