Return to Archery Park.

Welcome to my second blog on archery. Once again it has been a month since i last got the bow out. We got to archery park around 11am and hit the range. Starting off at 30m to check everything was ok.

Wow, i am rusty, thats quite a spread! i'm shooting low and left slightly. Not to worry, i will warm up quickly. i move back to 50m so that my inaccuracy is magnified and i can make adjustments if required.

That target now looks pretty small from this distance. i shoot several arrows to see how i'm grouping.

So i'm definitely shooting low and left; i had the same problem last month. i check that my sight is ok and all seems fine so i need to adjust the sight down and left to move my grouping up and to the right; lets see how that goes.

Great! That's moved my grouping up and back to the right. i'm happy with that and my mates aren't doing too bad either.

That's pretty good shooting for a 68 year old.

My mate's change from his 50lb re-curve to a hunting compound bow is taking some getting used to.

Off to one of the ranges to have some competitive fun. Today we are shooting on Valley Field. There are 20 targets and most are not marked for distance, so the best guess of how far away the target is will determine how well we shoot.

Here's target number one; can you make it out in the trees? Probably not. How far away is it?

i choose to shoot at 35m to hedge my bets.

That's 3 in the black for me, looks like my guess was pretty close; a good start.

Target number 3 even has a shooting platform.

My mate makes some quick cam adjustment to get his bow right.

The close up Turkey at target 4, is an easy one, as there is very little drop off in the arrows trajectory when shooting up to 20m or so.

Target 5 & 6 are a double shoot.

Great. No issues so far, i'm hitting the black.

Target 13, and we are all getting tired now...

...but still on target.

The pathways and each target are clearly signed to help with navigating the course.

Target 15 - the wolf.

Guess the range at 40m, but it is down hill so this negates the drop off in the arrow trajectory, i shoot on the 30m pin.

I guessed correctly, 3 on the dot.

Target 16, the ram.

i know this one will be a 40m straight shot so this one should be straight forward.

A great shot by my mate, sneaking an arrow in between my two..lucky so and so...

And target 17.

The pig.

Still got some good shots left despite the fatigue.

And target 20, a crocodile and the final target for the course.

The final 3 arrows find their target.

Yes...finally the course exit, i'm exhausted, time for a trip to the pub for a drink and a bite to eat.

Thank you for joining me on my second archery blog, i hope you enjoyed the journey :)