Getting into bow hunting

[Knotter]

Originally Posted by fitzy17

well, as of today I am officially a journeyman electrician. I passed my branch exam and Im totally stoked I can stop focusing so much on school and get right into archery full on.
Id be a liar if I said that I wasn't distracted sitting on my computer looking up bowhunting information when I should have been doing homework or studying.. that seemed to happen often haha

Congrats on the test! I hate to say it but you're hooked. Lots to learn and it's fun.

[L.O.S.T.Arrow]

X2 on the congrads...

Things will come easier once you get that electricians wage....lol

Neil

[fitzy17]

yep, just gotta find a job. haha

[fitzy17]

I took a lesson at Jim Bows today and Jim's mom, Linda, was actually the one instructing me. Can't say enough good things, she was great. I had no idea what I was going to get from this going in, but I left totally satisfied, confident and itching to shoot more.

Started off at 10 yards to get technique down. After a few tweaks my groups were very close and I was shooting center.
Then she says try shooting with both eyes open. "Ha! I'll try but I don't think I'll be able to do that" Sure enough...I didn't close my eye for the rest of the shoot.

After being pretty consistent at 10 yards, we move to 20 and she throws in another wrench into the mix. She puts a ~4" by 4" piece of paper out. "You're crazy if you think I can hit that" Sure enough a few rounds later Im hitting it. Couldn't help but laugh how much I was learning and how quickly the results were showing.

Sure nice knowing I was showing good enough form that she asked to take a video of me shooting to keep as an example, and it was cool to see what I look like shooting. It's comforting to know that I got taught the right way from the get-go rather than developing bad habits and having to sort that out later.

Big thumbs up to Linda and Jim Bows Archery!

[Lefty-Canuck]

Originally Posted by fitzy17

I took a lesson at Jim Bows today and Jim's mom, Linda, was actually the one instructing me. Can't say enough good things, she was great. I had no idea what I was going to get from this going in, but I left totally satisfied, confident and itching to shoot more.

Started off at 10 yards to get technique down. After a few tweaks my groups were very close and I was shooting center.
Then she says try shooting with both eyes open. "Ha! I'll try but I don't think I'll be able to do that" Sure enough...I didn't close my eye for the rest of the shoot.

After being pretty consistent at 10 yards, we move to 20 and she throws in another wrench into the mix. She puts a ~4" by 4" piece of paper out. "You're crazy if you think I can hit that" Sure enough a few rounds later Im hitting it. Couldn't help but laugh how much I was learning and how quickly the results were showing.

Sure nice knowing I was showing good enough form that she asked to take a video of me shooting to keep as an example, and it was cool to see what I look like shooting. It's comforting to know that I got taught the right way from the get-go rather than developing bad habits and having to sort that out later.

Big thumbs up to Linda and Jim Bows Archery!

That's awesome, Linda is great and as long as you follow her tips and instruction you will be headed in the right direction!

Shooting with both eyes open is a good thing if you are able to do it. Having the extra peripheral while shooting is a good thing.

LC

[lgard]

Lots of knowledge to be had @ archery talk for newbies!