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Title: Snow Shooting…..
Post by: Mitch H on February 17, 2013, 05:13:00 PM
Went to Strictly Sticks 3-D shoot today, and the weather was awesome!   :biglaugh:

The wind was bearable, and the course was really nice, even though they decided to stretch out a few targets.

A couple of pics during the shoot.....

Steve shooting a lightweight bow today, closest I ever came to whipping him.
(http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb151/BIGCOUNTRYOUTDOORS/676bffc8-3e5f-494c-8701-3adf7dc43742_zps646e9aa2.jpg)

Big Ron with his Black Widow longbow

(http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb151/BIGCOUNTRYOUTDOORS/e971d507-6b84-4004-a4bc-668ff652afb5_zpsa5c47dd1.jpg)

Jon shooting an older Grizzly

(http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb151/BIGCOUNTRYOUTDOORS/ae46c1a5-0df5-48d9-b18e-79549b49d3ef_zpsac4f9d9f.jpg)

Big Ron trying to avoid the tree, which was plenty chewed up with fresh hits
(http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb151/BIGCOUNTRYOUTDOORS/6fd01ffb-6d14-4653-91e4-4e3ee0e413cf_zps74a2277a.jpg)
Title: Re: Snow Shooting…..
Post by: Mitch H on February 17, 2013, 05:20:00 PM
I got chewed out by a few guys today for taking my newly acquired 1960 Grizzly out in that weather, but I like her too much to leave her at home.  :archer2:  

Me at full draw on a bear @ around 40-41 yards and guessing how high to hold over it`s back
(http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb151/BIGCOUNTRYOUTDOORS/d0bf443c-55a8-4d63-9388-e9b77936795c_zps76a2e5ba.jpg)

Me in shock when the arrow landed pinwheeled in the ten ring
(http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb151/BIGCOUNTRYOUTDOORS/601a24a0-6a03-404f-8f14-d12dd117b8b9_zps53426281.jpg)

Had an absolute blast. Can`t wait for next weekends shoot.
Title: Re: Snow Shooting…..
Post by: bowless on February 17, 2013, 05:22:00 PM
Love the white fletching  :)
Title: Re: Snow Shooting…..
Post by: on February 17, 2013, 05:26:00 PM
I bet arrows can be hard to find on the occasional miss!   :scared:  

I went to a shoot yesterday down here in TX. When I got to the range it was 28 degrees. By the end of the first round I was shedding layers fast. When I got home I looked in a mirror and saw I was sunburned! That's TX weather for ya!

Looks like a great time.

Bisch
Title: Re: Snow Shooting…..
Post by: Mitch H on February 17, 2013, 05:46:00 PM
Bisch, we get weather like that up here as well, but not so much today.

Started out around 14 degree`s, and made it up to around 20 by the time we were packing it in.

bowless, yea, the white fletched arrows were definitely a brain fart for today.  :)  Amazingly, between the 4 of us, we only left one arrow behind today......that may be a record for us.   :laughing:
Title: Re: Snow Shooting…..
Post by: misfire on February 18, 2013, 06:39:00 AM
Good to see others shooting in the snow! We have a shoot coming up near the NH line next Sunday. I just hope the winds stay calm. It can cut like a knife this time of year.

Thanks for sharing your day with us.
Title: Re: Snow Shooting…..
Post by: maineac on February 18, 2013, 06:44:00 AM
Thanks for sharing your shoot.  The pictures with the snow were awesome. A good digging tool is a must, at least for me.  Our winter shoot her in Maine is next Sunday also/  It will be interesting to see how much snow is on the ground by then.
Title: Re: Snow Shooting…..
Post by: mahantango on February 18, 2013, 07:02:00 AM
Mitch, where abouts in Pa. are you? We didn't get so much as a flake in Union Co.
Title: Re: Snow Shooting…..
Post by: LONGSTYKES on February 18, 2013, 09:04:00 AM
Love shooting in the snow, great pics and share. Thanks a lot.
Title: Re: Snow Shooting…..
Post by: Mitch H on February 18, 2013, 09:40:00 AM
QuoteOriginally posted by mahantango:
Mitch, where abouts in Pa. are you? We didn't get so much as a flake in Union Co.
This shoot was in East Huntington Township, which is in Fayette county.

We probably had 5-6" of new snow and it was powder snow. Except for the occasional wind blasts it was not a bad day to be out flinging arrows at all.
Title: Re: Snow Shooting…..
Post by: Over&Under on February 18, 2013, 10:48:00 AM
Looks like a blast!
Hard to pick a spot with all those little white spots falling through your site picture  :)