Holy smokes....the 4' stabilizer guys drove me bonkers. It was only slightly better than waiting in line for DMV in the hot sun.
We had a couple targets where we were backed up 20 min due to the slow target shooters in front of us. One full on scope guy drew and let down 4 times, Readjusted his stuff, stopped and called for an umbrella or something to shade him on the shot....all in all it might have been 10 minutes to shoot 2 arrows.
I forgot how long some of these tourneys can drone on. If thats your thing and you use it as your social hour...then fine, my bad- have at it- but no more of those teeth pullers for me.
I bailed 1/2 way through at the cold hot dog snack shack, stopped for a quality Deli sandwich on the way home and watched the 49ers kick the Rams butts. I hate quitting anything...but damn if I didn't have a big smile on my face watching that game. So go ahead and lay into me you Tourney shooters...I probably deserve it...
>>>> if you are a club officer that has some clout....my advice is to keep these shoots moving. I'm a bit surprised with som many older folks shooting these there aren't more medical events.
Matt
Exactly why my Wife and I quit shooting the Bigger Tournaments several years ago. Especially the 3D Nationals up here in NorCal, it has become absolutely ridiculous (something like 1700 shooters, over 3 long, miserable days).
I should backpeddle a bit here, when I was competing I enjoyed shooting the big shoots. Yeah, they were slow even way back when but it was the only way to measure my shooting against top competitors….and I accepted it.
Now, I shoot to improve my accuracy in the field.
So after bashing tourneys, I might shoot Maya ( Stickbow Classic) in Roseville this weekend. Ive shot it in the past and that one moves along pretty good. They used to have a shot from a canoe in a creek ( no water now) and they have a flying goose that is fun to shoot.
If guys could practice a couple hours and clean a course everyone would be tied for first place:)
The smaller shoots are a lot of fun. I used to do a lot of them. The guys that act like they are pro’s can really slow down a shoot.
A favorite 3D shoot memory was when me and two my two buddies with our hunting bows got teamed up with three of the “pro shooter” type of guys at the Bend super shoot. We out shot them, and you could tell all their blood pressure was through the roof. At the beginning of the shoot they kept wanting to shoot first so they wouldn’t be distracted by our arrows in target instead of rotating who goes first. They really lost it when we would shoot their arrows if one was in the 12 ring. We suggested we just rotate who goes first line normal after on guy had a serious meltdown.
Fund day!
After reading this I won't :) It sounds like playing slow golf. I HATE golf. It's so mind-numbingly boring. :)
Huge stabilizers, scopes, little hand held computers to adjust the clicks in the sight to adjust for yardage, binoculars to see exactly where 10 ring was on every target even if it was 20 yards ect. Nothing wrong with that either.
My buddies and I shot a Vegas league and animal target league every week year round at the time, then another few days a week minimum outdoors the when the weather was decent and days longer. We shot A Lot with our hunting bows & I think the best me or my two buddies would shoot in a indoor Vegas 3 spot target league was around 292-294 average.
I do t recall any one ever cleaning the course at the bend super shoot in central Oregon.
I notice a huge difference in my shooting between 3-5 days a week, and only 1 day a week. It’s just not that easy.
Everyone I recall ever shooting with was really nice and fun to meet with the exception of the guys in the story I posted above.
