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Old 08-23-2005 | 08:27 AM
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Default RE: How did you get hooked on bowhunting

Hmmmm....

I have a good friend of mine who still has an old Browning compound bow (I think now he's officially "retired" it though). Anyway, probably 4-5 years ago, he got it out and was shooting a few arrows into a target bag in his backyard. I watched him shoot it and got more curious and more curious, and asked if I could try to fling an arrow downhill at his target bag from probably 20 yards away.

One major problem: He's righty, his bow is righty, and I'm a lefty! Major oops... But against my judgement my buddy's judgement, I held up the righty bow lefty, drew back with my finger tips (buddy doesn't use a release but a finger tab release thing), and noticed the sight pins, arrow rest, and the whole sight picture looking down the arrow was all messed up and on the opposite side from what I was doing. Long story short, I tried lining up his top sight pin to the target back and let go with my fingers....

To this day, we have no idea where that arrow went!!! [&:][] I probably shot 6' wide right of the target bag and sent the arrow deep into the woods behind his house, never to be found again!

From that moment on, I wanted to find a lefty bow and learn archery. I got hooked... Once I got my old PSE Edge bow and got it properly setup and adjusted for me at a bow shop, my buddy helped me learn how to shoot. With him a righty and me a lefty, we kind of mirrored each other's form when we stood there facing each other, kind of likeside-by-side bow shooting.
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