Lock up all small animals peeps, I have started shooting.
Two Christmases ago, my mom wanted to take up archery. So, being the agreeable husband that he is, my dad got her a compound bow. Over the summer, he also used his connections with the local farmers (aka his brothers) to get some bails of hay and he set up a little practice target in their backyard. They live in the middle of the country and while there are lots of gun ranges, there are no archery ranges.
Over Easter weekend, I asked if she would let me use her bow and she actually said yes! So I did!!
At first, it was a little difficult, the sight isn’t very helpful at all, or (and probably more likely) I just suck at aiming. It was super cold out so I also had to grab some mittens just to be able to stay out longer than 5 minutes. I soon gave up on them because they were catching on the bow when I released the arrow.
I set the hay up along the side of my dad’s shed, like he said, and started to shoot. I lasted about 20 minutes before I went in, but I was doing pretty well! Starting to make small little groupings with my arrows.
Once I was all nice and warm again, I headed back out. My dad decided he would add a target for me to hit, which did make it a little more difficult. But even then, after a little bit, I was getting nice little groupings again. Not as consistently as I’d like, but this was literally my first time doing it. So yay me!
I did hit the shed a few times, but there was no damage done. My dad said not to even worry about it. So woohoo! Look!! I hit the centre of the plate!
And, of course, for those keeping track: FIVE MORE DAYS!
Ha! That’s great! My boys are on an archery team. We’ve become archery parents too, volunteering and shuttling. It’s a great sport. 😃
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It was really fun!! I can’t wait until the next time I’m there to do it again!
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Archery is like the best workout for your arms and shoulders. I keep saying one year I’m going to get myself a bow and start practicing again because I was a real natural at it when I first tried it. I miss it a bunch. I actually asked for a bow and target a couple years ago for christmas but it didn’t pan out.
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Ooo yes! My arms were a little tight afterwards hehe but still so much fun
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Ya know, I’ve never shot a bow
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You teach me to shoot a gun and I’ll teach you to shoot a bow. Im clearly an expert now
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Lol I can do that
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Yay!
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Oh my goodness, you got good FAST! I still manage to completely lose arrows LOL
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Aww Thanks! Luckily I didn’t lose any arrows lol Im not sure how that happened but its good that it did
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Oooh this is so impressive! It looks really fun as well! Do you think you’ll do it again each time you go home?
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I hope so!! At least while the weather is nice
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Congratulations!!!
I have always wanted to learn archery too, makes you feel so cool!!
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Hehe I totally did feel a little bad ass
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Own it 🔥😂
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Cool. I love when girls/women learn archery. It reminds me of the Hunger Games. Very cool.
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Thanks, Tikeetha! It was definitely super fun
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