Smokepole, yeah, it is hard to get motivated to practice this time of year. It doesn't feel like hunting season. A friend and I are planning on going to Wyoming to chase pronghorn and the season starts in 3 1/2 weeks. I can't believe it's almost here. We haven't even talked about preparing for camping, what we're driving, eating, etc. Guess we better start doin' that :^). I have started shooting broadheads now (after my 1000 shots)to make sure the're flying right- they are so far. Another nice thing that I've found about shooting so much. Last year I had to reserve my string after every 300 shots. This year I have gone 500 shots before needing to reserve. I guess all those shots are really smoothing out my catch (or whatever it's called).