Thanks guys!

Kick wrote on Sep 22^nd, 2020 at 11:58pm:

That makes two of us.  I've been meaning to do this again with a sling, just haven't done it.  Maybe after the pumpkin challenge.  A staff sling comparison would be cool!


IronGoober wrote on Sep 23^rd, 2020 at 12:58am:

When I bought my house, that was one of the things I was looking for.  I wasn't slinging at that time, but I was making bows and wanted to be able to shoot them in the yard.


Mersa wrote on Sep 23^rd, 2020 at 4:00am:

Generally I'm an instinctual shooter.  Although when doing this video I switched to gap once I reached some of the longer shots.  This is the farthest distance I have ever shot this bow, and the lack of practice at 100+ feet made instinctual shooting almost impossible.


Mersa wrote on Sep 23^rd, 2020 at 4:00am:

The bow in the video is 44 lb. @ 28 inches.  The length is 64.25 in (163 cm) from nock to nock.

Yep, I'm definitely with you on the technique change for different distances.  Especially when shooting far and trying to get the angle dialed in.  I've never used face walking.  But just getting a consistent anchor point is probably one of my biggest problems.  I'm usually pretty close, but it tends to vary a bit for close vs. far shots.

Target size is 2 ft X 2 ft.  So about 61 cm X 61 cm.  It would be very cool to see you give this a shot.  I think I mentioned before, my biggest concern was shooting constantly for that amount of time.  I didn't want to have terrible shots at the end because of fatigue.  The long practice sessions worked great because at the end of the challenge I would have had no problem shooting another 100 arrows.

One more thing I'll mention, the backstop was invaluable.  I think I had about 7 or 8 shots clear the top, but it saved so much time when gathering up arrows.  I was looking at getting an actual arrow catch, but opted to just use a piece of plywood.

This was a fun challenge. But for now I’m TRYING to get back into slinging random stones.

Yeah I’ve been training almost exclusively with tennis balls for a while now. Wanna get back into some stone slinging and just walking around slinging.

Oh yeah!  It's been a while.  The last time I did this was a 100-Round version (instead of an hour) and it was right before I broke my ankle.

I would need to decide where I want to make an attempt.  My yard is pretty long, but if using a balearic target I can get to the end way before the hour time limit.  Or some of the other rules ideas could be tried out.  An easy change is a round where a diana hit is needed before you back up.  Or we could even do a 2 point requirement, so a diana or two quads.  Diana is probably easier to explain (although tougher to do ).

I think I like stabyhouns idea.

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Moving back and forth with every hit/miss is good for training, but it can be a lot of moving around.  A variant is to do two more throws at a particular distance.  As an example using two throws, if you hit both on target you move back, if you hit only one you stay at that position, and if you miss both you move closer.  It definitely works well.  It's a different concept than this particular challenge.  It will certainly help you find the distance where your accuracy starts to drop though.


IronGoober wrote on May 28^th, 2024 at 5:59pm:

It's definitely much easier than watching a clock. 

IG, you got further in 30 minutes than I did in an hour. It was a bit windy when I tried it, but my biggest problem was probably getting the right distance with tennis balls. After 100 feet you really have to start chucking them or have a big arcing lob shot. I will probably try again and see how I do