A Midsummer Night's Snark

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KingMC said:
Good to know, I was not only looking at the Samick Sage, but I am also left-handed. Thankfully I'm also left-eye dominant so I have no issues picking which side to train on. :D
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I'm right handed but left eye dominant. Learned at a young age I had to shoot left handed if I wanted to hit the broad side of a barn from the inside. When I picked up archery, the hardest thing was learning to control my fingers on release - I'm a finger shooter, no mechanical releases. Took about 100 arrows to begin feeling comfortable, but after that, a piece of cake.

If you want to be good at archery, then "Practice / Practice / Practice" and then after you've done all that ? More practice.

When I was competing on a regular basis before a shoulder injury slowed me down considerably, I shot a minimum of 130 per day - 2 x 60 arrow competition rounds plus 5 each high/low target for warm-ups when preparing for indoor shoots and over 200 per day shooting 2 rounds of 28 stations/4 targets per station plus warm-ups. In preparation for hunting season, I would have a stand set up in the back yard with 20 targets at oddball intervals out to 30 yards and scattered all over the yard. Every day (unless it was raining) during the month before archery season opened, I would take 20 arrows up on the stand and shoot 1 arrow at each target in rotation, repeating until I had shot 5 arrows at each target. I eventually ended up with 100+ arrows to take up because I got tired of climbing up and down the stand ladder multiple times.

So PRACTICE. My mantra was "Hit the target. Rocks bend arrows."
 
Saw this on another forum. Some crazy talent:

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I'll just agree with you... because I have like 5 other comments I've tried to write and all of them are not appropriate for this section of BF lol
 
granitestateofmind said:
Samick makes a decent entry level bow. I'm curious why you shoot lefty, though....if you're just getting into archery, do yourself a favor and make sure you learn to shoot with your DOMINANT EYE, not your dominant hand. Trust me on this, you'll save yourself a WORLD of frustration later in life. A good archery professional will tell you this and help you figure out your dominant eye if you don't already know.



Tablesaws.....got two. 1958 Rockwell 9" (decent blades still available) and a cheap Ryobi. The Ryobi is serviceable, but tricky to be accurate with....the Rockwell kicks more ass. I would respectfully suggest that you get a bandsaw first, and maybe a decent circular or wormdrive saw for plywood and framing lumber. You'll understand once you start using one.....less wasted wood, zero danger of kickback.....plus resawing, cutting curves....list goes on & on.
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Yeah, I've done that much, im left eye dominant but right handed, i shoot, and bat southpaw and have as long as I can remember
 
spikebot587 said:
Yeah, I've done that much, im left eye dominant but right handed, i shoot, and bat southpaw and have as long as I can remember
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Unfortunately, no one ever told me and I taught myself....so. Can't even see out of my right eye unless my left one's closed - amblyopia from a young age. Too late now to change; I'm hopelessly right handed. Still used to shoot well....just can't maintain focus for a long time. Had to let down frequently when I was shooting target leagues....meh, a minute per arrow - people would still get impatient, tho.
 
And I wouldn't exactly call motorcycles her strong suit.

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spikebot587 said:
Any of you guys have an endura 4? Have a chance to trade into one but I'm not sure
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I've seen them in person, it didn't thrill me much. Maybe you would like it though. The ones I saw had FRN handles that looked pretty cool. I didn't get to handle them though, so take that with a grain of salt.



What flashlight do y'all recommend for EDC? I'd like something fairly compact but bright. Anyone have experience with Maratac AAA's?
 
My goto is the stream light micro stream, in fact it was once voted to unofficial official light of the becker heads
 
Guyon said:
Look, you're not going to catch my post count. If you start getting close, I'll just step on the gas.
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i'm still prettier :D

*prance prance*

there are people who signed up well after me, that have exceeded my official post count. i keep editing the database ;)
 
Noswad0208 said:
I've seen them in person, it didn't thrill me much. Maybe you would like it though. The ones I saw had FRN handles that looked pretty cool. I didn't get to handle them though, so take that with a grain of salt.



What flashlight do y'all recommend for EDC? I'd like something fairly compact but bright. Anyone have experience with Maratac AAA's?
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I carry an Olight S30R on my belt and an Olight I35 Eos in my day bag. They are both pretty handy.
 
spikebot587 said:
Any of you guys have an endura 4? Have a chance to trade into one but I'm not sure
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What do you need to know about it? it's too big for me, I downsized to the Delica and found it much more usable, then upsized to the Stretch and found it to be the perfect medium between the two (still have a Stretch in ZDP, got rid of the other two since I never used the Endura and the Delica got replaced after a little while)

It's a good knife for the price just a bit long for me, both handle and blade.

Noswad0208 said:
What flashlight do y'all recommend for EDC? I'd like something fairly compact but bright. Anyone have experience with Maratac AAA's?
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the Maratacs are bright for their size, the twisty action is a little annoying because it's not the fastest deployment and often takes 2 hands rather than one like the push-button flashlights. Still, brightest light its size, ignoring all the other similar lights made by different companies. I own a Titanium Innovations IlluminaTi, which is a dead-on replica of the Maratac with the same quality and same brightness: thing is, TI also makes a Titanium version of it for $50.

spikebot587 said:
My goto is the stream light micro stream, in fact it was once voted to unofficial official light of the becker heads
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Those are good lights indeed, a bit less bright than others, but quite reliable.

My current favorite EDC light is the LumaPower EDC LM21, bright as the Maratac and clicky-tailed like the Streamlight. Also reasonably priced too. So far, so good after a few months.

Chameleonbear said:
I carry an Olight S30R on my belt and an Olight I35 Eos in my day bag. They are both pretty handy.
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Olight makes some good lights, I have an S10 baton and it's very bright for its size; other than being a little fat to be easily pocketed, it's a fantastic EDC light for in the woods. CR123 lights are all a bit fat, though.
 
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