Friday, January 2, 2009

I'm Not an Expert Archer, But I Can Shoot!

I love bow and arrow. I don't hunt, and I don't go to competitions or anything. I just like to shoot the darn things.
One of the advantages of Eckville property and rural living is that out on my acreage, I can pretty much set up an archery target anywhere I like and I won't be bothered. I used to live in the city of Red Deer and that wasn't the case. If you are living on a chunk of Red Deer real estate, you need to be very careful where you aim your arrows! Neighbours can be a ral pain in the a$$ when they are afraid you will put an arrow through them by accident.
I inherited my uncles old bear bow and all of his archery arrows last year. I need to get the bow restrung. It is a plain old longbow, no recurve or anything fancy like that, and probably he owned it in the early 60's or late 50's so it is a real antique. I haven't shot that one. Sure you can't take down a deer with it quite as easy. I'm not a hunter, as I mentioned earlier, so I'm not really concerned with that. I also don't compete, so who really cares.
The arrows I received from my uncle's estate are as old as the bow; they have mostly field practice points, but there are a few hunting tips of the non removable variety. I don't use those at all.
The quiver the arrows came in is made of plain canvas, and the bottom is ripped out so it isn't very functional at all. I haven't replaced it since I want to keep these items pretty much like they are for antique value. I use my dad's old bow and some new target arrows I picked up. Some day I might try a compound bow, but right now I have fun just playing around with these old ones.
I haven't gone out to shoot since that last dump of snow, so maybe I should go put out a target. I just worry about losing them in the snow, and not being able to find any missed rrows until spring!

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