a few mistakes by myself

[CPlater1]

1. at a competition i went to once, the whistle was blown to begin shooting. i walked upto and past the not very clearly marked shooting line. i got stopped by someone on my target as i reached the 3metre line.

2. i left my sight mark at 50 yards setting, then went indoors to 20 yards. with a low ceiling, my acc didnt stand a chance.

[morphymick]

You're not the first CP1, and you sure won't be the last.

P.S. Welcome to the board.

Mick

[Andy1960]

Not long after I started, I went to a small local shoot - short metric I think, and managed to come *very* last

It was only when taking down the bow (wooden riser TD1 type) I realised I'd spenbt the whole shoot with the limbs on upside down. No wonder the site marks were complete twaddle

[morphymick]

It could have been worse, you could have had them on back-to-front.

Mick

[Old Greebo]

At my first-ever clout shoot (3 weeks ago) I couldn't work out why my arrows were landing way, way over to the left. Took me nearly 5 'ends' to realise I was closing the wrong eye!

[morphymick]

Originally Posted by Old Greebo

At my first-ever clout shoot (3 weeks ago) I couldn't work out why my arrows were landing way, way over to the left. Took me nearly 5 'ends' to realise I was closing the wrong eye!

At least he didn't frighten the fish, eh LMP.

Mick

[markmingay]

Last year I was shooting at the normal Sunday club indoor session managed to put the arrow on the button instead of the rest !!! (My excuse I was working nights and had not been to bed) safety curtain didn’t even slow it down. Concrete block walls aren’t good for ACC’s. Ah well 11 to go.

[Marcus26]

Originally Posted by CPlater1

2. i left my sight mark at 50 yards setting, then went indoors to 20 yards. with a low ceiling, my acc didnt stand a chance.

I did this when I had a target in the dining room at the end of the 15m corridor of a rental house. Left the sight on 40m and smashed an AFC and put a huge hole in the wall. To my shock I did not get in trouble from the wife!

[Little Miss Purple]

There seems to be a few Fonz awards that need to be awarded amidst this thread!!!

MM - I was thinking that self same thing!!

[Gold Flinger]

I think I should make a "Fonz Lite" award for some of these clangers. We see them week in, week out but nobody ever seems to learn from our mistakes! Is this a sign of archery's complex nature or that archers are all a bit dim?