Jun 20 2014

Youtube videos by Wolfie Instinctive Archer worth a view

Some of you may have heard of a mate of mine and fellow archer Wolfie Instinctive Archer.

Wolfie runs a video blog  (when not developing his acting career) on youtube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnkId_L6JEv0r_x1MzMvxfg) which is well worth a visit, and has a variety of reviews of equipment from bows to quivers and tips on shooting (one posting I’ve linked to in the past is Longlife Squirrel Blitz…)

I was talking to him at last weekends Hawk shoot (Shoot report to follow, sorry all been a bit busy this week) about a couple of recent purchases from Cupido  bows and how impressed he has been by their build quality and performance.

Well Wolfie has done a couple of video reviews recently on these  bows that I thought I might share. This is a link to his youtube channel and skip down the play list to the  Scythian Longbow by Cupido bows.

Please note I have no commercial connection to Cupido  bows or Pierre, but if you want to contact them here is Pierres details Pierre de Wet (pierredewet@lantic.net). Pierres hasn’t got a website up and running yet but hopes to have soon. There is a Facebook page for Cupido bows (https://www.facebook.com/pages/CUPIDO-BOWS/1435450066705225?fref=ts)

As always thanks for reading and I’ll try and get the Hawk shoot report up this weekend.

Jun 18 2014

Literature review – Wooden Arrow Making – a Presentation by John Marshall

Recently a friend of mine and fellow Severn Valley club member posted a link on our club private Facebook site to a hand-out for those interested in making wooden arrows. It was originally written in 2005 by John Marshall of Brixham Archers.

I’ve included the link he posted here http://savagearcher.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/Arrow-Workshop.pdf

I’ve also managed to find the original site

http://www.brixhamarchers.co.uk/web/pages/info/setup_homepage.html

It is a really good beginners resource, with clear instructions and lots of useful information which is easy to read.

Well worth a look and good starting point.

Thanks for reading

Jun 13 2014

Archery is more than just competitions

With all the run up to the 3d championships, the Sunday competitions round the country and week night practice, it can be easy to forget we do this this archery lark for fun.
The ladies having a chat

The ladies having a chat

Sure its nice to do well at shoots but at the end of the day if you have to enjoy the hobby too. For the last couple of weekends we haven’t booked onto any shoots and instead headed down the woods to have a shoot round.

Nigel being used as a seat

Nigel being used as a seat

We knew there would be a few people down the club enjoying the lovely weather so we took a few cakes too. This results in lots of conversations about the champs, recent shoots, how people are making up new arrows, along with life and non archery topics. Normally there is a heated debate about where to buy the best Jaffa cakes.

Some of the club having a chat

Some of the club having a chat

So I thought I would take a few photos, not so much of the shots but of the chatting and social aspect that is sometimes forgotten in the hobby.
Sunny day in the archery wood

Sunny day in the archery wood

So if you get a chance to go down to your practice ground or woods and just have a social shoot round then do it.
Me down at the wood, thanks to Nigel for photo

Me down at the wood, thanks to Nigel for photo

Thanks for reading