Shovelbuck
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For those that don't know, "Inspiration" is a fine osage longbow that I've had since 2006. Built by our own, "matchedset".
I hadn't taken her for a walk for quite some time and after watching the History Channel's show last night about Robin Hood, I had the need to go do some stump shooting. I headed to my favorite stumping grounds, a sandbar on the Loup river. The bar is getting over grown with small willows and I guess will soon be considered an island.
Through the years, I've shot about every type of bow known to man, but for myself, a selfbow is the hardest to shoot well. After such a long layoff from shooting it, I feared that my shots would be all over the place. Fortunately, I've shot this bow so much that after the first few misguided shots, things settled down and it was quite an enjoyable experience.
After walking quite some distance and after many shots, I sunk a shot into this huge log and then took a few photos while sitting there relaxing and taking in the quiet sounds of Mother Nature.
What a morning! One that I highly recommend everyone that shoots a bow to get out and do!:way:
On my way out, I found this bird of prey feather, ending the walk with big medicine is a good thing!:way:
Too bad I had to leave it there.
As a side note, when stump shooting, don't actually shoot the stump. Shoot beside it.:way:
I hadn't taken her for a walk for quite some time and after watching the History Channel's show last night about Robin Hood, I had the need to go do some stump shooting. I headed to my favorite stumping grounds, a sandbar on the Loup river. The bar is getting over grown with small willows and I guess will soon be considered an island.
Through the years, I've shot about every type of bow known to man, but for myself, a selfbow is the hardest to shoot well. After such a long layoff from shooting it, I feared that my shots would be all over the place. Fortunately, I've shot this bow so much that after the first few misguided shots, things settled down and it was quite an enjoyable experience.
After walking quite some distance and after many shots, I sunk a shot into this huge log and then took a few photos while sitting there relaxing and taking in the quiet sounds of Mother Nature.
What a morning! One that I highly recommend everyone that shoots a bow to get out and do!:way:
On my way out, I found this bird of prey feather, ending the walk with big medicine is a good thing!:way:
Too bad I had to leave it there.
As a side note, when stump shooting, don't actually shoot the stump. Shoot beside it.:way:
