well i just got back in from arieal target shooting with my buddy and i must say i had a BLAST its some of the funest stuff to do. so how many of you have eveer shot arral targets and whatd u think about it?
steven
I can't get enough of aerial targets. Some of the 3d shoots offer them as a novilty shoot.
They are my favorite. Maybe that is why I love hunting birds so much.
I was surprised at how quickly you can actually get to hitting the targets. It is fun.
Bisch
QuoteOriginally posted by Bisch:
I was surprised at how quickly you can actually get to hitting the targets. It is fun.
Bisch
Makes you really focus on the target.
every year at Comptons
I love it. The only thing is that my form tends to go all to hell. I rarely reach full draw, mostly it's all snap shooting. And i can't bend at the waist fast enough for these things so I tend to just move my bow arm. Yep, really bad form.
its great. the only thing is you MUST have someone there throwing the target to shoot at it so you cant just shoot by yourself when noones around.
I've only had one opportunity to try aerials (so far), Loved it! The timing, the angles, & all that, it's great. Even hit a few LOL!
Hope to do it again in SC this weekend.
Keith
This is the last aerial target I shot. 16 January 2011, was moving along pretty good. :D
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Don't get to shoot at target discs much, most my practice is done on live targets.
Shot this one with a 54" 55#@28 Shrew I got from Andy Ivey (Tradtusker) last year.
:archer:
At the Comptons shoot they have an area set up for aerials. For a buck you get 6 shots. Folks are lined up and they shoot well into the night under the spotlights. It's a blast!
Yup, lots of fun. If we have a little down time at deer, antelope, or elk camp, we do some disc shooting.
It's also fun to have a guy roll them discs for you to shoot at. I make mine out of several pieces of cardboard glued together. You can really get them things moving fast and bouncing across the prairie.
I also love the flying targets. My buddy and I didn't have any disks, but we had some gallon plastic milk jugs. We just put in a little dirt and sand for weight and flung away. ;)
The plastic jug takes a lot of punishment, and if you shoot like us, there is no need to worry about too many holes in the jug. :rolleyes: And we used flu flus to avoid searching so much.
BTW, bawana...that little Teal makes a nice trophy! :thumbsup:
Would love too shoot aerial targets. Looking in Montana, for some 3D shoots and aerials.
Im have never tried it, but it looks like a lot of fun. They have a good aerial shoot at the traditional bow shoot in my state. I think I will try it at the next shoot coming up in April, however I am somewhat concerned about not getting to full draw as another member previously stated. I have worked very hard at getting over my snap shooting and am doing a lot better so I would hate to blow what I have acomplished. I guess it wouldn't hurt to try.
Those foam three-winged boomerangs work great for aerial shooting. If you're quick (and you will be after some practice) you can throw and shoot them yourself.
Doing that over my lunch hour everyday some years ago I got so it was disappointing to miss. Took a Canada goose for New-year's dinner that year.
Pheasant is fun with the bow too.
CJ
I got into it so much a few yrs ago, that I bought a hitchiker target launcher from John Freeland. Here's a short video from about 2 yrs ago. It's my grandson when he was 4. It's kinda cool and is on the Classics forum. enjoy Don
(http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c222/526don/th_talyorshootingariels.jpg) (http://s28.photobucket.com/albums/c222/526don/?action=view¤t=talyorshootingariels.mp4)
thats some awesome shooting.
my son started shooting Ariels about 4 yrs ago 10inch dics now he is doing trick shows and shooting BB's and asprin at 14 it is amazing how good you get with practice
QuoteOriginally posted by Bighornangler:
They have a good aerial shoot at the traditional bow shoot in my state.
That's where I have done it. Take my nephew every year and we spend about half our time it seems shooting those darn things.
It's quite the setup. Kind of like a baseball machine pointed upward. Disks go about 30 feet high and there's about 30 or 40 in the machine.
Here was my first attempt in Iraq two years ago. I was actually shooting the bag target when someone thought it would be funny to distract me with the foam piece. Turns out I impressed him pretty good. Impressed myself as well. Haven shot any aerials since that deployment.
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Turned out to be pretty fun, only problem is that misses resulted in the arrows sailing over the barriers or impact them and end up destroyed. I had the culprit dispatch there crew to go retrieve them outside the wire. Great times.
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Sounds like a blast.
I shoot aerials from time to time. It's great fun. Others are correct about one's form suffering while doing it though. But, after I get done with the aerials, my "less-than-perfect-but-good-enough" form gets back to normal when practicing on stationary targets.
those are some awsome videos and pics. does anyone have a launcher made up that if your practicing by yourself your able to launch the target and still have plenty of time to shoot?
none of our 3d targets in my yard have any heads cause we take em off and use em for aerials. LOL
Batman, if any of my kids shot that well I would at least cut them arrows that fit. he didn't miss those 2, his arrows were too long. Awesome. John dill needs to be concerned.
Shot some targets at the ATA show. They had this product that was like a giant clay pigeon thrower for foam targets and it was a blast! Would really have liked to do it with a more high powered bow but it was a ton of fun!!!
One day on Adak I shot at 17 ptarmigan. It was early season, the birds stupid, and I had a dog that found my arrows.
Net score for the day, 1 wing feather.
It was a kick.
YES YES YES! I love shooting aerials and look forward to our club shoots when we break out the disc thrower.
QuoteOriginally posted by bawana bowman:
This is the last aerial target I shot. 16 January 2011, was moving along pretty good. :D
(http://i546.photobucket.com/albums/hh403/hlewis2/DSCF2694.jpg)
Don't get to shoot at target discs much, most my practice is done on live targets.
Shot this one with a 54" 55#@28 Shrew I got from Andy Ivey (Tradtusker) last year.
:archer:
Nice my man....real nice!
Never shot areals either.....but this was my last one.
(http://tradgang.com/tg/images7/cohuttabear2.jpg)
Can't remember the last time I shot up at any steep angle before I shot that bear 2 seasons ago. It was probably 2004 when I went squirrel hunting, I shot at some squirrels at steep angles in trees, and got a few, so it was probably 5 or 6 years prior.
I was standing about 6 feet from the tree and the bear was 70 foot up looking over at me in the 'U' of the trunk. I had to put it just above the tree, and just under the chin.....gotta love instinctive shooting!!!
yes sir !
so fun !!!!!
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Some personnal pics of very good bowhunters friend in a bow trap Week end competition last year !!!