SultanOfSwing

The slower moving arrow does punish inaccuracies a lot more, I can attest to that when shooting on an even slightly breezy day

But it's a bit cheaper, and arrows have the advantage of being reusable

Smartyy

I found archery fun but not as fun. Felt like I was going back to being a kid and pretending to be Legolas from LOTR

IMO shooting I found to be more of a challenge as the distance increases. Sure if you're shooting from 50-150 yards out and you're scoped in, you've pretty much got the hit. But try shooting from long range, then the challenge begins.

Anyone here tried long range shooting or extended long range?

SultanOfSwing

I mean, that's dedication however you look at it. How did you manage the immortality though?



Extended range for me is when I miss the target and have to walk an extra 50 feet to find my arrow

Smartyy

Haha I'm still working on it. Need to speak to Elrond for some help on that one. (geek alert)

Archery is impressive. I don't have the arm strength for that sort of thing, so I'll stick with my nice and easy trigger squeeze

SultanOfSwing

I wish you luck.

All depends on the draw strength, of course. I haven't done it regularly in so long (these days only when I'm back home visiting and I can join in with my dad's club on a Sunday morning), so these days I borrow one of his bows with a 30-40 lb draw.

I read once that the longbows of old had a 140 lb draw strength though

Pulaski

Out beyond suburbia, gunfire is a daily fact of life, especially in the evenings and on weekends. We can hear pistols, rifles and shotguns from all directions. Someone within earshot apparently has some sort of fully automatic weapon.

As far as I know, none of the gunfire is criminal.

civilservant

Completely legal with the appropriate BG check and paying the $200 ATF fee..

It's the same here, I live on the boundaries of a 50 acre hunting club - rifle fire is a daily part of life. You get used to it.

tom169

Or perhaps a bump stock... which doesn't require a bunch of hoops to be jumped and is much more common.

scrubbedexpat099

Opened the back door and there were 5 deer out there, the Security Dog was asleep on the couch.

More Javelin range.

Pulaski

Deer come up close enough to our house that you could almost poke them with a javelin if you hold it at the end and reach out with it.

tom169

I do enjoy the nature here. Even though I live in a city, I feel it's more on my doorstep than it was living in the suburbs of countryside in England.

scrubbedexpat099

Security Dog seems more interested in Rabbits and Gophers, lots of digging opportunities.

ottotheboar

One of our dogs will bark one or twice at deer but is pretty indifferent but goes crazy for bears one he gets a bear scent just take off.

Anian

My daughter lost an arrow in the berm behind the target a few years ago. Found it while digging in the berm to put in a cascading water feature. Tip was a bit rusted but it was fine.

SultanOfSwing

Was it a carbon fibre shaft? Those things go like stink, I almost put one right through the target boss last time I was shooting, when one of the club members kindly let me shoot an end with them