Long range archery

[liberty]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Et23I9zneqk

Anyone else here like this stuff ?

[RayThom]

No fair... he had a spotter.

[liberty]

No fair... he had a spotter.

You are going begrudge him a spotter? Hell, I don’t know if I see a balloon three hundred yards.

[oldr_n_wsr]

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).

[liberty]

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).

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.

[Burning Petard]

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

[Bicycle Bill]

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.

-"BB"-

[rubato]

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

[oldr_n_wsr]

I don’t think we can, it is something that only archer share.

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.

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.

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.
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.

[Gob]

When I was young (16-17) I made a Yew longbow. It was fun, I never shot anything living with it though.

[oldr_n_wsr]

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.

[liberty]

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).

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.

[MajGenl.Meade]

...and darts players.

[Jarlaxle]

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

Stand at 300 paces and find out.

[Gob]

[liberty]

When I was young (16-17) I made a Yew longbow. It was fun, I never shot anything living with it though.

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.

[oldr_n_wsr]

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

[Burning Petard]

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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[Gob]

[TPFKA@W]