Encouraging

Shot a bit down the filed today just me and squishy, and a very timely visit from Mr JS, after I got an arrow wedged in the leg.


Things felt a bit better today, Last Sunday I changed my draw length and peep sight around and spent more time with my in the press that shooting, left the field last weekend very unhappy wondering why I changed to compound from recurve. Well from the start things felt better, draw length felt a lot closer to what it should be, so I theorise that last weekend perhaps I didn’t have full movement back in my neck started of thinking that I would do a 720 which then after 6 arrows turn into a Long metric and then into a half FITA ending up with no round completed but some good work done.

My 90m was good (nothing earth shattering or anything anyone would be worried about) shot 1 ½ dozen and scored X 10 9 8 8 7 and then 10 9 9 8 8 8 for a 104 dozen and then 10 10 9 9 7 7 another 52.

Then at 70m things feel apart high in the blue low in the blue all over the place so I just simply stoped scoring and settled into shooting 8 arrows at a time after a bit of experiment I extended my bow shoulder out more, didn't feel that I’m over extending but have a gained from previous end's felt more like shooting my recurve but every thing sat pretty.

The results where instant I could keep the sight in the middle a lot easier and the release aid was going of unexpected but as I was solid they went into the middle 9’s mainly but it’s a starting point, after several ends like this I felt confident that my arrow would find it’s way into the middle but not into the X ring.

I think in the photo below it could be a combination of bubble and reference point, four groups of two arrows, not that I'm complaing they are all in a 12.2cm group but very strange, this end did feel really good, but still not an x insight.




Below finally an X and the last end for today. I feel they lucky to live in Cornwall the weather is so much milder than over areas of the country but this was getting on two 14:30 and it was time to go home and warm up.

Draw length & Peep sight

Spent most os sunday with my bow in the press, and still haven't got it sorted to my liking, first thing I looked at was the draw length I've moved this from position A to B giving me an extra 1/2 an inch, this is now two long and I've moved my peep sight.

I'm getting increasingly frustrated with this bow since I changed the cables why can't I get it right, no problems with the Inno.

The incedible stretching cables or something else?

Shot yesterday at the archers of the West indoors, I didn't shoot at all well and the day didn't start that good either, previous night I broke and intake valve on my fish tank, and had to go out first thing in the morning to get a new valve, 4 fish shops and not one in sight. So I got to the indoors with about 20min to spare before assembly I normally like to be an hour early.

The shooting wasn't at all good struggle to find a reference point and my draw length just isn't right since I've put the new cables on. I found that I had to trigger on more than one occasion as I couldn't get the correct rotation. Finish with 540 something for a triple spot FITA 18m, and when it came to the H2H I've NEVER been so nervous shooting against one of the AOTW own archers, and could feel the wave of support for him it just made me real nervous, Michael won by a point and shot very well.

But I did feel very disappointed with my own form that whole day with the cables it seems to be getting shorter every time I shoot the bloody bow so I'm going to try and increase it on the cam, last time I did this the next setting is just far two long, so it will mean moving cables around and I'm not sure on how much or what to do someone told be at the weekend to increase my D loop as I'm new to compound I know this isn't a good idea.

I must admit this is getting on my nerves ALLOT no problems with this on a recurve. And last night during the Indian and at home and still to day my neck hurts, this is a result of dipping my head forward so would it be a good idea to increase the draw length to stop the pain or what, I just don't know how fiddle and by how much I need to twist the cables etc or time consuming.

BIG arrows tonight

Tonight I'm going to have to use the big 2314 for AOTW indoor on Sunday I've do some sole searching and with the small ten ring I'm going to lose points with my compound, I'm not as accurate as the Big boys so I'm going to need all the help I can get.