Long range archery
Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2016 3:50 am
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Long Range Archery
Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2016 3:56 am
No fair... he had a spotter.
Re: Long Range Archery
Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2016 2:33 am
You are going begrudge him a spotter? Hell, I don’t know if I see a balloon three hundred yards.RayThom wrote:No fair... he had a spotter.
Re: Long range archery
Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2016 1:59 pm
I used to shoot a lot when I was younger. Haven't picked up a bow for years now. Still have my 45lb Bear recurve bow. It's up at hte lake house. Next time I go up there, I'll have to take it out and see if I can still shoot. I'll have to buy arrows though and hope the bow-string doesn't break.
Hitting anything but the ground at 300yards is quite a shot (couldn't see the video).
Hitting anything but the ground at 300yards is quite a shot (couldn't see the video).
Re: Long range archery
Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2016 4:21 am
Since we are both are into archery I will ask you this question: How do you explain to a person that is not into archery the beautiful symmetry of an arrow in flight and the sense of satisfaction one get when the arrow lands in the place projected ? I don’t think we can, it is something that only archer share.oldr_n_wsr wrote:I used to shoot a lot when I was younger. Haven't picked up a bow for years now. Still have my 45lb Bear recurve bow. It's up at hte lake house. Next time I go up there, I'll have to take it out and see if I can still shoot. I'll have to buy arrows though and hope the bow-string doesn't break.
Hitting anything but the ground at 300yards is quite a shot (couldn't see the video).
Re: Long range archery
Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2016 1:09 pm
Do you get that feeling with 'modern' equipment that includes a molded handgrip, laminated limbs bolted to the handgrip, pulleys and string in an arrangement more complicated than the threads on my wive's surger machine that uses five cones of thread, little fuzzy things on the string and gadgets hanging all over the front of the 'bow'? Oh, don't forget the mechanical 'trigger' in your hand to release the string.
Whoops! I think I smell the fuze burning on my petard.
snailgate
Whoops! I think I smell the fuze burning on my petard.
snailgate
Re: Long range archery
Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2016 3:32 pm
No, and that's the difference between the two. Sort of like a carpenter driving nails with a hammer the old-fashioned way instead of just pulling the trigger on a pneumatic nail gun, or a craftsman painstakingly and lovingly hand-sanding something smooth instead of getting an electrical vibrator and power-sanding it to shape.
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Re: Long range archery
Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2016 5:32 pm
At 300 yards does an arrow have enough velocity to do anything more than break a balloon? Ok, it could put an eye out if it was a really sharp arrow.
yrs,
rubato
yrs,
rubato
Re: Long range archery
Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2016 6:53 pm
I agree. It's an "art" type thing. I am sure there are non shooters who get the beauty of it, but most may/do not.I don’t think we can, it is something that only archer share.
I don't have nor shoot a compound bow although I have shot one. I can see the advantage of a compound when taking aim and being able to hold at draw with much less effort than a recurve, but I like my recurve (used to be my dads til he gave it to me). I never held at draw for long preferingto aim/shoot quickly.Do you get that feeling with 'modern' equipment that includes a molded handgrip, laminated limbs bolted to the handgrip, pulleys and string in an arrangement more complicated than the threads on my wive's surger machine that uses five cones of thread, little fuzzy things on the string and gadgets hanging all over the front of the 'bow'? Oh, don't forget the mechanical 'trigger' in your hand to release the string.
And I still have my three fingered shooting glove. And the fuzzy things on the bowstring are silencers to take the "twang" away. At least that's what they were way back when before compounds were popular.
Now I want to go shoot. Gotta get up to Pa soon. Need to buy arrows, I don't think I have any left. Feathers rotted or fell off. They were all wood arrows anyway.
Re: Long range archery
Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2016 10:04 pm
When I was young (16-17) I made a Yew longbow. It was fun, I never shot anything living with it though.
Re: Long range archery
Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2016 3:49 pm
Cool.
My dad had a long bow and after many years of it sitting in the attic I tried to srting it and it snapped. Almost went through my leg.
My dad had a long bow and after many years of it sitting in the attic I tried to srting it and it snapped. Almost went through my leg.
Re: Long range archery
Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2016 6:02 am
liberty wrote:Since we are both are into archery I will ask you this question: How do you explain to a person that is not into archery the beautiful symmetry of an arrow in flight and the sense of satisfaction one get when the arrow lands in the place projected ? I don’t think we can, it is something that only archers share.oldr_n_wsr wrote:I used to shoot a lot when I was younger. Haven't picked up a bow for years now. Still have my 45lb Bear recurve bow. It's up at hte lake house. Next time I go up there, I'll have to take it out and see if I can still shoot. I'll have to buy arrows though and hope the bow-string doesn't break.
Hitting anything but the ground at 300yards is quite a shot (couldn't see the video).
Re: Long range archery
Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2016 12:11 pm
...and darts players.
Re: Long range archery
Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2016 1:48 am
Stand at 300 paces and find out.rubato wrote:At 300 yards does an arrow have enough velocity to do anything more than break a balloon? Ok, it could put an eye out if it was a really sharp arrow.
yrs,
rubato
Re: Long range archery
Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2016 1:58 am
Re: Long range archery
Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2016 6:03 pm
I never killed anything with a bow either. I have hunted with guns and I enjoy the skill involved in accurate shooting, but there is something about shooting a bow that goes beyond any practical application. I can make my arrows do a little fish tail dance as they leave the bow; it contributes nothing to accuracy but to me it is pretty.Gob wrote:When I was young (16-17) I made a Yew longbow. It was fun, I never shot anything living with it though.
Re: Long range archery
Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2016 8:00 pm
We hunted rabbits with bows when I was young. I once hit a running rabbit at 10-20 yards. That was lucky bow hunting.
and yes, I ate it
and yes, I ate it
Re: Long range archery
Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2016 9:04 pm
Rubato, the English longbow was used effectively to penetrate armored people at more than 300 yards. It was used like area artillery and not aimed at particular individuals. And if the bow is too modern for your hunting art, there are those who prefer to use spear and atlatl.
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Re: Long range archery
Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2016 9:37 pm
Re: Long range archery
Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2016 11:39 pm