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@lyse Haha, no. 😁 I’m not really into archery. Tried it once, totally destroyed my hands. And it was very weird, because aiming at something accurately is very hard or next to impossible? Even the instructor said: “You can’t really aim, just follow your gut.” And, well, he did indeed not hit a lot of the targets. Maybe the course was just garbage, dunno.
@lyse Haha, no. 😁 I’m not really into archery. Tried it once, totally destroyed my hands. And it was very weird, because aiming at something accurately is very hard or next to impossible? Even the instructor said: “You can’t really aim, just follow your gut.” And, well, he did indeed not hit a lot of the targets. Maybe the course was just garbage, dunno.
@lyse Haha, no. 😁 I’m not really into archery. Tried it once, totally destroyed my hands. And it was very weird, because aiming at something accurately is very hard or next to impossible? Even the instructor said: “You can’t really aim, just follow your gut.” And, well, he did indeed not hit a lot of the targets. Maybe the course was just garbage, dunno.
@movq Cool, I wasn't really aware of the aiming thing. Very interesting. I only shot selfmade bows and arrows when I was a kid. Obviously, they all didn't shoot super great, because I knew nothing about properly building bows, so my freshly cut and thus wet hazlenut rods didn't hold the tension for long. Also finding straightly grow, thin but still rigid and long enough arrow twigs was rather difficult. Now I know lots of good places to harvest this material in the forest, but back in the days I wasn't into forest exploration.
In one country hostel in school they had an East Frisians Olympics with tea bag long throw and such silly games. But there was also some bow and arrow station. The distance must have been something like 10 meters I reckon, maybe less, certainly not more than that. I easily scored first or second place because I somehow managed to hit the target quite accurately. Most others didn't even hit the straw bale, a lot of my classmates missed it by a lot. I was super astonished and couldn't really believe my marksmanship, even couldn't explain the slightest what I was doing. Others wanted to know how I did that, but it was impossible for me to give them any tips. I had no other training than my shitty selfmade bows several years ago. But even that I wouldn't consider training. Of course, they didn't believe me. In retrospect I guess I just had it in the guts. ;-)
But now I'm a bit hooked again. :-D This year I will try to make a bow and do some research on what to look out for. I remember seeing a video several years ago where somebody was also making a bow. Carving it from a bigger piece of wood and shaping it in different ways. I can't remember the details but it was several things to pay close attention to. I remember it to be quite hard. Well, that's gonna be interesting. I will expect several failures along the way, so calibrating my mindset. Will keep you guys posted with the progress. Well, I first need to start obviously.
Maybe our @proarcher has some insights to share on that matter? :-)
Both videos are nice. I used to music so appreciate the skill. As for archery, James invited to his long bow skills. The girl is very good with such shooting skill.
Lyse your hoe made bow, need to be done again. Impressive.
@off_grid_living I will try for sure and start with some research on wood selection this week. :-)
@lyse Ha, look at that! Yeah, making your own bow sounds exactly like your kind of thing. 😁 Have fun!
(I bet that mention of @prologic didn’t go through. 🥴)
@lyse Ha, look at that! Yeah, making your own bow sounds exactly like your kind of thing. 😁 Have fun!
(I bet that mention of @prologic didn’t go through. 🥴)
@lyse Ha, look at that! Yeah, making your own bow sounds exactly like your kind of thing. 😁 Have fun!
(I bet that mention of @prologic didn’t go through. 🥴)
@movq Thank you! Haha, it sounds like fun at least for now. We'll see how much frustration I will encounter. Haven't found any research time yet. Regarding the mention, I guess so, too. What a shame, it was such a great pun! :-D But I reckon you just saved it. :-)