NW Shootup Broken Arrow « The Think Tank

NW Shootup Broken Arrow

by Chris on Jan.25, 2012, under Shooting Journal

Again, I did not do an entry in a timely manner, so I am doing it now ten days after the fact.

I felt that I shot really well. I can’t remember a single shot that I thought was really bad. There were a few that were less than perfect, but I thought everything was pretty decent on my end. On the target things were different: Many shots felt like they were edging out, especially high and low. I started thinking that maybe my bow was a little out of tune, probably the wheels. I decided to do some creep tuning before the next weekend.

I dropped two nines on the day, both on shots that I felt were pretty decent and missed at 5 o’clock.

I qualified 2nd (again), and felt pretty positive about my chances of winning. I won my first elimination round easily, 60/4x to 58/?x. Both shots that missed were a little high, and felt pretty good. In the Final, I pulled up for my first arrow and right before it went off, my arrow were bumped and my sight slide straight right and my release broke. 9 and 3:30. Major bummer. I adjusted my quiver, and shot two X’s. I was down 1 X and 1 point, with three arrows to go. At this point I wasn’t too confident, but I knew I still had a chance if I shot X’s.

Unfortunately, I held long on two of the three and let loose with a pair of bad shots which missed at 5 and 11, and that was all she wrote. I qualified and finished 2nd.

NW Shootup BA Jan 15, 2012
Qualifying 20yd

1	2	3	arrows	sum	balance
X(4)	X(5)	X(6)	30	60	60
X(4)	X(5)	10(6)	30	60	60
10(4)	10(5)	10(6)	30	60	120
X(5)	10(4)	10(6)	30	60	120
X(4)	X(5)	9(6)	29	58	178
X(4)	X(5)	9(6)	29	58	178
X(4)	X(5)	10(3)	30	60	238
X(4)	X(5)	10(3)	30	60	238
X(5)	10(1)	10(4)	30	60	298
X(5)	10(1)	10(4)	30	60	298