Trad Gang
Main Boards => PowWow => Topic started by: BWallace10327 on May 02, 2017, 11:07:00 PM
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A question for all willing tradgangers; When you practice, do you go outside and shoot or do you shoot your bow? I must confess that I shoot my rifle, my caplock and I shoot my "other" bow from time to time, figuratively speaking of course. I do not shoot my recurve however, I simply go out and shoot, or more aptly put, fling some arrows. I noticed this speech pattern in myself and think that it is motivated by the connection with the implement involved. So tradgang, do you shoot your bow? :D
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Yep , just shoot and don't think about it .
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Yes, every day after school. Not thinking about it and just flinging arrows is a great stress reliever.
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Usually I shoot arrows. Try not to shoot the bow.
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I cracked a window on my garage by shooting a brass string nocking point. I was tuning a bow for a kid and I thought it was tight enough to stay and loose enough to move. If I could an arrow curve like that, I would have something. I pull bows, fling arrow and try to shoot stuff or my targets.
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The incurred fulfilling experience, for me, is in permitting the bow to shoot the arrow.
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I think it's the experience of just flinging them that I enjoy most. It's all to often I shoot and I'm not thinking about form or anything. part of the fun
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I agree with the others, I shoot arrows, spend too much on bows to be shooting them.
To get to what I assume your meaning... I don't shoot much. 2 years ago it was every day, last year it was once a week. My ability didn't suffer much. This year I shoot once every other month. I am in a funk at the moment over big life changes ahead.
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Yes, I shoot my bows. If you call sending a bullet down range "shooting" your gun, then sending an arrow down range would likewise be called "shooting" your bow. Wow, I think we may be over thinking this stuff. :D
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I don't usually " fling arrows" when I shoot and I don't typically stand in front of a target either. Sometimes but not always.
As the weather is warming here and I have new land to explore I find myself shooting​ more often. But I practice with a purpose
Mostly I shoot my bear super grizzly. I have other bows but that one I shoot best.
Not really sure what your question is?
If your wondering how many folks shoot their traditional bows with a purpose. I think many do rather than just flinging em down range.
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I shoot my bow!
Bisch
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I guess I shoot. Year round. Its one of the reasons I shoot a longbow.
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Lately I've been shooting my longbows more deliberately, like a gun. Never had the money for rifle practice growing up, and now I live in town where guns are a no-no. It's a fun change of pace after years of just shooting, but I'm more analytical by nature anyway.
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For me "to shoot" something has a purpose and "flinging" is just a pass time, no matter if I hit or miss.
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I just enjoy flinging arrows without too much thinking. It's my exercise and my enjoyment.
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I'm always trying to improve. I shoot less these days than 2-3 yeas ago. I should be shooting more.
I shoot with the purpose of checking my competence 1st and trying to get better 2nd.
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I understand what you're saying and yes I do both. I like to go out sometimes and just fling arrows but before the days out I will do some real one arrow at the time form practice.
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If you have to think about it..... It's more like work?
Why work, when you can have fun!!!
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I made a self bow out of hickory and one out of osage in a two week period. Both bows ended up way light by the time I had them to a shooting state, sort of a shooting state at best. I was happy that they had no finish on them, because I did not shoot them, fling hundreds of arrows out of them or any other arguable cliche'. I split them, cut them into short pieces and a cooked steaks with them. The steaks were fine but osage smoke is hard on the eye ball.
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I shoot my bow, but unfortunately not very well sometimes. My biggest problem is at longer range when I have more difficulty picking a finite spot. Then I sometimes find myself flinging arrows. Lately, though, I have been concentrating very hard on back tension and not plucking the string. Although this is a terrible habit, it does force me to think about each shot.
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Do I go outside and shoot or do I shoot my bow?
I'm still trying to wrap my head around the question.
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I shoot. No need to clarify what I'm shooting as all I shoot is my bow.
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I shot my bow once. I was trying out a thumb ring one day & the string slipped out mid-draw. My hand wasn't wrapped around the front of the bow so both the bow and the arrow landed on the grass about 10' in front of me.
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Sam, I had a similar experience in shooting my bow. I had a nock crack and dry fired my bow with a very loose grip on the almost new bow. It went sailing down the concrete driveway. I wanted to cry. But to answer your question I try to "shoot" my bow every time I go outside. However I do often find myself losing concentration and flinging arrows after 20 or so. I always try to get close and finish my session with a few high concentration form shots.
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I see shooting with a traditional bow more of an extension of myself- IE going outside to shoot.
Other things seem to be like a middle man between the target and the target shooting- IE going out side to shoot with my rifle/compound/whatever.
The original post was mostly a nod to the dedication and connectedness a traditional archer can have to their gear, as opposed to other fun ways to shoot a projectile. It's enjoyable to read how others feel about it.
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I used to shoot the bow with "training wheels" every once in a while, but when the trad bug bit me, I can't wait to get the opportunity to shoot. I feel like a kid when I see rain and realize I might not get to go outside and "play". Haha
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Originally posted by Red Beastmaster:
Do I go outside and shoot or do I shoot my bow?
I'm still trying to wrap my head around the question.
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?? confused
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Yes, 5 to 6 days a week
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Guilty of both, but mostly Im going to go shoot.
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I shoot arrows with my bow daily !
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Actually I DO SHOOT MY OWN homemade bow. Made from scratch. Some days I just shoot and let the juices flow other days I shoot for form. BUT EVERY DAY I SHOOT MY BOW!