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Anthony Horton<p>Also on my archery todo list was re-tying our nock points using serving thread instead of dental floss.</p><p>There seem to be about as many different techniques for tying nock points as there are archery YouTubers, i.e. not many, but more than one or two. I decided to try the Nail Knot (as described here <a href="https://youtu.be/lnHFnrFFb08" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/lnHFnrFFb08</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>) as it looked quick and easy.</p><p>It did take me a few goes to get a result I was happy with, but it does at least look a lot better now.</p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/Archery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Archery</span></a></p>
Anthony Horton<p>Another step towards compliance with the kid's preferred archery colour scheme. I have swapped out the standard orange nocks on my arrows with blue ones, and put red nocks on theirs.</p><p>As well as making the kid happy this will have the practical benefit of making it much easier for us to tell our arrows apart when collecting them from the target!</p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/Archery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Archery</span></a></p>
The Tepid Emperor<p>Another great session outdoors. Matched my PB at 30yds (282) and then shot a 268 (36 arrows) to complete my Black Outdoor Progress Badge. If only I could repeat this grouping on a regular basis! <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Archery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Archery</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Archer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Archer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RecurveArchery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RecurveArchery</span></a></p>
Angelo 🔞🦴<p>Dragon Angelo - Training with Todor 🏹</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/furryart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>furryart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/scalie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scalie</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/fursona" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fursona</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/dragon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dragon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/drawing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>drawing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/cartoon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cartoon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/archery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>archery</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/spyroreignitedtrilogy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spyroreignitedtrilogy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/spyrothedragon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spyrothedragon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/fanart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fanart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/anthroart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>anthroart</span></a></p>
ColesStreetPothole<p>🚨 Okay, I have an <a href="https://weatherishappening.network/tags/archery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>archery</span></a> product history challenge! 🚨</p><p>I just bought at a barn sale a vintage metal longbow. I bought it because I had never seen one before. It still has the sticker on it—it is a Wham-O Powermaster. The thing is, as far as I can tell, the Wham-O Powermaster was only available in *crossbow* form (recalled due to safety defect), and this is definitely a longbow (not a repurposed crossbow). </p><p>Anyone know anything about this product? It is made from an aluminum/magnesium alloy.</p>
Anthony Horton<p>There is also the piratical option of wearing an eye-patch over my left eye when shooting (parrot and peg leg optional). 🏴‍☠️ </p><p>Alternatively something like this would be less stylish, but probably more practical. They seem to be made primarily for cross-dominant firearms target shooters, but if the customer reviews are any guide they work well for archers too.</p><p><a href="https://jhs-eyewear.com/products/clip-on-translucent-eye-cover-for-daywear-glasses" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">jhs-eyewear.com/products/clip-</span><span class="invisible">on-translucent-eye-cover-for-daywear-glasses</span></a></p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/Archery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Archery</span></a></p>
Anthony Horton<p>Hmmm, my experience at the archery range earlier today has me questioning my eye dominance.</p><p>I am very right handed and haven't previously had much cause to think about my eye dominance, so I guess I just assumed I'm right eye dominant like most right handers. So, I bought a right handed bow, which is designed to be held in the left hand, drawn with the right hand, and aimed with the right eye.</p><p>I am realising though that I find it very difficult to aim the bow correctly without closing my left eye, thereby forcing myself to aim with my right.</p><p>Earlier today I spent a while drawing the bow with both eyes open, then checking my aim by closing my left eye. Basically every time I did this I found that I had instinctively put my left eye's image of the sight on the target, and that my string alignment was way off too, requiring me to make big corrections while holding at full draw.</p><p>I can force myself to aim with my right eye without closing my left eye, but this requires a moment of conscious thought as I look at the two images of the out of focus sight ring and decide which one should go over the target. It doesn't feel natural, and again it inserts an undesirable delay in my shot process.</p><p>I've done a bit of digging on the subject of cross dominance in archery, and found this video particularly interesting: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMShzejiiNY" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=YMShzejiiNY</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>If I really am left eye dominant then it seems I have two choices. Either become Squinty McGee and close my left eye through my whole shot process, or switch to using a left handed bow, with the majority of expert opinions backing the latter.</p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/Archery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Archery</span></a></p>
Strider_UK - Slava Ukraini<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://aus.social/@spacelizard" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>spacelizard</span></a></span> I love hearing that rewarding 'thunk' at 80-100 yards when I cannot see the arrow and can barely see the target. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/longbow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>longbow</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/archery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>archery</span></a> is my passion.</p>
Anthony Horton<p>*twang* *thunk*</p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/Archery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Archery</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/SOPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SOPA</span></a></p>
Anthony Horton<p>First time shooting at SOPA, first time shooting our new bows, and first time using sights. It went well!</p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/Archery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Archery</span></a></p>
Anthony Horton<p>It's possible that the kid's bow is cooler than mine. I do like the blue, but the red anodised finish looks really good.</p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/Archery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Archery</span></a></p>
ColesStreetPothole<p>Back on my bullshit. <a href="https://weatherishappening.network/tags/archery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>archery</span></a></p>
Anthony Horton<p>Right. That is, I think, one bow set up tolerably well for a beginner like me to start shooting with it. Just for fun I then put all the included accessories on it, but I don't think I'll be using the clicker or stabiliser for a while, and probably not the sight either.</p><p>Brace height 8¾”, tiller +⅛”, limb alignment checked, arrow rest set, plunger tension dialled down, plunger set for centre shot, and temporary dental floss nock point tied with the bottom of the nock ⅛” above the arrow rest.</p><p>Tomorrow I need to set up the kid's bow, and glue the points into all our arrows. </p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/Archery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Archery</span></a></p>
Anthony Horton<p>Problems solved. I now have hot melt glue to attach our arrow points, and some different bow strings. These WNS strings are a *much* better fit for the nocks on our Pandarus Alpha XT arrows. The diameter at the centre serving is about 0.1" instead of the 0.12” diameter of the fat strings that came with our bows.</p><p>I ended up having to go to both of Sydney's archery stores for this, because the first one I went to was sold out of hot melt glue.</p><p>We have our new member induction and first OzBow coaching session scheduled at SOPA on Sunday morning so tomorrow I need to glue in our arrow points and set up our bows. I've got to install the arrow rests and plunger buttons, check the limb alignment, adjust the brace height &amp; tiller, set the nock points, and adjust the centre shot.</p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/Archery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Archery</span></a></p>
Anthony Horton<p>Here's a bunch of slow-mo archery footage that shows how much the arrow flexes, even with a modern recurve bow. The sight window cutout allows the arrow to be lined up directly in front of the string, but it still ends up flexing because the string gets a sideways kick as it's released by the fingers. </p><p>There are nice real world illustrations of the 1 cycle/1¼ cycle thing mention in the bow tuning theory video I shared recently. The arrow bends one way, then the other, then back to straight, just in time to cleanly release from the string. Then it bends again as the flights pass the arrow rest, ensuring the arrow doesn't re-contact it.</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxZTX_-uNxY" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=HxZTX_-uNxY</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/Archery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Archery</span></a></p>
Anthony Horton<p>I have a stick* with a string! And a dozen pointy sticks*! For poking holes in things that are far away!</p><p>The kid has the same kit, but they have lighter draw weight limbs, higher spine arrows and, most importantly, a red riser instead of a blue one.</p><p>Unfortunately no time to do more than check the contents of the kit right now, but with a bit of luck I can get the bows set up later in the week so we can go to the archery club on Sunday.</p><p>*Sticks contain no wood.</p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/Archery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Archery</span></a></p>
Hannah Howe<p>The Stage, December 1955</p><p>Ice archery…what could possibly go wrong…</p><p><a href="https://toot.wales/tags/SocialHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialHistory</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Ice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ice</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/Archery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Archery</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/1950s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>1950s</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/RobinHood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RobinHood</span></a> <a href="https://toot.wales/tags/MaidMarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MaidMarian</span></a></p>
North Love<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bogenschie%C3%9Fen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bogenschießen</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/archery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>archery</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/whitegirlmagic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>whitegirlmagic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wei%C3%9Fesm%C3%A4dchenmagie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>weißesmädchenmagie</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hardcore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hardcore</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/badass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>badass</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/f%C3%BC%C3%9Fe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>füße</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/feet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>feet</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sport</span></a></p>
Anthony Horton<p>Me: Doing archery would be good, it'll help me clear my mind.</p><p>Also me: *enthusiatically fills brain with bow tuning theory*</p><p>This video explains it all pretty well (just skip the "maths bit", it's just uninteresting trigonometry). There are all these adjustments with jargon-y names (arrow spine, point weight, arrow length, draw weight, brace height, bow tiller, centre shot, plunger stiffness, nocking point) but what you're actually trying to achieve is things like having the arrow flex through 1 complete cycle of bending from the moment you release the string to the time the arrow separates from the string, and through 1¼ cycles from release to the time it clears the bow riser.</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojRx5Jbe7Ws" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=ojRx5Jbe7Ws</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/Archery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Archery</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/BowTuning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BowTuning</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/ArcheryPhysics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ArcheryPhysics</span></a></p>
bookandswordblog<p>Know your target and what is behind it! "Thomas Egglesfield of Sutton-on-Derwent, Yorkshire, gentleman, must have rued his decision to shoot at a white mark on the side of a house there when his arrow punctured the wall and struck Elizabeth Smyth who was inside the house, killing her instantly." (Steven Gunn, "Archery Practice in Early Tudor England," 2010) <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/archery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>archery</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/histodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>histodons</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/earlyModern" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>earlyModern</span></a></p>