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Title: 5 year old's advice on how to shoot!
Post by: vermonster13 on September 08, 2008, 08:20:00 AM
"Aim, shoot then yell target you're not the boss of me! I'm the boss of you!" My boy Jake's advice to me this morning on how to be better with a bow. He said he's going to teach me how to be an even better bow hunter, after I teach him. lol

Made my day.
Title: Re: 5 year old's advice on how to shoot!
Post by: leatherneck on September 08, 2008, 08:21:00 AM
Wisdom beyond his years.   :thumbsup:

Maybe he's on to something?
Title: Re: 5 year old's advice on how to shoot!
Post by: Chris Surtees on September 08, 2008, 08:23:00 AM
Now that is some classic advice...be sure to heed it Dave   :thumbsup:    :archer:    

Chris
Title: Re: 5 year old's advice on how to shoot!
Post by: frassettor on September 08, 2008, 08:24:00 AM
Never tried that one Dave....Thats great  :bigsmyl:
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Post by: joe vt on September 08, 2008, 08:27:00 AM
Dave, that is too cute!
Title: Re: 5 year old's advice on how to shoot!
Post by: Widowbender on September 08, 2008, 09:01:00 AM
Sounds like he's got it figured out, Dave   :D   ...Its amazing what kids come up with...My boys give me lessons every day   :thumbsup:

David
Title: Re: 5 year old's advice on how to shoot!
Post by: smokin joe on September 08, 2008, 09:07:00 AM
That sounds like a fair translation of something out of Zen in the Art of Archery. Perhaps he knows something that we all should pay attention to.
Title: Re: 5 year old's advice on how to shoot!
Post by: Jeremy on September 08, 2008, 09:10:00 AM
:biglaugh:
Title: Re: 5 year old's advice on how to shoot!
Post by: GingivitisKahn on September 08, 2008, 09:13:00 AM
Lol - that's the same tactic I use in business meetings when they start going badly.

Jake rocks!

  :bigsmyl:
Title: Re: 5 year old's advice on how to shoot!
Post by: Orion on September 08, 2008, 09:38:00 AM
How true!  Next time TP starts wrapping its tentacles around me, I'm going to invoke that mantra.  :thumbsup:
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Post by: trapperDave on September 08, 2008, 09:42:00 AM
:biglaugh:
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Post by: Aggie1993 on September 08, 2008, 09:49:00 AM
That's good stuff.
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Post by: bbairborne on September 08, 2008, 09:59:00 AM
Mine says something similar (he is 8 now) when he misses and then retrieves his arrow and stabs the back of the target! I said, "Son, what are you doing?"  "Oh Dad, I'm just cleaning the mud off the tip of my arrow."  

Kids can crack you up and the most odd times.

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Title: Re: 5 year old's advice on how to shoot!
Post by: mike g on September 08, 2008, 11:48:00 AM
Dave....
   Your Son is right, 90% of archery is in your head....It's a mental game.
Title: Re: 5 year old's advice on how to shoot!
Post by: Frenchymanny on September 08, 2008, 12:10:00 PM
Your son is a wise man  :)

So cute
F-Manny
Title: Re: 5 year old's advice on how to shoot!
Post by: vermonster13 on September 08, 2008, 12:23:00 PM
He's pretty inspirational for me.    ;)
Title: Re: 5 year old's advice on how to shoot!
Post by: Wednesday Caste on September 08, 2008, 12:23:00 PM
That's breaking it down to the basic.   We've just forgotten the KISS method.  Your boy's just puting it in verbage we adults can understand.   :banghead:
Title: Re: 5 year old's advice on how to shoot!
Post by: Chris O on September 08, 2008, 03:21:00 PM
that sounds like a good way to cure target panic too!
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Post by: Mike Mecredy on September 08, 2008, 05:37:00 PM
Thanks, that made my day.
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Post by: Killdeer on September 08, 2008, 07:03:00 PM
Kids say the darnedest things!

"He's pretty inspirational for me."

That's what they are here for, friend. And I think it runs both ways.
Killdeer  :campfire:
Title: Re: 5 year old's advice on how to shoot!
Post by: gregg dudley on September 08, 2008, 08:28:00 PM
You should have that printed on the upper limb of your bow.  Classic!
Title: Re: 5 year old's advice on how to shoot!
Post by: vermonster13 on September 08, 2008, 09:07:00 PM
I actually used his mantra when practicing at 30 yards today.    ;)