Primitive Archer

Had a good time at the Key Cave Refuge this afternoon; the doves were high and flying with the wind at their tail. I couldn't hit anything, so I reviewed my shooting form. I realized I wasn't putting my face down hard on my stock which threw off my sight picture. Back in my younger days I was really deadly so all the missing was very frustrating. At one time I had bird dogs, a great retriever and was wing shooting every chance I got.

Now I only shoot my shotgun once a year on opening day of dove season and haven't shot well in years. I changed to a more correct form and almost everything I shot at fell out of the sky, I had forgotten how to shoot a shotgun but once I had it back, I was deadly again.

The field was just OK, no big flights of doves, the sunflowers were completely over grown with morning glories.
There was a dad with his son young down from me, both were really struggling to get a dove. After shooting all afternoon they only got one bird, every time I knocked a bird down, I would hold it up and motion for the youngster to come get it. He was really excited about having something to take home.

It was a rainy dismal day but everyone I talked to in the field was having fun. I quit wearing camo 30 years ago but got out my old turkey hunting outfit so I could hide better from the dove's sharp eyes in the grown-up rows of sunflowers and morning glory vines.

The field was a huge sunflower field.

Thanks willie and Pat . Yeh Pat my aim is to slightly fill the handle area out with some leather ( back and belly ) and wrap with either some red artificial sinew or some brown waxed thread . Just waiting for my piece of Ash board 6ft 6"  x  2 1/2" . As stated previous I have the woodworking skills and the knowledge which Ive gained through previous builds and all the info I get from yourselves and others on here , so thanks .

Congrats to you and your wife on the record. The bows look awesome. I’ve only just started making broadhead arrows and it seems so tricky. Can’t imagine flight arrows.

Here's a few action shots from the event. My wife is shooting her 35 pounders, and me with my 85. The guy in the crazy wolf outfit, his name is Jozsef Monus, one of the best archers in the world, and he is shooting my 85 in a practice round. Thats him at the point he released the arrow on accident, and it landed 10 yards from the world record distance. With proper arrows and string this bow can break the record and sail well into the 400 yard territory.

nice bows.... cool pic

I have many arrows to make.....

theres gotta be a way to test shoot arrows before the annual competition.