70m six gold end...in practise....d'oh!

[simon m]

Well there you go I can shoot decentely at longer distances, went upto chiltern and shoot 70m for a while with Phil. Put a six gold end together...! well chuffed, never done it before!.

groups were good and reasonably constant, pretty pleased with my progress, however i shouldn;t have bothered as sunday I was total poo!.

AAAAAAahaha the highs and lows of archery

[Little Miss Purple]

thats sounds about right for archery... well done on the 6 gold end

it will come together on the day

[SimonW]

I'm still waiting to get lucky in competition. Twice last year I was on 5 golds and shot a red with the 6th arrow (at 70m btw - I'm not that good).

Yesterday at Clophill I was shooting fairly well - the good arrows were going down the middle.

With the sun behind, shadows on the face made it hard to see exactly where your arrows were.

On the 4th end I knew they were there or there abouts. Got to the last arrow and had a *MONSTER* flinch. Got to the boss and had 10,9,9,9,9,1. Doh!!

Oh well, it's bound to happen soon.

Simon

[Little Miss Purple]

It'll come when you aren't expecting it - when you are sure the top one is out but in fact... they're all in

[Schme1440]

Getting that last gold can be tricky. You have to teach your self that its not that hard and just do a normal shot. If you think about it you will never hit it. I should know im one of the worst.

[Little Miss Purple]

Of course, there is another way......(I would be told off for this now!!)

Use your scope to shoot your sighters then leave it back on the equipment line - that way you can't see if they are all in the gold.

I did this yesterday when I shot a western (lazyness because I spend more time messing with the scope and it detracts from my shooting - something I must conquer!!).

[h20vrrq]

Originally Posted by Little Miss Purple

Use your scope to shoot your sighters then leave it back on the equipment line - that way you can't see if they are all in the gold.

If ive got reasonable sightmarks and I'm shooting ok I dont even use my scope for sighters, I just check everytime I return to the equipment line.

[Schme1440]

Originally Posted by Little Miss Purple

Of course, there is another way......(I would be told off for this now!!)

Use your scope to shoot your sighters then leave it back on the equipment line - that way you can't see if they are all in the gold.

I did this yesterday when I shot a western (lazyness because I spend more time messing with the scope and it detracts from my shooting - something I must conquer!!).

My scope is part of my shooting routine. If I know that it was a good shot then I wont bother with looking but having the scope thereat all times allows me to keep a good check on my group position at all time helping me to limit damage done by wandering groups.

[Little Miss Purple]

Originally Posted by Schme1440

My scope is part of my shooting routine. If I know that it was a good shot then I wont bother with looking but having the scope thereat all times allows me to keep a good check on my group position at all time helping me to limit damage done by wandering groups.

I agree... my oracle says you must always use your scope - at all distances, as it is part of your shot.

[Kae]

Originally Posted by Little Miss Purple

I agree... my oracle says you must always use your scope - at all distances, as it is part of your shot.

Nope, never used one, and I won't be in the foreseeable future.


I use a pair of binoculars to check sighter's, then just shoot the rest.

Kae.