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Stump Shooting
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08/13/14 02:36 AM
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bjankowski
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Anyone else do any Stump Shooting as practice? I really like this way of practicing; I shoot so much that it really helps to break my practice routines from shooting at boring targets. I like to take my 10 year old grandson with me so he can get used to judging distances without a range finder, I bought him his first bow when he was three, since I've made him two long bows and one 60" recurve.
I quit using judo's since they tear up so easy went to the screw in and slip over rubber blunts. I'm fletching up some more flu flu's to also practice bird hunting and using the blunts for that too, we use clay pigeons and a hand thrower for that.
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Re: Stump Shooting
[Re: bjankowski]
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08/13/14 02:45 AM
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texashelms
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How in the hell do you pull your arrows out? I have hard time removing them from a foam target.
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Re: Stump Shooting
[Re: texashelms]
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08/13/14 03:08 AM
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bjankowski
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How in the hell do you pull your arrows out? I have hard time removing them from a foam target.
You don't shoot trees. ... Back in the day before compounds bow hunters would go out and practice and they actually did shoot old rotten tree stumps. Since it's evolved into basically walking around in the woods without a range finder and shooting cans, plastic bottles, flowers, cactus pears, just about anything where you're not going to blow an arrow and good if there's some sort of back stop to help find your arrow. I like to shoot at rabbits and other varmints as well when I'm out practicing. Mostly done by trad shooter to practice instinct shooting. but compound shooters are starting to do that as well. One reason a most use judo points so that a field tip doesn't slide under grass or weeds. Flu flu's also help to slow down the arrow a lot. I've been into archery since Moses was floating in the Nile river in a basket, so to me various ways to practicing is the key to keeping it interesting. There some that still do shoot actual tree stumps, mostly up north where they have more decaying timber.
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Re: Stump Shooting
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08/13/14 07:09 AM
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Bowtech kid
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I walk around the woods at my grandpas and shoot at rabbits and armadillos it's fun but I do take my range find and try to shoot at small animals far away
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Re: Stump Shooting
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08/13/14 12:13 PM
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bjankowski
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I walk around the woods at my grandpas and shoot at rabbits and armadillos it's fun but I do take my range find and try to shoot at small animals far away That's a lot of fun too. I used to shoot so much out doors that I carried a range finger every where I went and guessed yardages then see how close I came. It really helped not only in competition but hunting as well. You're doing what I did growing up in South Texas, back in those days we were flooded with rabbits and armadillos. It's good practice.
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Re: Stump Shooting
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08/13/14 07:40 PM
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We do it a lot. Here's our game, the first shooter points out the target and everybody shoots at it without ranging it. The guy who hits it or hits closest to center gets the next pick but after everybody shoots we all say our ranges and then range it. It helps to judge distance and there's a little competition. Some days a guy will be dead on every time and the next time same guy will suck, its weird but no doubt makes every shooter better.
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Re: Stump Shooting
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#5251218
08/13/14 07:41 PM
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We used to do it all the time when I was stationed in ID. They had a huge ground squirrel population that we used for practice too. If you could kill ground squirrels at 40yds elk at 60 looked like shooting a barn door. Lots of fun. We too went from judos to rubber blunts for the same reasons.
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Re: Stump Shooting
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08/13/14 11:14 PM
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kmon11
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Haven't done it for a while but plan to some before season, good fun and good way to tune up for season
lf the saying "Liar, Liar your pants on fire" were true Mainstream news might be fun to watch
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Re: Stump Shooting
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08/14/14 04:48 PM
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passthru
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Back when I hunted with a group of friends we often did that. Cactus mostly. Use the blunts or the Adder style attachments. Lot's of fun, helps keep your ranging skills sharp and beats sitting in camp drinking beer all the time.
Well mostly.
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Re: Stump Shooting
[Re: bjankowski]
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08/17/14 02:31 PM
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muddydog
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I like stump shooting better than hunting. I haven't got to do it for awhile and am now shooting carbon arrows from a compound, will the carbon arrows hold up to the roving abuse?
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Re: Stump Shooting
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#5257704
08/17/14 02:32 PM
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passthru
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Better than aluminum arrows that bend!
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Re: Stump Shooting
[Re: bjankowski]
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08/17/14 02:40 PM
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muddydog
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I am curious because the only time Ive seen a carbon fail is from a side impact.
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Re: Stump Shooting
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08/17/14 04:46 PM
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passthru
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I shattered one into three pieces when I shot high and hit a rock the other day.
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Re: Stump Shooting
[Re: passthru]
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08/17/14 06:40 PM
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bjankowski
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I shattered one into three pieces when I shot high and hit a rock the other day. I shoved the insert inside a carbon 400 spine yesterday doing the same thing with my 50# recurve. I have to shoot 2018 aluminums out of my 60#@ 28 traditional to get the right deflection for the broad heads and 200 gn field tips I shoot. That's my primary hunting bow for hunting and shooting 3D. My other lighter bows I use for flu flu's, stump shooting and just goofing off I like Gold Tip hunter XT for those bows, I don't mind the occasional break, I buy three or four dozen at a time.
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Re: Stump Shooting
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#5265403
08/21/14 05:01 PM
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Gummi Bear
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I haven't done it in years, but it used to be a favorite past time as a kid with my trusty old Bear Bearkat bow and a handful of fancy aluminum arrows.
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Re: Stump Shooting
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#5265425
08/21/14 05:13 PM
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Navasot
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Re: Stump Shooting
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#5265488
08/21/14 05:55 PM
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bjankowski
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My favorite too however; at my ranch they are either real early or real, real late... I have to find other things to occupy my time. I can't drink that much.
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