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Creamer

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Cold shot today. Not perfect, but acceptable.

 

Jamie

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are those paper target faces or duramesh or something else? seems like they hold up pretty well
 

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Creamer

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are those paper target faces or duramesh or something else? seems like they hold up pretty well
They are like a medium weight plastic sheeting. If you search online, they are called Nice Targets. They have a ton of different faces. I need to order a few more deer, I'm on my last one. Once they are shot up, they are recyclable.

Today's cold arrow after not shooting yesterday, a smidge high but in the ring from 24.



Next 3 on the dik-dik were good for me.



It won't be too much longer and the dress rehearsal stuff will be over with.

 

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Cold shot today on the dik-dik from about 18 with a Stinger 4-blade.





I did a little bow maintenance, also. One of my cat whiskers silencers started to fall apart, so I replaced it. I noticed a few days ago my bow seemed a tad louder, then I noticed this. Most of the upper one was gone.



Earlier this spring, I put a set of these limb groove dampeners on. I like them, they seemed to make a difference...but I had major issues unstringing the bow. They were in the way. Enough was enough, so they came off and I stuck them to some wax paper to save in case I decide to try them again someday. I replaced them with what I had always used in the past, the soft half of an adhesive Velcro strip. It works well and it's not in the way.

 

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Compared to this point last year, waffling between two different bows, my confidence is substantially higher. I am by no means a long range archer with a recurve, but I picked a good spot and dropped 4 from 32 into a small area today.



I finished off with 4 from a kneeling position (plan to hunt from the ground some this fall) at 18. Tugged one a hair left but dead is dead.

 

Creamer

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My first two from about 18 on Friday. I heard a loud slap and knew they were tight together.



Upon closer inspection.



Once I got the wrap off, the arrow was a loss. It split up partway through the fletchings. I was a few MM from a Robin Hood, which would have at least made the financial loss more interesting. 🤦‍♂️:LOL: