psuedopimp
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Okay so I was lucky enough to get to go turkey hunting this year. Since I received a new to me bow for christmas i was stoked to shoot one using it. i had been practicing with field points which were sold to me as 100 gr field points. the broadheads i was using were also 100 gr.
so we get to camp and the wind is miserable. the guide asked who wants to go out, and me and another guy were dumb enough to go. turned out to be a decent hunt. Im not a big blind hunter, so i wasn't looking forward to sitting still in a little hut for 4 hours.
so there i was sitting and three toms come in. the dominant one was strutting around at around 30 yards. the two others were in front of him at 25 yards. so i pull back and let the first arrow fly. missed right between his legs. so i nock another arrow and raise my point of aim. this one missed way low.
so i grab my 12 guage and blast the biggest one. after all i didn't want to go home empty handed.
So I being the male hunter guy that i am, i can't accept the fact that i suck, so it has to be the equipment, and here is why. after thinking about it for awhile, i remember that the dude at the archery shop sold me 100gr field points, but the reciept said 85gr. I thought it must just be an inventory thing and let it go. but i think they were 85 gr and that is why my broad heads flew so low. I should've shot the broadheads, but then they get dull and i don't have the right target for them and the list goes on.
so the point of this is know your equipment. your equipment whether cheap or expensive is only as good as it's operator, and you won't know the details from reading the manual or taking the guys advise at the shop, that comes from playing with the equipment yourself and figuring out how it works on your system.
so we get to camp and the wind is miserable. the guide asked who wants to go out, and me and another guy were dumb enough to go. turned out to be a decent hunt. Im not a big blind hunter, so i wasn't looking forward to sitting still in a little hut for 4 hours.
so there i was sitting and three toms come in. the dominant one was strutting around at around 30 yards. the two others were in front of him at 25 yards. so i pull back and let the first arrow fly. missed right between his legs. so i nock another arrow and raise my point of aim. this one missed way low.
so i grab my 12 guage and blast the biggest one. after all i didn't want to go home empty handed.
So I being the male hunter guy that i am, i can't accept the fact that i suck, so it has to be the equipment, and here is why. after thinking about it for awhile, i remember that the dude at the archery shop sold me 100gr field points, but the reciept said 85gr. I thought it must just be an inventory thing and let it go. but i think they were 85 gr and that is why my broad heads flew so low. I should've shot the broadheads, but then they get dull and i don't have the right target for them and the list goes on.
so the point of this is know your equipment. your equipment whether cheap or expensive is only as good as it's operator, and you won't know the details from reading the manual or taking the guys advise at the shop, that comes from playing with the equipment yourself and figuring out how it works on your system.
