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GuyGadois
10-31-2010, 03:32 PM
My first Robin Hood! Well, I don't really blame the carbon for this.

http://gallery.me.com/danspeirs/100581/IMG_0930/web.jpg?ver=12885607410001

http://gallery.me.com/danspeirs/100581/IMG_0926/web.jpg?ver=12885604440001

http://gallery.me.com/danspeirs/100581/IMG_0928/web.jpg?ver=12885603920001
Steve in SLO
10-31-2010, 03:42 PM
Looks like your house...are you getting ready for trick-or-treaters?

Seriously though, CrMo arrows would have just bent and are reparable.
Charles M
10-31-2010, 03:43 PM
Nice Split!
ninjaman
10-31-2010, 03:47 PM
Have you got any video of the act?
chuckroast
10-31-2010, 03:53 PM
There you were, JSA (just shooting arrows), when all of sudden....
mike p
10-31-2010, 05:42 PM
Congrats Guy!! Nice shooting!!

Mike
Louis
10-31-2010, 07:15 PM
Great consistency, but were you consistently on or off target? ;)
oliver1850
10-31-2010, 07:53 PM
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gasman
10-31-2010, 08:47 PM
Way, way cool. That's a one-in-a-million shot.
flickwet
11-01-2010, 09:37 AM
worth the cost though, well done. Now go out and do it with a recurve you compounder ;) just teasin'
GuyGadois
11-01-2010, 09:57 AM
I normally shoot a recurve but a buddy brought in an extra compound bow so I though I would give it a shot (my first attempt with a compound). Were they both off target? Yes! I was having the sight aligned when this happened so they were all consistantly off target. The sound of carbon splitting is much cooler when not on a bike.

Maybe now my wife will believe me when I say I can hit the apple atop her head :p
oldguy00
11-01-2010, 09:57 AM
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Seriously though, CrMo arrows would have just bent and are reparable.

lol... ;)
I've done the same to Easton X7's (aluminum).
GuyGadois - Are you shooting recurve or compound? I used to compete at a national level as a junior, mostly with a Yamaha EX Alpha and Easton ACE's (but also a Hoyt Gold Medalist for a while).
Cheers
GuyGadois
11-01-2010, 10:11 AM
lol... ;)
I've done the same to Easton X7's (aluminum).
GuyGadois - Are you shooting recurve or compound? I used to compete at a national level as a junior, mostly with a Yamaha EX Alpha and Easton ACE's (but also a Hoyt Gold Medalist for a while).
Cheers

I shoot a recurve (the Robin Hood was done shooting a buddies compound). I used to shoot a bit when I was a kid but recently started up again as my 10 year old wanted to give it a go. Instead of sitting on the side watching him shoot we shoot together. It's fun and we have some good shooting compeitions. I can beat him for now but he shoots with a compound and he keeps getting more and more accurate.

Compounds are so much more accurate but, I must admit, I love the simplicity of a recurve.

-GG-
oldguy00
11-01-2010, 10:19 AM
Sounds like fun. After several years I developed a bit of target/clicker panic, and after a while I threw in the towel (but did accumulate 3 national junior/cadet titles).
I'd love to try it again, but with two very young kids now, just too busy. And I want to try to 'push' my little guy into swimming and biking (and maybe judo...)... :)
flickwet
11-01-2010, 04:21 PM
shot competitively as a kid now shooting a Brackenbury shadow, a Mitchell Bros (Blackwidow) target bow and a custom 72" selfbow(Osage) Its just fun to fling arrows very theraputic
Lifecycle
11-01-2010, 05:11 PM
Yeah!! Nice shot - Kudos
Bob Loblaw
11-01-2010, 07:03 PM
Nice! That's super cool!