Any Archers on here?

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GP06Roadster

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I did a complete beginner lesson with my son a couple weeks back and he loved it. Just target shooting at a range. I've bought us bows so we can learn at the same time but it's turning out to be something of a money pit with the sheer amount of stuff you "need" :o

Anyone here tried it?
 
Tried on an away day out in the country, fantastic fun, can see how you're hooked.

Btw what is on the current kit list and what's the cost to date? All that tech looks expensive :)
 
Er, well the expense is not helped by liking nice mechanical things like cars! A case of ooh shiny and getting carried away :roll:

They show you the wooden starter bow and your inner voice is saying "bugger that - I want that lovely machined black alloy number with the sights on it" before you know it you've bought bows, but then you need arrow rests, sights, bags, quivers, arrows, I think I'm up to about a grand so far :cry:

I've bought us the modern compound type bows
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Wow, from Shiny engineering tech perspective that looks cool.
That's not too bad from a sport perspective, I got a set of custom golf clubs a few years back and they were about a grand including all the rest of the gear.

It's great that you can do something with your kids aswell, if you join a club and get the right tuition could turn Into a lifelong sport/hobby.

Let us know how you get on :thumbsup:
 
Indeed golf's another sport where it's a case of what's your budget! Yes I hope this is something my son will stick with and we can do as our thing- our local club is arranging a 4 week induction for us (2 hours sessions Saturday mornings) :thumbsup:
 
We all started archery as a family a few years ago. Unfortunately we have all stopped now and our kit is sitting gathering dust in the garage. My daughter did the leaders course so she could teach beginners and son did it as part of his Duke of Edinburgh. I stopped due to shoulder surgery but would like to get back into it when my shoulder is healed enough. You're right though, there is always a new toy or gadget to buy, I dread to think how much our kits are worth with arrows, cases, bows, sights etc and we are just recurve not compound like you, you are talking serious money! Hope you carrying on enjoying it, it is quite addictive!
 
Something I really want/have wanted to do for a while. But since I could afford a car, I now don' have the time to go to a range. I'm going to try and get the gf along on a course with myself, but I think we'll be sticking to recurve bows.
 
Wildfire said:
Something I really want/have wanted to do for a while. But since I could afford a car, I now don' have the time to go to a range. I'm going to try and get the gf along on a course with myself, but I think we'll be sticking to recurve bows.
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I spent quite a bit of time thinking about whether to go recurve (seems it's quite universally recommended for beginners) or go straight to compound, I chose compound as the bows can be adjusted without having to buy more parts as we develop although I appreciate the learning curve might be a bit tougher!
 
I've tried it a couple of times but never really enjoyed it that much - probably doesn't help that I have bad eyesight tbh....
 
Complete novice question but what kind of range would you be able to strike a rabbit or hare at ?
When i'm in France they are in abundance in the surrounding fields at certain season's & i guess at some time archery was used to hunt food as well as injure foe's :cry:
Although you would then need to learn how to gut & skin which i don't fancy :?
 
Hunting with a bow in the UK is illegal except under very specific circumstances. Not sure about France.

You would need special arrows with cross-heads to kill anything. A regular target arrow would just fill the hole and it probably wouldn't bleed much. If you were lucky, it may go all the way through and stick into the soil meaning the rabbit couldn't run anywhere. All told, not a very efficient way of killing a rabbit.

As for range, a reasonable club recurve archer with decent kit should be able to hit a rabbit up to 20 yards if it was still. Compound with the magnified sights etc, probably a bit further. If it was running, you probably wouldn't have a chance - bows are not easy things to move quickly.

If you fancy rabbit, find someone with a shotgun.
 
Again slightly off topic , but are there any legal requirements around owning a bow and arrow, I imagine in the right hands they are quite destructive.
 
stephendutton said:
Again slightly off topic , but are there any legal requirements around owning a bow and arrow, I imagine in the right hands they are quite destructive.
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No licenses or anything required. As per the last post you can't use them in public places (nor should you!)

Btw I'm not interested in killing anything, just target shooting on a range
 
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