Before Christmas rolled around, I made the decision that a new bow wasn’t in my immediate future and that I should focus my time and energy (as well as my budget) on breathing some new life into my 2011 Elite Pulse. One of the upgrades I made on that bow was a new set of strings and cables from Superior Bowstrings (which I’m currently having stretch issues with). Never having done any work outside of tying in a peep, I …
Month: January 2017
I’m a bit of a numbers guy and I tend to be a bit competitive. As a result, keeping track of scores and practice sessions is imperative to tracking progress. For the past couple of months, I’ve been using spreadsheets and apps with mixed results. I recently came across a product called My Spots Journal. It is a spiral-bound archery journal being produced by Robbie Surface from Surface Archery. There is also a companion journal entitled My 3D Journal. The …
A few weeks ago, the opportunity presented itself for me to buy a new (to me) bow. A friend was selling his son’s PSE Bowmadness 3G for a price that seemed very fair. The bow was a few years old and it had max 50lb limbs, but I liked the idea of having a spare bow that was longer (axel to axel) than my current spare – a Mission Craze. I talked to my wife and came to an agreement …
This time last month, I stepped up to the line and shot my first Indoor 3D Shoot of the season. At the time, I hadn’t made many changes to my 2011 Elite Pulse and I shot a personal best. Earlier today I stepped up to the line once again and shot my second Indoor 3D Shoot of the season. I wish I could say the result was as good as last month. Unfortunately, I struggled in several areas. My biggest …
A couple of weeks ago, one of the guys at Stowe Archers was kind enough to lend me his Tru Ball Sweet Spot Pro. I had expressed an interest in learning to use a hinge and, since he had a couple of trainers, he was happy to send me home with one. Since then, another member was kind enough to lend me his Tru Ball HT. I wound up really liking that release and began searching out one that I …
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