August is my Archery Month- Update |

Ok summer is nearing a close, time to think about Bowhunter prep if you haven’t already been shooting this summer. As I am older with a stigmatic eye, I can’t use my peep sight as my eye wants to drift. I still shoot a recurve instinctive below.

And now I have my Excalibur Crossbow to reach out and touch a nice whitetail. Or find a place to arrow a wild boar. I was up in Maine at “Skinner Bog” last year and took this wild hog at 20 yards. I have always been a Muzzy Broadhead fan. It did the job and kept on going. The blood trail was short and easy to follow.

My wife loves the meat from these wild hogs and demanded that I go and get another for the freezer. “Awe, do I have to”, I said Jokingly. I got on the phone right away. Below using a PSE Thrive 400. Wow cost effective and does it shoot tight groups.

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Shooting my recurve and broadhead takes lots of practice, but I make it look easy below.

Here in New Hampshire this August there are several 3D shoots by Granite State Bowhunters to prepare you for deer season. See the schedule below.

http://www.granitestatebowhunters.com/3d-schedule/

Perfect practice makes perfect. Don’t overdo slinging arrows, you want to create good habits of form and release. Once your pulling arm feels a bit tired… stop. Repeating good form and release are important. Try shooting on your knees, and create that shooting form besides standing. Be sure to shoot your broadheads or practice broadheads in a broadhead target so you know how they will fly.

A bowhunter has a little different stance than a target shooter, in that the ground is not often level and undergrowth may cause you to move your feet. Tree stand shooting often requires that you bend at the waist to make the shot, especially when the game is close to you. If you do not bend with the bow, your string and peep angle to your face will cause the arrow to fly to a different point-of-impact. I created a mental checklist for the shot sequence. Tree branches out of way, arm and armguard clear of bowstring bend at waist, wait for best time to draw bow so your movements are not seen. After release, follow the arrow. I like luminock’s so I can see where the arrow entered.

Good Shooting!