Snow Shooting…..

Mitch H · February 17, 2013, 05:13:00 PM

Went to Strictly Sticks 3-D shoot today, and the weather was awesome!

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.

Big Ron with his Black Widow longbow

Jon shooting an older Grizzly

Big Ron trying to avoid the tree, which was plenty chewed up with fresh hits

Mitch H · 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.

Me at full draw on a bear @ around 40-41 yards and guessing how high to hold over it`s back

Me in shock when the arrow landed pinwheeled in the ten ring

Had an absolute blast. Can`t wait for next weekends shoot.

bowless · February 17, 2013, 05:22:00 PM

Love the white fletching

February 17, 2013, 05:26:00 PM

I bet arrows can be hard to find on the occasional miss!

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

Mitch H · 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.

misfire · 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.

maineac · 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.

mahantango · 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.

LONGSTYKES · February 18, 2013, 09:04:00 AM

Love shooting in the snow, great pics and share. Thanks a lot.

Mitch H · 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.

Over&Under · 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