They do where I live. Like I said, I don't compete so it doesn't matter. Why would I practice the way I don't hunt? Some just go to have fun like I do. I don't see where it's any different then having people out there with a bright purple bow, ultra light arrows, 8 way adjustable sights with a six power scope and a stabilizer longer than the arrow they shoot. Not to mention someone to hold an umbrella for them because the sun was in thier eyes?

I walk out there with the bow I hunt with, a range finder and 3 arrows in my back pocket. It takes me about a minute or two per target to shoot. I don't see where I am a hinderance to anyone. And I'm only cheating if I expect to win or think I'm better than someone else. That's kind of hard to do when you don't even keep score.


If I went and couldn't use a range finder I would probably just leave. I would most likely run out of arrows half way thru the thing and just get frustrated. Doesn't sound like fun to me. And I can barely afford the arrows I have. I try to make them last, not look for excuses to lose them. I'm poor dude! 3-D is what you make it, not what someone else tells you it should be. If you want to compete, then you have to follow the same rules everyone else does. If you are out there to have fun and get some practice shooting at life size targets then do it the way it benifits you. Try that 3-D crap in a tree stand and see how many deer you kill.

I could see if I was out there yelling out the yardarge and stuff, but that is not the case. And I don't stand at the stakes either. I like to find different shot angles that are harder like shooting thru the V of a tree or thru some branches or something. I shoot at farther distances as well. I also don't aim for the scoring rings. Most of the time if you shoot for points it would be the wrong shot angle for a live deer. I'm more concerned with if each shot was lethal, not how many points I got at the end.

I am very non competitive any way. It doesn't bother me if someone shoots better then I do or can judge yardarge better. I'm pretty impressed by it actually. And I normally only go if someone asks me if I want to. I have a large back yard, I really don't need to drive somewhere and pay to shoot. I let them know I use a range finder as well, although I could just pretend it was optics I guess, which I don't get either? The guy I normally go with takes it serious though and has a target bow and all the stuff to go with it. He looks like his hiking up a mountain or something when he goes. I like to poke fun at him. He can judge yardarge like the dickens though! I will find a place to shoot while he is setting up his shot and shooting. Then he will walk back to where I am and whisper in my ear what he thinks the yardarge is. I range it and tell him he sucks, he is almost always right.

Paul