I thought I would mention this.
So many times I hear people say that stumpin' is good practice.
Or shooting at there target is good practice.
Well I don't call it that, to me it's fun, entertaining, good therapy and stuff like that.
Don't get me wrong, it is good practice but I just don't think of it that way. :archer: :archer2: :bigsmyl:
For me any time I shoot my bow it's practice as I'm always trying to improve. But I try to keep it fun and enjoyable when I stop enjoying it or the fun is gone then I'm done.
Yeah, its still practice, but, as you say, it can be a whole lot of fun. How many times as a youngster did you face the target (this was before 3D targets) and imagine it represented the world record deer? The accuracy of the shot determined if you were a world record holder or a loser. Then, like now, I lost a lot, but it kept me coming back again and again trying to get better.
Agree a bent limb is a feeling like none other :shaka:
Flinging arrows is most always good, clean, healthy, therapeutic, fun practice for me. A few times it is frustrating as heck . . . but humbles me and teaches me patience and persistence. I always seem to enjoy shooting my bow most after a frustrating round of golf. I hate getting old . . .
I agree it's therapy at the end of a stressful day.
It's also a freeing way to start a day.
It's a way to focus my body, mind and spirit that lets all the other stuff fade away and brings together a focus that centers me.
It is a passion, an obsession and a commitment.
But I'll be danged if doing it regularly hasn't made me a more consistent and better shot.
So I guess I'll call it practice.
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I do it cause the voices in my head tell me to shoot that bow:)
Has our buddy been over at the shop? Agree with the other posts, and is a much needed calming activity for me.
Haven't seen Kenny for a while.
LOL
Just got back from a couple hours of "fun". Shot lousy but still enjoying getting out there with the wife and our shooting friends. It's getting hot here so for me "practice " isn't fun. So I am not practicing until need be.
Quote from: M60gunner on May 05, 2019, 02:50:41 PM
Just got back from a couple hours of "fun". Shot lousy but still enjoying getting out there with the wife and our shooting friends. It's getting hot here so for me "practice " isn't fun. So I am not practicing until need be.
I often practice in the dark here in summer. Either late night or early morning. The heat makes most anything less fun.
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Spending quality time with my bow elicits abounding pleasures and satisfies the pursuit of plentiful objectives.
Not sure what it is technically, but it falls under the category of "good times in the woods" for me.
Nice day on Saturday. Paddled my tandem Mad River Explorer, solo, clear around a lake, about 12 miles, that canoe is way too much fun. Got home and strung my heavier bow that I sanded from a custom blank some years back, that trim and lean bow really fires a hard clean arrow and does it very gently in the hand. I shot for hours with a quiver full of aluminum arrows. That bow is way too much fun. Sunday, I had one of those 'oh no' moments, when it dawned on me, that I am in no condition to play that hard.
As a hobby beekeeper, I wouldn't really call "workin' the bees" real work. It's work. Just not the same as actual work for pay.
Lots of things that I enjoy in my off-time require consistent, mindful effort. It's still play to me. If you ask my wife, she'd definitely agree.
In the midst of the daily grind, work related issues and the woes of humanity one deals with being a
doctor and the all too real realization of own impermanence due to gradual but inexorable aging I find archery to be - therapeutic! It tells you tons about your mental state and if you want to hit the mark you have to let go of all your preoccupations and worries.
I shoot every morning and evening, God willing I hope to continue this till I konk off.
This is a bit of fun and more of meditation for me
Same here. I dont take it like practice even if it is that. Just time to have fun whit my self or whit kids/local members.
Those fun times allso see when you are in competition, so... :biglaugh:
Bee hives are work, i had some. If we are talking midnights and caucasians okay , maybe a hobby. Drop the super from the Italian hive with the queen in it and it gets to be work real fast.
I Practice Having Fun!