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Do you use it to hunt?
There are appear to be certain situations where Archery/"Crossbowery" is MUCH better than a gun from what I can tell, though I don't hunt.
I liked archery better than shooting guns any time I've done it, but that was in my early youth.
There is something satisfying about using a bit of technology that is thousands and thousands of years old that almost no one is good at these days.
There are appear to be certain situations where Archery/"Crossbowery" is MUCH better than a gun from what I can tell, though I don't hunt.
I liked archery better than shooting guns any time I've done it, but that was in my early youth.
There is something satisfying about using a bit of technology that is thousands and thousands of years old that almost no one is good at these days.
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It was just something we did on occasion... I certainly did not enjoy it as much as other things we did together 
Such as ice skating in the winter, although ice skating on frozen lakes was perhaps not as pleasant as skating in an ice rink LOL
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Such as ice skating in the winter, although ice skating on frozen lakes was perhaps not as pleasant as skating in an ice rink LOLPS~ if you use the "Reply" function at the bottom right of the post to which you are responding, the person you have replied to will get a notification and be alerted that you have quoted them
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It was just something we did on occasion... I certainly did not enjoy it as much as other things we did together Such as ice skating in the winter, although ice skating on frozen lakes was perhaps not as pleasant as skating in an ice rink LOL
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Such as ice skating in the winter, although ice skating on frozen lakes was perhaps not as pleasant as skating in an ice rink LOLPS~ if you use the "Reply" function at the bottom right of the post to which you are responding, the person you have replied to will get a notification and be alerted that you have quoted them
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My parents both grew up on farms, and my dad especially was what is known as a subsistence farmer, which means they grew food to feed themselves, plus they fished and hunted game to supplement their diet, or they would have starved. My father plowed the fields walking behind an animal (equine or bovine I do not know for sure), because they were too poor to afford a tractor, even though my dad worked a tractor in a neighbor's fields. So their using bows and arrows, and guns, was a necessity to them, whereas it was not for me (a city girl ).
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I've used a compound bow once when I was younger but I was too young for it to not be amazingly difficult to pull it past the little wheels for a full shot.
Like @Magenta we did archery at a church summer camp into hay bales. There was even a boy there who could legitimately shoot an apple off a "sensitive target". I also did it in Boy Scouts.
When I have the property space I'm certainly down to practice some more, but after a while just hitting targets gets sort of dull but I do think it's a good practice because at least if you "had" to ever hunt for survival it would give you a solid leg up.
If you can hit the bulls-eye in mild wind conditions it may be a good time to practice with a moving target...though a mechanically moving one costs money and if you improvise, since you already know when it's going to drop, it's not really that good of practice.
I suppose you could have someone lob some melons or maybe some apples if you are good. A mid sized target fruit seems best but it is a something of a waste of food.
You also might want to try high wind conditions to get a feel for shooting in the wind. If you like it, there's definitely some fun to be had with it and it serves a potential purpose. You can also go to competitions for some fun also...in Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts this is a thing at least.
Like @Magenta we did archery at a church summer camp into hay bales. There was even a boy there who could legitimately shoot an apple off a "sensitive target". I also did it in Boy Scouts.
When I have the property space I'm certainly down to practice some more, but after a while just hitting targets gets sort of dull but I do think it's a good practice because at least if you "had" to ever hunt for survival it would give you a solid leg up.
If you can hit the bulls-eye in mild wind conditions it may be a good time to practice with a moving target...though a mechanically moving one costs money and if you improvise, since you already know when it's going to drop, it's not really that good of practice.
I suppose you could have someone lob some melons or maybe some apples if you are good. A mid sized target fruit seems best but it is a something of a waste of food.
You also might want to try high wind conditions to get a feel for shooting in the wind. If you like it, there's definitely some fun to be had with it and it serves a potential purpose. You can also go to competitions for some fun also...in Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts this is a thing at least.
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