daySo we got out to shoot the July 4th shoot just over a week ago. We have been pretty busy since then with holiday stuff and then a little bit of travel, so I didn’t get a chance to get a shoot report in.
The shoot was great. We did not have a ton of time, so we had planned to shoot 2 arrows at each target like we did last time. It seemed busier with what appeared to be more shooters so we just shot 1 arrow at each target. At the end we doubled the score because we actually kept a scorecard for this shoot.
It was great to see a bunch of different targets then last time. No targets stood out as being the same target as the last shoot. Our favorites were the alligator on an angled branch which presented a really thin (left to right) target area to hit. My favorite was the last shot which for me was around a 48 yard shot on a full size caribou. Liam’s favorite shot was the first target which was a large dinosaur.
It was a little slower moving, and we did not get to group up with anyone else. There was a group of 4 in front of us that was moving along pretty well. We honestly didn’t wait around too long for any of the different targets.
It took us around 2 hours to shoot the 20 targets, which was not too long at all. The day was warmer and we were glad to have some gatorade with us, as it was warm even in amongst the trees. It was a bit buggier than last time, but it was not too bad. We will have to remember the bug spray next time.
With the issues I had at the last shoot pulling some arrows, I purchased the Double D Magnum Grip Arrow Puller. This made it so much easier pulling arrows from the targets. It could have been because I hit almost every target insert. I also remembered to put on the arrow lube more often. It gives you a perpendicular and twistable approach to removing the arrows, and it worked really well.