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[Magnum Man]

a real long bow... no wheels & cams...

 

[WhistlingBadger]

a real long bow... no wheels & cams...

Yep, no wheely bows for me. I love my wooden bows. I don't even use fiberglass anymore, except on my fishing bow. If I want to hunt high tech, I just grab the .270.

 

[biofish]

i tried a wooden long bow once when I was like 11 and I could not draw the string back at all

I could a bit when I sat on my bum, feet in the air, but the curve of the bow on my feet and used both arms to pull down on the string

But it was an ultimate failure

I also couldn’t aim to save my life even on the easy child bows….

 

[WhistlingBadger]

i tried a wooden long bow once when I was like 11 and I could not draw the string back at all

I could a bit when I sat on my bum, feet in the air, but the curve of the bow on my feet and used both arms to pull down on the string

But it was an ultimate failure

I also couldn’t aim to save my life even on the easy child bows….

Having a bow that is too heavy is a huge bummer. My first one was like that, I could barely get it back to full draw and couldn't hit a thing with it.

Once you get one that's suited to your strength, aiming is kind of like throwing a ball or shooting hoops--it isn't complicated, just takes a lot of practice. I'm no expert but I'm better than I used to be. I used to shoot with this old guy...He was an absolute artist with a longbow. I saw him once shoot at a tennis ball dangling on a string from a tree branch. Hit it nine times out of twelve shots at 25 yards, and of course after the first hit it was swinging. I was too young and dumb to ask him for lessons. But if I had, he probably would have told me to just hit the ball. He was that natural and effortless with it.

 

[Magnum Man]

Having a bow that is too heavy is a huge bummer. My first one was like that, I could barely get it back to full draw and couldn't hit a thing with it.

Once you get one that's suited to your strength, aiming is kind of like throwing a ball or shooting hoops--it isn't complicated, just takes a lot of practice. I'm no expert but I'm better than I used to be. I used to shoot with this old guy...He was an absolute artist with a longbow. I saw him once shoot at a tennis ball dangling on a string from a tree branch. Hit it nine times out of twelve shots at 25 yards, and of course after the first hit it was swinging. I was too young and dumb to ask him for lessons. But if I had, he probably would have told me to just hit the ball. He was that natural and effortless with it.

 

[Magnum Man]

My wife was supposed to go to the Olympics in 1979 for archery, but the US boycotted them, they were in Russia that year… back then, they could only use long bows… no compounds… there is still a competition Hoyt with stabilizers, in a closet up stairs

 

[FishFinatic77]

Having a bow that is too heavy is a huge bummer. My first one was like that, I could barely get it back to full draw and couldn't hit a thing with it.

Once you get one that's suited to your strength, aiming is kind of like throwing a ball or shooting hoops--it isn't complicated, just takes a lot of practice. I'm no expert but I'm better than I used to be. I used to shoot with this old guy...He was an absolute artist with a longbow. I saw him once shoot at a tennis ball dangling on a string from a tree branch. Hit it nine times out of twelve shots at 25 yards, and of course after the first hit it was swinging. I was too young and dumb to ask him for lessons. But if I had, he probably would have told me to just hit the ball. He was that natural and effortless with it.

I just got into traditional archery a little over a year ago, and I love it! I shoot with a recurve bow, but I do purely target practice. I don't think I could ever actually hunt anything, lol.
There's a rod and gun club near me that has a 3D archery course, where you hike through the woods and shoot at life-sized targets from different distances and angles. I did it a few times over the summer and it's a lot of fun! It's definitely helped me improve my aiming too.

 

[WhistlingBadger]

I just got into traditional archery a little over a year ago, and I love it! I shoot with a recurve bow, but I do purely target practice. I don't think I could ever actually hunt anything, lol.
There's a rod and gun club near me that has a 3D archery course, where you hike through the woods and shoot at life-sized targets from different distances and angles. I did it a few times over the summer and it's a lot of fun! It's definitely helped me improve my aiming too.

3d archery is really fun. We don't have a course here, so we just wander around in the desert shooting goatsbeards and stumps and pine cones. That's almost as much fun.

 

[Back in the fold]

Today I marvel at the short sightedness of late stage capitalism . My wife orders groceries and we go pick up the order and don’t have to go in . They were out of the Parsley flakes she wanted so they shipped them VIA Fed-Ex . I just know it cost more to ship than what they’re worth . What a system !

 

[biofish]

Yall. Giving fish oil to my dogs has to be one of the greatest decisions we’ve ever made.

We started doing it about 2 years ago, when we brought home our rescue. Her coat at the time was so coarse and dull, so we elected to try fish oil.

We also gave it to our first dog at the time, a miniature husky, bc why not. Healthy coats for everyone.

And holy moly what a difference it has made. Two years past and we still give it to both dogs + our new third one every morning.

Their coats are so wonderfully soft and shinny now. We didn’t even know it was possible for the mini husky’s coat to be more radiant but here we are.

And we the third puppy too, her fur has also had a total shine over. It’s almost ridiculous.

 

[biofish]

You can kinda see the difference in texture for our second pup
Then:

Vs now:

10/10 smoochable either way tho

 

[AdoraBelle Dearheart]

Yall. Giving fish oil to my dogs has to be one of the greatest decisions we’ve ever made.

We started doing it about 2 years ago, when we brought home our rescue. Her coat at the time was so coarse and dull, so we elected to try fish oil.

We also gave it to our first dog at the time, a miniature husky, bc why not. Healthy coats for everyone.

And holy moly what a difference it has made. Two years past and we still give it to both dogs + our new third one every morning.

Their coats are so wonderfully soft and shinny now. We didn’t even know it was possible for the mini husky’s coat to be more radiant but here we are.

And we the third puppy too, her fur has also had a total shine over. It’s almost ridiculous.

Growing up, my parents always fed our dogs their "night time treats" at bedtime - a fish oil capsule, a yeast tablet, and a doggy choc drop to get them excited to have the others.

They lived to 18 and 17 without major health issues, and I continued the tradition, but added some glucosamine once my dogs got older, then an arthritis med for my older dogs once they needed it. Fish oil is definitely pretty great, and can see the difference in your pups coat! Looks so soft, you must want to cuddle him all the time! Who could resist that face though, what a cutie!

 

[AdoraBelle Dearheart]

Have just been doing battle cleaning and W/C my big tank. Firstly the duckweed, which I loathe with every ounce of my being, and for some reason the hornwort that had been fine in that tank for months decided to drop all it's needles.

No big deal, right? Suck it up with a gravel vac. But as soon as I get a gravel vac anywhere near the tank, the pack of corydoras go wild with excitement and kick it all up into the water column. I've removed so much of it, but there always seems to be more.

I'm planning to set up another tank to move those fish to, then get rid of that tank... sort of a shame, because it was dad's tank, but it's super old. One of those that had large box filters built into the hood, which are pretty awesome when they were working anyway. But it's an ugly tank that can't be prettied up, and it's taking up too much space in the living room now.

The trick is going to be moving the fish, some hardscape and plants to the new set up without letting a single leaf of duckweed move with them. Wish me luck!

 

[Magnum Man]

This hobby has gotten way harder than it used to be 20 years ago...
1st off, no local fish store... but, now the world is my oyster... there are too many fish to choose from... I had a good local fish store, & some really good ones semi local... that caused me to to end up setting up almost 40 aquariums, back when I was single... eventually I set up bigger tanks & took down some of the smaller ones... choices were based on what the local stores had for fish...
this year I began setting up some of those tanks after, about a 20 year break... it's harder today, as I probably have a little more disposable income, & there are just so many fish available globally...

2nd... now fish are living longer... I'm not turning over aquariums like I did back then... I had good luck with large fish back then, but the smaller fish, you kind of rolled through... you could have a completely different looking & stocked tank every year

3rd... there isn't any instant gratification... I used to be able to go to the fish store, & a half hour later I had a new fish... or 10 ( or even another tank to house those other 9 fish you just bought ) to look at... today... most fish ship the following week, so at best, you have to have patience for at least a week, before you get your gratification...

getting old, had so may disadvantages compare to being 20 years younger

 

[GaryE]

I duck every time I see @WhistlingBadger 's avatar. It's how my ancestors survived medieval times. I think it's programmed into my DNA.