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Offline jeffp51

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if I have to be a bad shot. . .
« on: June 12, 2020, 10:13:50 pm »
. . .why do I have to be so consistently bad?  This was at 20 yards.  The second arrow hit the first pretty straight on and right down the center.  All that work down the tubes.
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Offline Pat B

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Re: if I have to be a bad shot. . .
« Reply #1 on: June 12, 2020, 10:50:38 pm »
That's one reason I don't shoot groups. I pick a different spot for each arrow.
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Offline jeffp51

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Re: if I have to be a bad shot. . .
« Reply #2 on: June 12, 2020, 11:48:03 pm »
I was aiming a foot higher.  The first one missed low, then so did the second.  Missed badly both times in exactly the same way.
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Offline Hawkdancer

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Re: if I have to be a bad shot. . .
« Reply #3 on: June 12, 2020, 11:57:59 pm »
Crap,Colonel, I forgot to change my elevation when we moved back!  Good group, though -just 10" below the bullseye! :fp (lol)
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Offline Ricardovanleeuwen

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Re: if I have to be a bad shot. . .
« Reply #4 on: June 14, 2020, 01:00:13 pm »
Wauw, is your name Robin? ;D
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Offline Pappy

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Re: if I have to be a bad shot. . .
« Reply #5 on: June 14, 2020, 02:00:53 pm »
Ya I hate it when that happens, really hate it when it was by accident.  :)
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Offline HH~

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Re: if I have to be a bad shot. . .
« Reply #6 on: June 18, 2020, 07:25:36 am »
Dont mind it so much when its on a 3D. Only , if its my arra that goes in last.

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Offline JW_Halverson

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Re: if I have to be a bad shot. . .
« Reply #7 on: June 20, 2020, 01:47:05 pm »
LOL! We have a great contender for the best humble-brag of 2020! 

In almost 20 years of this, I have yet to do this. Partially because I hate to shoot and partially because I shoot like I hate to shoot. I'm happy when I can just find most of my arrows!
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Offline Hawkdancer

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Re: if I have to be a bad shot. . .
« Reply #8 on: July 02, 2020, 12:44:45 am »
That's why my new backstop is going to be 4' x 8'! (SH) :NN!
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Offline Tommy D

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Re: if I have to be a bad shot. . .
« Reply #9 on: July 22, 2020, 12:19:16 am »
I do this quite often (not the Robin Hood) but put a bad shot next to another bad shot. For me it happens when at the last moment I loose concentration on what I am aiming at and my subconscious must suddenly focus on the bright shiny fletches in the target and I suspect the rest sort of happens on “instinct”...
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Offline Russ

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Re: if I have to be a bad shot. . .
« Reply #10 on: July 27, 2020, 07:13:17 pm »
Quote from: JW_Halverson on June 20, 2020, 01:47:05 pm
In almost 20 years of this, I have yet to do this. Partially because I hate to shoot and partially because I shoot like I hate to shoot. I'm happy when I can just find most of my arrows!

i prolly got 15 mulching th grass  :-[
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Offline Hawkdancer

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Re: if I have to be a bad shot. . .
« Reply #11 on: July 27, 2020, 11:16:27 pm »
Russell,
You got to rake the grass perpendicular to the line of fire! >:D (SH) (lol) :fp.  I still got one buried on the 3D Range!
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Offline WhistlingBadger

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Re: if I have to be a bad shot. . .
« Reply #12 on: July 28, 2020, 07:48:27 am »
Russell, I shoot through the winter, and usually find one or two the first time I mow in the spring.  As Jeff Foxworthy said, "If you've ever mowed your grass and found a car...you might be a redneck."  Guess the same goes for arrows.

Jeff, thanks for the laugh.  Ever seen the site despair dot com?  They have some hillarious de-motivational posters.  Your experience reminded me of this one.
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Offline Digital Caveman

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Re: if I have to be a bad shot. . .
« Reply #13 on: August 21, 2020, 01:40:22 pm »
Ouch...

That has happened to me a few times at close range, but the damage is limited when I use plastic knocks.  All you have to do is cut away the broken plastic and glue on a new knock.  Splicing on wooden knocks has sometimes worked too.
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