At least they are in a vertical line…

I didn’t do much shooting today. I spent a lot of it talking with people about bows. Held a bow with a metal riser for the first time and a bow with a carbon fiber riser. I worked on my hand and elbow position. Also tried to make sure my back posture was correct. I start to arch and lean backwards with my upper back when I start to fatigue.

There was a guy who just started shooting in September that I talked to. He got his own bow in January. We were talking about buying a bow and the differences in the heavier, metal bows compared to the club’s wooden recurve bows.  He even let me shoot it 😀

The picture above is from when I shot using his bow. Also had a brief conversation with a guy who owned and shot with his own flat bow. It is made out of wood and looks like a long bow, but is a Native American design. He got it at a flea market for $20 without a string.

SF Archery Bow

I play to get my own bow in late April or May, but I will probably have to start researching now as stores don’t usually have the lower end items in stock. I’m really enjoying archery, but I won’t invest a lot of money into it yet. I’ll buy some economical equipment to begin with. Though I hope to make this a lifelong hobby, there is the possibility that it could be like curling for me. I love curling, but the expense of being part of a club as well as getting to a club in general has dropped it from my pastimes. A broom, curling shoes… would have been poor investments…

Much like my ice skates. So far used them only once each year that I have owned them.

Hart House Archery Club

March 14, 2013 7:05 to 7:43PM

27# no. 9 Two Nightbloom and one Peanut

3ax6 (18 arrows)

3ax1 (3 arrows) using SF Archery bow, 32#