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Banbh · 27-02-2019 11:34pm

"Never heard of it."
Maybe clout shooting doesn't exist.

greysides · 28-02-2019 1:07am

Banbh wrote: »

I was only shooting at about 80 yards, six arrows at a time. They should rename it aerobic archery.
Are there any clubs that organise clout shooting?

There's an annual clout shoot in Wexford around Christmas/New Year, every year. I think its one of the IFAF clubs that run it, possibly Wexford Archery.

Wabbit Ears · 04-03-2019 2:53pm

Banbh wrote: »

"Never heard of it."
Maybe clout shooting doesn't exist.

Ashbourne Archers runs an annual clout shoot on the clubs birthday.

Its not a popular type of archery but it is a lot of fun.

I'm terrible at it.

BrokenArrows · 01-04-2019 8:39am

Competed in the County of London championships at the weekend.

Very happy with a personal best of 530 which took second place. However I actually took home the gold because the guy in 1st place isn't living in London so isn't eligible and was shooting for fun.

Bit of a low score to take gold, but a win is a win.

BrokenArrows · 16-04-2019 10:46am

One of the local clubs is starting their outdoor season this weekend.
They will be having 30, 50,70 and 90 targets.

Ive never shot outdoors so this should be interesting.

My indoor club is setting up a 25m target on friday to help prep for the 30m outdoor targets. Hopefully ill get sighted in on that on friday and will only need minor adjustments at the weekend to up to 30m.

I dont think ill be attempting anything greater than 30 on the first day.

When shooting outdoors do people constantly adjust their sights to adjust for cross wind, or do they just shoot off center for what they think the wind is?

greysides · 18-04-2019 6:46pm

Shooting in the wind is a big topic and not going to be answered in a nice short post.

As I understand it, in a constant breeze changing your sight is an option, in a gusting wind aiming off is better.

In either event shoot a strong confident shot as the effect of the wind on the archer is greater than its effects on the arrow. Try to time your shots so you bring up the bow as the wind quietens and are ready to shoot in the lull.

Firblog · 01-05-2019 11:26am

I'm an absolute beginner to archery, only got the bow 2 months ago, I've had two beginner sessions with the archery club in Derry, it's a fair bit away from me and can only get there every 2nd Saturday.
I've used a bale of hay (€4 from your nearest farmer

wrapped in that plastic you see round bales in) to pin my target to. I have been hammering away at that, 60cm target from about 30yrds outside.

Took this of my first bullseye

BrokenArrows · 01-05-2019 2:51pm

Thats nice grouping for only doing it for 2 months and from 30 yards.

What setup do you have?

Firblog · 01-05-2019 3:56pm

Thanks for the praise

I think that was by far the best set of 12 I've managed

It was a recurve (30lb) olympic archery kit from merlin in UK, got one for the OH as surprise for Christmas, and then she got me one when it I took a liking to it.

As I said I've managed to get to the maidencity archery club in Derry twice now, - every second Saturday morning - they've put the nock point in the correct position, and pointed out a few basic issues I had. I'll most likely join the club for 6 months to see how I go over the summer; but in that time I'll only get there max 12 times so I'll need the weather to be kind to get some practice in.

BrokenArrows · 01-05-2019 5:25pm

Firblog wrote: »

Thanks for the praise I think that was by far the best set of 12 I've managed

It was a recurve (30lb) olympic archery kit from merlin in UK, got one for the OH as surprise for Christmas, and then she got me one when it I took a liking to it.

As I said I've managed to get to the maidencity archery club in Derry twice now, - every second Saturday morning - they've put the nock point in the correct position, and pointed out a few basic issues I had. I'll most likely join the club for 6 months to see how I go over the summer; but in that time I'll only get there max 12 times so I'll need the weather to be kind to get some practice in.

Which such few trips to the club then i definitely recommend youtube. There is a huge amount of great information regarding olympic recurve shooting.

Look at the videos on how to tune a olympic recurve.
Stuff like (as you already got fixed) the knocking point, brace height, tiller, correct release, correct anchor point, correctly holding the bow etc etc.

There are a million and one tiny things that you can do that will have a tiny impact on your shot, but all combined it creates consistency and accuracy.

Also be patient. When you try something new which is supposed to improve your performance , your shot will always get worse before it gets better. It takes a while to get used to a new element in your shot.

I changed the way i held the string in my finger tab last night. Spent hours with terrible shooting before it finally clicked and my shot went back to the way it was before. I changed the way i held the string because i was getting a numb middle finger, so i distributed more of the weight onto the first and third finger.

greysides · 02-05-2019 3:38pm

Archery will be hard to learn without contact. Not impossible, hard. Errors will be ingrained before being pointed out. You'll need to get archery savvy quick. Make the most of books, videos and websites. Best ofluck.

BrokenArrows · 17-06-2019 6:53pm

Haven't been shooting much lately but managed to win a WA18 competition in my club at the weekend. Qualified with 523 and managed to win the head 2 head rounds.

greysides · 17-06-2019 11:20pm

Good going.

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