Know-nothing crap shot

About my shooting gear

Outdoor recurve:




• Hoyt Axis (25")
  
• Hoyt G3 limbs (short, 40 pounds)
  
• Shibuya Dual Click Standard sight with Titan Recurve scope
  
• Beiter button
  
• Beiter rest
  
• Cavalier magnetic clicker
  
• SIMS Recurve Limb Savers
  
• Beiter long rod
  
• W&W Fomax damper
  
• Easton Navigator 610 arrows
  
• FlexFletch vanes
  
• Beiter nocks
  

Indoor recurve:




• Win & Win Toutall (25")
  
• W&W Challenger Craft limbs (short, 38 pounds)
  
• Arten Olympic sight with Titan Recurve scope
  
• Shibuya DX button
  
• Beiter rest
  
• Cavalier magnetic clicker
  
• SIMS Recurve Limb Savers
  
• Beiter long rod
  
• W&W Fomax damper
  
• Easton X7 1914 arrows
  
• FlexFletch vanes
  
• Beiter nocks
  

Compound:




• Hoyt Aspen in a lovely autumnal red and black, with twin hard cams and a shoot-through cable system
  
• Arten Midas scope -- it's alright for target shooting, but I can't really recommend it
  
• Beiter Tunnel for Compound Limited
  
• Cavalier FreeFlyte rest for finger shooting
  
• Spigarelli Top Rest (with bits missing) for release shooting
  
• Carter Just Cuz + release
  
• TRU Ball BT Gold Ultra 3 release
  
• Easton A/C/Cs, far too weak
  

Wilson Black Widow tab

My archery history

My first spell of archery was from 1982 to 1992. I was exclusively into American Flat Bow, shot instinctively. I was a dead-eye shot, and a pain in the backside because I was sniffy about recurves. And as for compounds...

I gave it up when I stopped enjoying it. This happened because of the intensity and narrowness that I hint at above. Moral: enjoy your archery, let others enjoy theirs, and don't wibble on at people for using training wheels etc.

I got back into archery in February 2004. This time, I was determined simply to enjoy it. Unfortunately, I was no longer as good a shot as I used to be. Hence my Sagi handle -- Missed A Barn Door.

This time, I got a recurve and -- a compound!

I'm getting there shooting-wise, but don't expect to ever be much more than a recreational archer.

I'm the secretary of the Phoenix Bowmen, a small-but-growing club in Halifax.

Thoughts on archery matters

I used to be a much better shot when I never had a single thought in my head about technique...

Some of my favourite Webpages:

Archery Forum

Aussie discussion board, very good

Archery Interchange UK

British-based board with a lot of Sagi regulars.

The Register

IT news

Googlewhack

I waste far too much time on this

I skulk around on other boards as TJ Mason -- a cunning pseudonym based on my birth certificate.