Thread: Any Archers out there??

Glad to see there are fellow archers here. I've also got an old olympic hoyt recurve, but it's just too demanding to set up and use compared to the compound. I've customised the Oneida I've got quite extensively, and am quite proud of it - I'll post some pics once its done if you guys are interested. I've just got to spray it with this satin polyurethane spray I use.

Again, thanks for checking in guys.

I have once sat for hours in a tree top cabin with a professor of anesthesiology of Salt lake University waiting for an elk that he had a licence to kill with bow and arrow on his own private 1/2 square mile an hour's drive from Salt Lake City. We did see some female elk with young ones but not the stag he wanted to kill. He did have a freezer full of elk meat and one night he invited us all to an elk steak party. I do remember the single malts more than the elk steaks I am afraid. Needless to say that by the end of the party we were s**t-faced as the Houstonians amongst us described our mental state.

I have built a couple of Ohlone stick bows from Bay laurel wood, very nice shooters. I like primitive archery but stick to the '06 or front-stuffer for making meat.

Hav eyou ever checkeed out thewebsite for "Rabbitstick rendezvous" Its all about primitive skills and bows, slings and atl-atls figure prominently.

Check it out!

Grant

I am just about to take my first lessons in field archery at our local club. They have a patch of forest that they use. Three evening lessons with all the kit supplied for £21 - very reasonable taster. I hope I'm not crap at it as it is something I really quite fancy doing and the site is so close to me (not very much is close to me!).

Originally Posted by Makar

I am just about to take my first lessons in field archery at our local club. They have a patch of forest that they use. Three evening lessons with all the kit supplied for £21 - very reasonable taster. I hope I'm not crap at it as it is something I really quite fancy doing and the site is so close to me (not very much is close to me!).

To the contrary, you'll be crap at it.
At first. Which is why it is so enjoyable. Kind of like this whole straight razor experience...one is typically very bad at the thing at first, then keeps getting better, and better....of course then it becomes an addiction. I guess archery would too if I were a bit richer, but I only have the one bow for the moment.

Enjoy your new club.


John P.

Jasper ~ I have owned a couple of recurves and a longbow but I shoot a small (50" ) traditional Korean bow atm. You should try some bare bows as well as your compound. You might like them as much as Straights.

I love archery. I did it as a kid, outgrew it for a time.
Then in my mid-20's discovered traditional soon went primitive. Now I don't shoot- just don't have the time. For about 6-7 years I spent most of my free time either making or searching for my materials and shooting it. Well come to think I spent a lot of my free time searching for my arrows
I tried to restart but I haven't done so yet.

I hope you have a great time with it.

He doesn't post here much, but tecate is an archer and used to make and collect classic archery equipment.

I'll let you know just how bad I am after Tuesday - first trial night. Good to know that I'll likely be bad at it!

Originally Posted by JohnP

To the contrary, you'll be crap at it.
At first. Which is why it is so enjoyable. Kind of like this whole straight razor experience...one is typically very bad at the thing at first, then keeps getting better, and better....of course then it becomes an addiction. I guess archery would too if I were a bit richer, but I only have the one bow for the moment.

Enjoy your new club.


John P.

Enjoy your shoot!
It is one of those few things that can be enjoyable, calming and frustrating at the same time. Kind of like honing problem razors.
Lot of tie ins I think. Field archery should be quite fun.


John P.