hit the target from 40 yards!
Not the bulls eye mind you, but I hit that round target from the 40 yard line. Not bad for a first time out with a longbow in the afternoon sun. I missed many more times than that, but I learned to string, tighten, adjust, aim, shoot, and work with arrows today. Two hours of target practice here in Washington County. T'mas the Marshal, was a great teacher and so was Eric (host and other archery Marshal). Made some new friends, and Gibson got to help "find" arrows after we were done shooting. A nice day in the sun.
posted by Jenna at 4:57 PM
19 Comments:
oh that sounds so fun!!! Wish I could have been doing that instead of sitting inside at my desk, but all in good time, my fun day is tomorrow when Hubs and I are going to pick up our new chickens, geese and turkeys.
ps I love your quiver!!!!
Congratulations with your first hit, many will be following!
Ya Know most of the hunters that use self bows wont take a shot, at game, over 20 yards.
Sounds like fun. I've been a traditional archer since I was old enough to draw. I highly recommend Brian at allwoodarrows.com when you shop for more. Check out my quiver; you can't go wrong buying from a guy named Boggs in PA!
Jenna, I've been following your blog for some time now, and I'm often amazed by those little "synchronicities" that occur. I just returned from a weekend at my son's first archery state tournament, and what are you posting about? Archery... go figure! Keep on rockin'!
I was watching Game of Thrones the other night and there was a 10 year old boy taking archery lessons from the castle knights. I thought of you - especially as his sister embarrassed him by shooting better than he did.
Congratulations!
That quiver is beautiful! Good job on the hit!
Some one's been reading the Hunger Games... :)
I haven't read them yet!
my archery revival is entirely based on SM Stirling!
I did buy it on audiobook though, come spring time work I'll plow through those stories.
right now, total outlander high, on book 2 starting tomorrow.
FYI - Gibson's daddy just won a day of the Heppner, OR St. Patrick's day trial today (sunday). Yesterday it was won by Patrick's Andi - Gibson's half sister.
Congrats on a great archery day.
Did the wizard pony cooperate today?
you just gave me a great idea for my mans aniversary gift!!! he's also an archer in learning so im going to get him a nice quiver :)
As me and my husband would say (as we do after we acquire some random new skill) "Well at least we'll be ready for the Change."
Everytime I re-read Dies the Fire I want to go out a find a SCA group, except the same book makes me a little worried about who they might be letting into the fold. ;)
Thou hast inspired me. :) I just joined my local SCA, and I'm so excited to go to a Shire meeting! :D Their latest activity is mounted archery, and I am plumb tickled at the idea! I ride, and I do archery, but I've never combined the two. This could be interesting!
Love the quiver you scored. Awesome!
I spent most of my junior year in college (when I wasn't studying) blowing off steam at an indoor range with an antique orange wood bow and a fistful of wooden arrows. The compound hunters all looked at me a little strange, with my "stick with a string on it." But toward the end of the year I was getting downright decent at 20 yard (max indoor length.)
The bow developed stress fractures, and my workload increased, so I stopped shooting. Now that I've got 2 years of heavy list under my belt, I'm going to try and find a new bow and start shooting again.
that's a beautiful quiver. I miss archery. did it all the time in high school.
Catching up after begin away for a bit. Just had to say how proud I am of you Jenna. What a great life you are creating for yourself! I think it's so important for people to take care of themselves mentally. Your SCA activities and (my personal favourite) your horses are food for your soul.
I'm hoping to make a quiver with the deer hide from the deer I harvested last fall. Your archery posts have inspired me to get out there and shoot more! Thanks!
Hi Jenna, I've been following your blog for a while now. I think it's awesome that you've gotten involved with the SCA! I've been in the SCA for about 8 years now and I love it! I've met so many people and have learned so many things! :) I'm located down south in the Kingdom of Gleann Abhann, my local group is The Barony of Axemoor (New Orleans).
Love your posts!
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