ORIGINAL: Arthur P

I know the proper answer is "I don't see my arrow in flight." Watching the arrow fly is bad form and all that... But I love watching arrows fly. IMO, it's a beautiful thing. I hate bows that are so fast that I can't see the arrow. Absolutely HATE them. I'd rather shoot rifles and pistols instead.

Someone once called watching arrows in flight 'the ecstacy of expectation' and you can only experience it if you're shooting arrows that move relatively slowly. Even though you're pretty sure the arrow is going to hit right where you aimed, you have this moment of doubt and hope until it plops right in there, and then the doubt is instantly replaced by gratification. I reckon most guys who've started shooting in the past 20 years have never experienced either of those feelings. Oh, you get gratification from a well executed shot whatever the arrow speed, no doubt, but that moment of hope and doubt is an incredible intensifier for the effect.