Originally Posted by
YooperMike
For me, I started aas a pure bowhunter, only shooting in order to be just proficient enough to kill an animal. Now, I'm still a bowhunter, but I enjoy target archery as well, especially 3D. By learning to really just enjoy shooting, that has helped me immensely in hunting situations with having the confidence to know that I can make the shot.
Pretty much sums it up for me. The more endeavors I venture into in archery the more I learn and the more I like it. However, I'm probably really (mentally) a BOWHUNTER first, as many times, I consider a shot and as I take it, I think to myself, it may have been just outside the 10 ring, but it would've resulted in a DEAD ANIMAL. I have a couple guys I shoot with, and we shoot a "modified 3D" where we determine a HEART shot to be 10, good clean kill 8, anything else, ZERO!!! I think this is part of what I DON'T like about 3D is that it leads too many people to aim higher than they really SHOULD be aiming!!!