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:
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!!
What ron w said
There is an "Off Season"?
3d in the woods shoots with friends, realistic shots
Also what Ron said.
Stump shooting like Ron said!
Gotta go with stumping myself! :thumbsup:
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
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.
Foam
Tennis balls!
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
off season. what off season? aussie, aussie, aussie. :p :archer2:
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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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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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:
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!
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
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
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.
Flu-flu arrows shooting the tents woven by tent catepillars.
Tim
Besides stump shooting and the great 3d trad shoots in Michigan I love going after bull frogs (during their season of course).
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.
Archery Golf! Stump shooting and bow fishing.
Thanks,
I really enjoy shooting Technohunt even if it is kind of expensive
DDave
Stumping. And groundhogs.
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.
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
Pigeons and chipmunks. Haven't hit a pigeon yet but have lost plenty of arrows trying to! :banghead:
I like to hunt the elusive North American pink rubber duckie. Swinging on a string.
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Nice!!! I will be chasing hogs here after turkey season ends. That and gar and frogs make for some great practice as well.
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 .
Whats an off season ?
QuoteOriginally posted by Thumper Dunker:
Whats an off season ?
Usually what we tell folks when we don't harvest anything!! lol :D
Archery Golf, 3d shoots and shooting dandilion puffs.
I like stump shooting. It gets me into the hills & shooting at unknown ranges. :archer2:
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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
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.