I am pretty excited to shoot this bow for the first time. I wasn't even sure I could pull the string back without looking super awkward. I'm actually kind of nervous. I strapped the release to my wrist grabbed the bow and the first arrow I'm going to shoot. Told my girlfriend to take a video. I nocked the arrow and hooked on the release trigger and pulled back the string. I was able to pull it back without to much trouble. I noticed that on the string there was a little hole (called a peep sight) that I could see thru and use the sight to aim. I never knew this was how you aim till that moment. Of course my first shot completely missed the target haha. I was hoping I could have gotten lucky first shot.
I shot about 50 arrows and holy shit am I tired my left arm is beat. My shoulder, elbow and bicep hurts. So I have to give it a rest. The draw weight is definitely way too much for me at this point. I want to keep it high for now so I have to get stronger and develop the muscles to pull this thing back like a pro. Plus I have no idea how to adjust the draw weight... I'm guessing it's 60 or 70lbs right now.
I was getting better, I was surprising myself how quickly I was getting the hang of it. It turns out I do poses the magic to shoot a bow and arrow. I'm getting this aiming thing figured out. I don't have any idea if my form is good or not. I just want to shoot and get my body strong enough to shoot this thing. So my plan is work on the strength first, form second and then accuracy. I shot 178 arrows on day zero. I took another video of my 100th arrow. I shot it just a little low of the bulls eye. (it's hard to see in the video.)
Practice, practice, practice. That's what I'm going to do...
I don't have any idea how many arrows a typical pro archer shoots in a day of practice. So I decided I'm going to shoot at least a 100 or as many as I can. In 90 days I want to have shot 10,000 arrows.
Day 1
I have set up a spread sheet on my phone so I can track my arrow count and accuracy. It's pretty cool when I get a few more days logged I will have to share how I made it.
Here's how I'm doing on my second day ever shooting a bow at about 25 yards. I'm feeling pretty good about this.
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