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Title: Whats your favorite archery game in the off season ?
Post by: Bruinbow on April 25, 2013, 08:50:00 PM
I like to chase a whiffle ball around with fluflus . Just throw it out and then keep knocking it where ever it goes . Catch the top of the ball just rite and the arrow will launch quite high , that's kinda neat . Had the ball land close to a tree stump today and I drove the steel blunt into the arrow shaft about a half inch . Still shoots OK so the game goes on . This is more fun with two shooters cause you don't wait for each other and you can hit the ball before the other shooter . That can get fun and a little exciting .  :jumper:
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Post by: ron w on April 25, 2013, 09:01:00 PM
I go stump'n, get a couple of guys to go and it's even better. But even alone I find it a lot of fun and great practice. A log becomes a bedded Elk, a small stump is a grouse, big stump is a hog and so on. Shooting under stuff and from your knees, great practical training!!
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Post by: Terry Lightle on April 25, 2013, 09:12:00 PM
What ron w said
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Post by: ISP 5353 on April 25, 2013, 09:41:00 PM
There is an "Off Season"?
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Post by: awbowman on April 25, 2013, 09:49:00 PM
3d in the woods shoots with friends, realistic shots
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Post by: DamselflyFarm on April 25, 2013, 09:51:00 PM
Also what Ron said.
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Post by: ronp on April 25, 2013, 09:54:00 PM
Stump shooting like Ron said!
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Post by: Wannabe1 on April 25, 2013, 09:58:00 PM
Gotta go with stumping myself!   :thumbsup:
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Post by: Shawn Leonard on April 25, 2013, 10:39:00 PM
I like takin a walk down through the woods and placing balloons as I go! They are easily held in place by poking a whole thru the tie area and sticking a stick thru it. I than walk back to the truck and grab my bow and walk down thru the woods and shoot as I go. No mess left in woods as I can pick them up and fit 50 broken balloons in my pocket. I can make my target as small as a chipmunk or as big as the vitals on an Elk by just adding a bunch of air. I really like this better than stumping as it saves a lot of my arrows from damage. Cheap targets too, I can buy a bag of 40 ballons for a buck at the dollar store! Try it, it can be addicting!! Shawn
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Post by: riverrat 2 on April 25, 2013, 10:45:00 PM
I love just going out with my buddys shooting
3-D. But,my favorite thing to do is going to the Traditional archery events and camping out,at like Compton,Elm Hall,Barryton,Grayling,and GLLI the best. Good times coming,just around the bend.
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Post by: Matty on April 25, 2013, 10:54:00 PM
Foam
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Post by: VictoryHunter on April 25, 2013, 10:58:00 PM
Tennis balls!
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Post by: lhbandito22 on April 25, 2013, 11:11:00 PM
shoot carp, there always fun or go to our local club with some great friends and shoot the broadhead coarse or our painted targets.

hey rob all the michigan trad shoots are great also
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Post by: ozy clint on April 26, 2013, 03:44:00 AM
off season. what off season? aussie, aussie, aussie.   :p    :archer2:
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Post by: flyfisher76544 on April 26, 2013, 05:05:00 AM
We mix it up, stumps or soceer balls filled with that expanding foam(works great) We even did that to a small stuffed toy to practice for squirrels. I kind of mix it up to keep the kids going. Shoots on holidays with prizes that kind of stuff.

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Post by: Brianlocal3 on April 26, 2013, 07:51:00 AM
Fun thread!! I do all of the above. I really love the whiffle ball game, the kids enjoy it too. I also let baloons loose and shoot them on the move while the winds blows them around
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Post by: hedgerowhuntr on April 26, 2013, 08:33:00 AM
QuoteOriginally posted by Brianlocal3:
Fun thread!! I do all of the above.
The woods has all the targets a stumper will ever need, but I don't mind taking a hand full of clay pigeon withs me either. It's cool to hit them and watch them break, not worried about the clean up and they're cheap   :thumbsup:
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Post by: ronp on April 26, 2013, 08:43:00 AM
I like those ideas, flyfisher.  I think I have a couple old flat basketballs in the shed that would be great filled with foam.  Thanks!
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Post by: Medina1 on April 26, 2013, 09:13:00 AM
I like to get a couple judo tipped arrows and knock around a tennis ball. Every time you hit it you get a new shot angle.

Caleb
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Post by: Jayb on April 26, 2013, 09:18:00 AM
You mean besides food plots, filling feeders, predator control?  Haha my favorite is day dreaming & planning for nxt season. Reading websites like this and googling at the new catalogs for equipment/clothes for next year
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Post by: twitchstick on April 26, 2013, 09:56:00 AM
I love a good game of archery golf, stumping, 3Ds, carp, squirrels, coyotes, woodchucks and most of all scouting. Pretty much anything to do with a stick and string in my hand.
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Post by: Bowsey Wails on April 26, 2013, 10:52:00 AM
Flu-flu arrows shooting the tents woven by tent catepillars.
Tim
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Post by: Joeabowhunter on April 26, 2013, 11:59:00 AM
Besides stump shooting and the great 3d trad shoots in Michigan I love going after bull frogs (during their season of course).
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Post by: Tom Leemans on April 26, 2013, 12:59:00 PM
Just about any arra flingin' is fun. When 3D shooting, I tend not to keep score so much. We like to mix it up and make our own "hunting" shots, as long as safety is first.
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Post by: tim roberts on April 26, 2013, 01:03:00 PM
Archery Golf!  Stump shooting and bow fishing.
Thanks,
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Post by: damascusdave on April 26, 2013, 01:46:00 PM
I really enjoy shooting Technohunt even if it is kind of expensive

DDave
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Post by: GreyGoose on April 26, 2013, 02:58:00 PM
Stumping.  And groundhogs.
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Post by: Bjorn on April 26, 2013, 03:58:00 PM
Hogs are huntable year around in California we don't really have an off season. That said, we do some roving with friends and a little 3D. Need to get started with Coyotes too.
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Post by: damascusdave on April 26, 2013, 05:49:00 PM
It turns out we have an all year round hog season here in Alberta as well. I may have to explore that option further.

DDave
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Post by: wetfeathers on April 27, 2013, 07:46:00 AM
Pigeons and chipmunks.  Haven't hit a pigeon yet  but have lost plenty of arrows trying to!     :banghead:
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Post by: NothingHappenedToday on April 27, 2013, 09:34:00 AM
I like to hunt the elusive North American pink rubber duckie. Swinging on a string.

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Post by: flyfisher76544 on April 27, 2013, 10:02:00 AM
Nice!!! I will be chasing hogs here after turkey season ends. That and gar and frogs make for some great practice as well.
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Post by: old_goat2 on April 27, 2013, 12:26:00 PM
We don't have very good stumping so we go cow pie'ing and flower head removing, lot's of 3d if we can't get out into the country to do the above. It's ten minutes to our outside 3d club and over an hour to decent roving in the woods or prairie .
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Post by: Thumper Dunker on April 28, 2013, 02:51:00 AM
Whats an off season ?
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Post by: flyfisher76544 on April 28, 2013, 06:42:00 AM
QuoteOriginally posted by Thumper Dunker:
Whats an off season ?
Usually what we tell folks when we don't harvest anything!! lol   :D
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Post by: danbow on April 28, 2013, 09:31:00 AM
Archery Golf, 3d shoots and shooting dandilion puffs.
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Post by: Frank V on April 28, 2013, 04:43:00 PM
I like stump shooting. It gets me into the hills & shooting at unknown ranges.   :archer2:
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Post by: Goshawkin on April 28, 2013, 08:27:00 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by damascusdave:
I really enjoy shooting Technohunt even if it is kind of expensive

DDave
I was in a Technohunt league years ago.It was a blast! Had alot of fun shooting it with my buddies. Too bad the range went out of business.
I ever hit lotto,my new house will have a Technohunt lane off of the living room!  :D
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Post by: rockkiller on April 28, 2013, 09:21:00 PM
Stump shooting,but one thing my wife and I like to do is tie clay pigeons up on the tips of branch's with a long string and shoot at them with judos.When the wind is blowing they can get dancing pretty good.