I have finally got my bow and arrows ready for hunting season. I have some pics of my bow, arrows, and a group I shot. I owe it to everyone on this board, especially joshkeller, nwoutdoorshop, and lilhunter. The reason I mentioned these people is because they helped me in the chat for countless hours. Joshkeller got me into the technical side of archery (Big mistake), nwoutdoorshop stayed up for five hours one night and four hours the next night. He helped me put my arrows together. Lilhunter helped me with my broadhead selection even though I went with the two blade Magnus Stingers. (Sorry lil, but you get a free hat or T-Shirt if you send in a picture of the animal you killed with the Magnus Stingers.) You guys on the board helped me out a lot also. I thank all of you for that.

Here is one of my Gold Tip XT arrows. It weighs 363 grains. It has an Easton Uni Nock and two yellow 4" Bohning Fletch-Tite vanes and one white 4" Bohning Fletch-Tite vane. It has a nice yellow look. The 100 grain Magnus Stinger also has a yellow tint so it looks sweet.



Here is a close up of the vanes and nock.


This is my Magnus Stinger broadhead.



This is my bow. It is a PSE Fire-Flite 33 AC. The IBO is 294 fps. I have a 27" draw length and I shoot 55 lbs. It puts out about 35-36 KE now. I know this isn't much, but I will keep my shots under twenty yards.


Here is a closer look at my bow. Notice how I have all of the original accessories on it. I love the basic site, rest, and stabilizer. The stabilizer broke, but I have fixed it, I just haven't had time to put it on.


This is my confidence booster. This sling was given to me by a professional Mathew's shooter. (I'm sorry Davidmil) His name is Eddie Benezue. He won the ASA Senior Pro Championship of the World in 2000. I shot with him and he said I needed a sling. He put this on my bow and I love it. I lost it yesterday and was very miserable. He said that I have a lot of potential and I would be very good. He lets me shoot on his 3d course for free. He has about 20-25 animals on it. He also gives me free lessons. He told me a story about when he was shooting in a tournament. He said that after he was done with the tournament they could buy a ticket and shoot at an elk. The person that was the closest to the bulls-eye won the elk. There was a 1/4" bulls-eye on the elk. He asked what the closest shot was. They said that someone hit it, but it was low. He set his sight at 96 yards and shot. He hit the 1/4" bulls-eye right in the middle.


This is my 3d target. It is a Delta Backyard Buck. This is the size groups I was shooting today. I did not shoot this group, however. I stuck the arrows in since I just took the pictures, and it is too dark to shoot. (Yea right, it's never too dark!) I shot at 17 yards. I am having a good shooting week.



This is a close-up of my group.


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If it weren't for you guys, I wouldn't know what I am doing, not saying that I know what I'm doing now!

* I put that star on that post because I wanted to see how long you would look at the picture to figure out nothing is there! This is where my deer mount will hang.

Once again, Thanks.

Zak123

Edit- I made the pictures smaller, thanks nub.