It is with great anguish that I write this thread.
Yesterday, I regressed in my archery career. I went to the archery shop and picked up a c...c....c....comp.....compound bow to hunt with (come on Kevin, I deserve your full assault). Let me explain what I am currently experiencing.
For a while now, I have been shooting really crappy. It would come and go, but would be gone more often. I love traditional archery and I love to bowhunt. Bowhunting is something I don't think I can survive without; it is that much a part of me. The accomplishment of taking a game animal with a trad bow is like the top achievement in bowhunting. It takes a lot of hard work to get proficient enough to be good at it. I think that is why guys who take their first animal with a trad bow almost all say something like "WOW! I am hooked now. I will sell my compound and be all trad for sure now!"
Back to me and my shooting crappy. I take great pride in my ability to take animals with clean fast kill shots. In the past, when my confidence level was high, hunting shots were automatic for me. There was no hesitation and when I decided to shoot I had full confidence that the shot was going to be spot on. It did not always end up happening that way, but that was my mindset at the start of every shot sequence.
Right now, when I decide to shoot, I am wondering if the arrow is going to hit the kill zone or not. That is not a good place to be mentally when a big part of this passion of mine is mental preparedness and strength to make everything happen right.
As stated above, I love to bowhunt, and intend to do so as long as I can effectively shoot a legal weapon for bowhunting. My own ethics will not let me in the woods right now with a trad bow as I feel I cannot count on making a quick clean kill shot....even at 10yds.
I am going to keep shooting and practicing with my trad bows and fully intend to be back one of these days, hopefully sooner than later. So, if you see me in thw bowhunting reports forum with an animal and a funky looking contraption, just say a prayer for me that I will somehow find my way back.
Sorry for the long read but this is really kind of tearing me up inside. I'll still be around here and participating as much as I can.
See y'all later,
Bisch
Yesterday, I regressed in my archery career. I went to the archery shop and picked up a c...c....c....comp.....compound bow to hunt with (come on Kevin, I deserve your full assault). Let me explain what I am currently experiencing.
For a while now, I have been shooting really crappy. It would come and go, but would be gone more often. I love traditional archery and I love to bowhunt. Bowhunting is something I don't think I can survive without; it is that much a part of me. The accomplishment of taking a game animal with a trad bow is like the top achievement in bowhunting. It takes a lot of hard work to get proficient enough to be good at it. I think that is why guys who take their first animal with a trad bow almost all say something like "WOW! I am hooked now. I will sell my compound and be all trad for sure now!"
Back to me and my shooting crappy. I take great pride in my ability to take animals with clean fast kill shots. In the past, when my confidence level was high, hunting shots were automatic for me. There was no hesitation and when I decided to shoot I had full confidence that the shot was going to be spot on. It did not always end up happening that way, but that was my mindset at the start of every shot sequence.
Right now, when I decide to shoot, I am wondering if the arrow is going to hit the kill zone or not. That is not a good place to be mentally when a big part of this passion of mine is mental preparedness and strength to make everything happen right.
As stated above, I love to bowhunt, and intend to do so as long as I can effectively shoot a legal weapon for bowhunting. My own ethics will not let me in the woods right now with a trad bow as I feel I cannot count on making a quick clean kill shot....even at 10yds.
I am going to keep shooting and practicing with my trad bows and fully intend to be back one of these days, hopefully sooner than later. So, if you see me in thw bowhunting reports forum with an animal and a funky looking contraption, just say a prayer for me that I will somehow find my way back.
Sorry for the long read but this is really kind of tearing me up inside. I'll still be around here and participating as much as I can.
See y'all later,
Bisch
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