AMLinington Posted May 24, 2013 Posted May 24, 2013 (edited) LOL I am a left handed Lady shooter and when I did my beginner course the club gave me a bow that was around 20lbs ish my current bow is set to 26lbs but can be dialled up. I believe Males start around the 30lb mark? I believe there is a 59lb maximum limit as a compound archer at the previous club used to have a 60lb bow and I remember him having trouble at competitions. Don't quote me on that though... Regarding fees, to give you an idea, my local club year fees are in the region of £180. Which to be fair isn't much but since you can't pay it monthly I can't afford the lump sum :-( not having just bought a car... Edited May 24, 2013 by AMLinington
mjs_mjs Posted May 24, 2013 Posted May 24, 2013 I'm a leftie too (this is more to do with eyes than arms/coordination.)
AMLinington Posted May 24, 2013 Posted May 24, 2013 I'm a leftie too (this is more to do with eyes than arms/coordination.) Luckily for me it just so happens that as a left hander I, too am left eyed. This means my 'stronger' arm is my drawing arm. On my beginners course there was a right handed-left eyed shooter and she struggled to co-ordinate and draw her bow because her left arm was comparatively weak - she got bruised a lot too on the inner elbow. Should have mentioned that earlier - be prepared for some glorious purple shiners when you start out - all Archers get one at least once XD
mjs_mjs Posted May 24, 2013 Posted May 24, 2013 be prepared for some glorious purple shiners when you start out Most defiantly - don't be put off tho - they don't hurt that much, more annoying that anything else.
featured_spectre Posted May 24, 2013 Posted May 24, 2013 ahh the bruises, they hurt getting them, but not so much after. It is a case of adjusting really
teejay Posted May 24, 2013 Posted May 24, 2013 Yes the bruises on the arm aren't too bad, you can get a forearm protector which helps. The other thing worth getting is a chest guard, especially the lady archers, catching a nipple with the bow string is a very painful experience:p
AMLinington Posted May 24, 2013 Posted May 24, 2013 Yes the bruises on the arm aren't too bad, you can get a forearm protector which helps. The other thing worth getting is a chest guard, especially the lady archers, catching a nipple with the bow string is a very painful experience:p Aye. Although I've not found it an issue so far. The bruises are pretty epic though - they don't hurt as much as they look like they might (although repeatedly thwacking the same spot becomes very sore) but they are glorious and purple and blotchy. Also, try to pull with the back and shoulders, not the arms.
north-ict Posted June 3, 2013 Author Posted June 3, 2013 OMG! So I had my first session yesterday booked at 2020archery.co.uk and I loved it. A group of 11 roughly we all got the h&s talk and then the general gist of archery got sized up with the right arrows and recurve bows. More or less with guidance from the tutor we started to shoot. I need to learn to relax! as I keep being tense and not keeping my 'T-Form' apart from that was going awesome. The course I am on is five, two hour weekend sessions which cost £125. Cannot wait for next week
north-ict Posted June 9, 2013 Author Posted June 9, 2013 Week 2 learned to string the recurve bow and place and use a sight. Getting there! still only shooting to half of the sports hall but working on where my grouping of arrows is falling so can readjust either myself or the sight.
featured_spectre Posted June 9, 2013 Posted June 9, 2013 not bad for your second weekend, infact, thats better than what I did on my 2nd week! Well done
north-ict Posted June 10, 2013 Author Posted June 10, 2013 not bad for your second weekend, infact, thats better than what I did on my 2nd week! Well done Thanks I am loving it so far!
featured_spectre Posted June 10, 2013 Posted June 10, 2013 One thing you will notice though, is going from plastic/metal composite arrows to wood arrows, there is a big difference, in feel, weight, and how it flies. Where the composite arrows are pretty rigid throughout the whole process from drawing to firing to hitting the target, the wooden ones can bend during flight (and if you watch on slomo, that is pretty fun!)
north-ict Posted June 10, 2013 Author Posted June 10, 2013 One thing you will notice though, is going from plastic/metal composite arrows to wood arrows, there is a big difference, in feel, weight, and how it flies. Where the composite arrows are pretty rigid throughout the whole process from drawing to firing to hitting the target, the wooden ones can bend during flight (and if you watch on slomo, that is pretty fun!) Cool will bear that in mind. I am just glad I actually put my foot down and finally gave it a go after so many years.
JOrdan01070 Posted June 10, 2013 Posted June 10, 2013 North-ict glad you are enjoying your beginners course if you want to do some practice at home a low poundage resistance band will help.
AMLinington Posted June 10, 2013 Posted June 10, 2013 North-ict glad you are enjoying your beginners course if you want to do some practice at home a low poundage resistance band will help. You can buy training bands and stuff but tbh, a piece of PVC pipe and a resistance band are cheaper and have the same effect.
featured_spectre Posted June 10, 2013 Posted June 10, 2013 You'd be surprised at the PVC pipe. Whilst it can be brittle, it can easily handle some poundage and is enough to kill a deer (and respectively humans, and any animal smaller than a deer). I know from experience, having been on a primitive hunt before, and they hung a pig carcass up, and a PVC pipe was comparable to a longbow.
woodham Posted March 17, 2014 Posted March 17, 2014 so just to dig up a year old thread who's still shooting? and if not why not?
SYNACK Posted March 17, 2014 Posted March 17, 2014 I wish, I miss archery, bows and time are so expencive though
woodham Posted March 17, 2014 Posted March 17, 2014 to coin a phrase " it's my me time" I only get down the club once a week and it shows in my scores but it's my time off from everything and I get grumpy without it
SYNACK Posted March 17, 2014 Posted March 17, 2014 I get grumpy without it I start off grumpy, they don't want me anywhere near lethal projectile weapons
woodham Posted March 17, 2014 Posted March 17, 2014 is it wrong that theres a merlin toughshot target under the desk at work and a baby compound and recurve on my office windowsill?
featured_spectre Posted March 17, 2014 Posted March 17, 2014 I do still shoot, not as much as I should do, maybe once a month at the minute. Its finding time with a new one on the way. Plan to take my daughter with me to learn when she is around 6 or so.
woodham Posted March 17, 2014 Posted March 17, 2014 I know that feeling 2 year old twins I don't know what we use to do before they were born but getting anything done now takes .... well you get the idea mummy was not happy but we had a fun morning so my sunday shoots are my time out mummy gets Monday nigts with the girls as her time out
featured_spectre Posted September 9, 2014 Posted September 9, 2014 Got a new addition. A Portland Les Howis Marksman recurve. Draw weight of 70lbs. Quite happy with it.
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