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am I that good or.........
I just came back from the archery range where I practice and some of the target shooters dared me to a little competition.
30 arrows at18 yards which I scored a 271 and the target compound shooters with all their whistles, bells and stabilizers shot all around 275. Since the difference wasn't all that great they tried me on for25 yards and again I shot above most of the trained pro's, a 278 with their lens scopes and target dots and stuff..... All I had was a G5 optix sight and a whiskerbiscuit mounted on a Tomkat and axis arrows. It felt good........................:D Frank |
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What was the scoring method?
3D? 10 rings only? 12 rings? |
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hey if it feels good then you are that good ,take it to the top and enjoy the good feeling robin hood
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Congrats Frank!! Way to go;)
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Sounds like a vegas round to me. Three separate targets, one arrow into each for a total score of 30 points per end with 10 ends? Am I close?
If so 270's aren't bad. Those are not Pro target archers though I don't think. Pros would be shooting much closer to 300's I would think. Equipment really doesn't mean that much for target shooting to be honest. Neither does tuning to a great degree. It's not hard to put an arrow where it needs to be at 18 yards if you shoot well. Consistent form and aiming are what counts. I have seen guys win local spot shoots with hunting set ups and others that usually score very high, like average of 580-590's for two rounds (possible 600). The key is they could shoot well. The thing with target shooting is you could shoot really well and then have a few really bad shots and bring your score down. I used to love to do goofy stuff during spots to make people think. Like shooting without a peep, or once I used 17 series arrows that were 21 inches long with 5 inch feathers, and another time I shot a round with bare shafts. I didn't win, but I did a whole lot better than most thought I would. Paul |
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You're just THAT good!
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yup, it was a Vegas style shooting, these target shooters kept shootin' x's for their first few arrows but then they had some 7's dropping their scores and I kept my arrows in the 9's more consistently and added some x's as well.....
There's one guy who shot as much x's as 9's but he shot a recurve at 70#, nothing but respect for that fella !!! Frank. |
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ORIGINAL: Paul L Mohr Sounds like a vegas round to me. Three separate targets, one arrow into each for a total score of 30 points per end with 10 ends? Am I close? If so 270's aren't bad. Those are not Pro target archers though I don't think. Pros would be shooting much closer to 300's I would think. Equipment really doesn't mean that much for target shooting to be honest. Neither does tuning to a great degree. It's not hard to put an arrow where it needs to be at 18 yards if you shoot well. Consistent form and aiming are what counts. I have seen guys win local spot shoots with hunting set ups and others that usually score very high, like average of 580-590's for two rounds (possible 600). The key is they could shoot well. The thing with target shooting is you could shoot really well and then have a few really bad shots and bring your score down. I used to love to do goofy stuff during spots to make people think. Like shooting without a peep, or once I used 17 series arrows that were 21 inches long with 5 inch feathers, and another time I shot a round with bare shafts. I didn't win, but I did a whole lot better than most thought I would. Paul some of them had bows looking like they could be used to anker a boat and do some fishing at the same time..... F. |
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With scores like that it sounds like they should have put more money into lessons than equipment;).
When I shot spots I used a 350 dollar darton yukon with muzzy drop a way and cheap three pin sights. My average scores were as good or a bit higher than some guys shooting $2,000 dollar set ups. The guy I shot with had a nice bow, but not really a full on target bow either. He consistently shot in the 590's for the vegas night and he shot a perfect score for the whole 5 spot league. He was a very consistent shooter. If saw the equipment some of the records and perfect scores have been set with you would crap. You know those big ugly magnesium riser jennings bows you see in some shops for under 200 bucks with the round wheels and steel cables. That was state of the art then, and some of those scores have yet to be topped or repeated. And paper tuning hadn't even been thought up yet:D. Paul |
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On a 300 vegas round shooting 270 in the pro class you will be dead last. Those guys cry when they drop a single 10, never mind shooting a 7. For the 300 possible points, the top pros will shoot 298-300.
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u just good
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ORIGINAL: Bob H in NH On a 300 vegas round shooting 270 in the pro class you will be dead last. Those guys cry when they drop a single 10, never mind shooting a 7. For the 300 possible points, the top pros will shoot 298-300. |
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well, tonight I went foranother friendly competition, against the second best shooters at my archery club ( the guys who shot second place last tournement ).
3 spot at 18 yards, 30 arrows, I shot a 271 ( five x's, four 8's and all 9's ) I beat them because they both shot one miss......one blamed it on the sts on his general, the other just a bad day.......I had me one of them fine sunshiny days then....;):D......... Frank |
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I take it archery isn't big where you shoot.
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GMMAT, let's just say we beat you at Tennis, Soccer, motorcross, ping pong and women's archery.....but that's about it.......
Frank I get a lot of invitations to do group tournements but I decline.....I want to shoot above 290 before I get into competition. I might set up my tomkat with a target sight and scope, maybe some different arrows and a drop away rest.......but that will be after I finally decide on my second bow, a 82nd or a general........... |
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Why not join our own HNI online vegas league? We have already started, so it would be difficult to compete for the overal standings, but you are certainly welcome to post a weekly score to see where you stack up from week to week. We shoot a 450 vegas game, with 45 arrows instead of your 30.
http://www.huntingnet.com/forum/tt.aspx?forumid=115 |
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I would say you need to be in the upper 290s to 300. That's what they shoot around here in the bowhunter unlimited class and 298 to 300 in the open class. I shot in the upper 290s with fingers in the finger pro class. I all ways fingered if I could shoot about 296 each day in a two day shoot I would be in the money if I was lucky.
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Man, you are good. Boy, if I was as good as you, I'd be pretty darn good.
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Splitear, I know I am good but if you we're as good as I should, you'd be a whole lot better at being good....................I might even call you worse........or bad.....
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ORIGINAL: m9a9g9i9c Splitear, I know I am good but if you we're as good as I should, you'd be a whole lot better at being good....................I might even call you worse........or bad..... F. |
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