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Originally Posted by RGrahamSmith

How NOT to use a hay bale!

I have a big plot of land in rural France, and the grass had been mowed by the local farmer. Afterwards, I was setting up to do a bit of archery practice, and as there was an enormous circular hay-bale sitting there, I thought that would be a great place to site the target boss. Just in case, you know.... Well, when you're just setting up a sight, there can be mishaps, and grass is a great place for arrows to go bye-byes. Well, the first set I shot seemed quite good, but when I went up to the target I found not six but five arrows. I knew I hadn't missed by that much, so where was the sixth? I hunted round for a bit, then realised what had happened. The arrow was INSIDE the bale. Why? Because I, prat as I am, had positioned the target so it was against the circular face of the bale, so there was little resistance given to the arrow. Moral: if you're using a hay-bale as a back-stop, position it edgeways on! That'll stop 'em!

PS. The farmer collected the bale a few days later to take to his farm, presumably for the cows. D'you think I ought to have said something about its contents.....?

Graham

My humble opinion ask for help in looking for your lost arrow a few local girls should do nicely and of course you have a lot of difficulty remembering which hay bale it was excatly so you will unfortunatly just have to romp around them all, all day long.

If you take my advice enjoy looking for the arrow and remember consistency and repetition is essential for a succesful archer.