cold shot
- Thread starter Jamie
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Welp... I think we need a thread for "lukewarm shots." My first one is usually not great but by God those 2nd and 3rd shots are way less shitty! 
gotta be prepared to shoot well in actual hunting situation where you're not getting a few warm up shots before Mr. Big steps into you shooting lane. this becomes more of an issue once it starts getting colder. sitting for three hours in 35 degrees with a 15-20 mph wind beating on you absolutely affects your ability to shoot one good arrow. I practice outside in the cold with layers, heavy coat, hat, facemask, safety harness on, too. try running a couple laps around your house to get you heart pounding, grab you bow, shoot an arrow and see how you fare. same net affect as the adrenaline rush you get when you are about to shoot an animal.
shooting nice groups of arrows into a target in your yard is good for conditioning, muscle memory and morale, but that is about it. gotta practice like we hunt. stump shooting and 3d courses are better practice. first shot is only one that matters.
shooting nice groups of arrows into a target in your yard is good for conditioning, muscle memory and morale, but that is about it. gotta practice like we hunt. stump shooting and 3d courses are better practice. first shot is only one that matters.
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Little far back today, and unfortunately it didn’t get any better. One of them days I guess.
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We’ll find it. Or we’ll bumple around and run through the woods after it. [emoji23]
3 shots out of stand at 20 yds.
I gotta get off that shoulder.
I gotta get off that shoulder.
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This strikes me as funny considering the source. I don't know many folks shooting squirrels with a 2k$ custom built rimfire...but I do know one. Lol. And the dang thing has a scope.you guys with your fancy-shmancy fiberglass bows and carbon arrahs. if I could afford one of them nice bows and some expensive arrahs I could shoot like that, too. sheesh.
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Doing good BH. The shoulder makes catch and release bow hunting possible buddy.
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Valid points. And is precisely the reason I rarely hunt with trad gear these days. Years ago I remember drawing on deer and it feeling like I'd never shot that particular bow before, like it was completely foreign to me. Usually after a long cold sit. I'm not willing to sit in the cold for three hours waiting to take a practice shot. I think that would be the only way for me to work through the issue.
Lol just give me my old single shot Winchester 16 ga.lol
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Tried out another bow with a Cedar shaft today. I was pretty certain it was going to go badly. The bow is too high poundage for me now that I'm getting old and weak. I stepped up to 15 yards and let 'er fly. Amazed myself actually. Pure luck When you see fingerprints in the dust on the limb, it's a pretty good indicator you've not been keeping up with housekeeping in the man cave and you've not been shooting enough.Lol
