Well, about 8 years ago I got into shooting with my cheapy PSE Impala recurve. I got pretty good with it but school and what not got busy and enthusiasm waned. Well I recently have gotten back into shooting and have actually tried a decent bow. I now have a new Martin Hunter -- not the highest end but pretty nice to me. I have been putting atleast 60 arrows a day down it to get better.....
Anyways,
A buddy at work has invited me to a weekend trad shoot in a couple of months. What are they like? What do you do? How tough is the competition? What should I expect?
Thanks for the help!
expect a lot of fun and fellowship with like minded folks. go to have fun.
If you are shootin with other trad folks you can bet on a bunch of fun, if they set the shoot like we do, you had better take extra arrows!!! :biglaugh:
Don't expect much serious competition but do expecy alot of fun and fellowship and what Maddog said.
Denny
You will have a great time, just go and enjoy.
Alan
Have a blast.........only a few serious shooters there for competition, the rest are there to play. I am one of the one's that play. Have fun
Beepy...
I went to my first 3D shoot (first archery event, actually) in 2006 and web documented the whole thing. If you want to see a 3D shoot from the perspective of a brand new shooter, try this:
http://www.howardhilllongbowmen.com/adventures/sunbasinshoot/sunbasinshoot.html
It's a ball... I understand back East they're a bit more intense, with more emphasis on scoring. Most of the folks I've shot with out here in the Northewest, at some 20 events now, don't bother... just gather a bunch at the starting line and go shoot together. Haven't had so much fun since the early days of muzzle loading, back in the 50's, before it got over-organized.
I did my first Trad shoot in Scotland, all trad bows and a lot different to wheelbows, folks were there to have fun.
Even the serious shooters lokked like they had more fun than at the normal shoots I did before.
Thanks for the replies guys, the shoot we are planning on is in Moses Hole ... err... Lake WA in April. Did you go to that one Dick?
Well.... I guess I should have looked at your link first!! ;)
You'll never meet a better group of people than you'll find at a trad shoot. Traditional archery is great fun, but the shoots are the best. Mrs. Stickman and I started a small business with the traditional archer in mind just so we could afford to schedule a different shoot every other weekend or so. Go and have a blast, and look (ask) around for the next one. A years wait will be waaaaaaaay to long. :jumper:
-Brett
you'll have the time of your life regardless of the outcome..
After seeing the pics of the Moses Lake shoot I have one thought. I better start making lots of arrows.
I haven't been shooting long.But i went to my first trad shoot a month ago,alot of fun.Like maddog said,take extra arrows. I broke several.Good luck and have fun!!
Bill