Interested in Archery

Where could I go to practice archery? i mean I'd want "lessons" first. Of course I'd have to buy a bow as well, and some arrows, and some tragets in my backyard. But do you think I could just go down to the shooting range or something and ask for a bow or bow lessons?

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That would be what I would do if you don't know any archery-saavy people. Very Happy

check the internet of yellow pages for an archery shop around you, if you say you want to try it, they should lend you a bow if you are willing to pay for lessons. i think here is about 30$ a month for one lesson a week. they should lend you a bow for the lessons, and after a month of so, if you feal you like it you could arrange to get a bow. it isnt a cheap investment, so make sure you enjoy it first.

If you have a bass pro around you, you can shoot them inside there "test range" in the bow department. Im not sure about Cabelas. I just learned from buying a bow and a quiver of arrows and just practiced.

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It isn't very hard to learn the right way. If you just go to a smaller "mom and pop" type store I'm sure that they would be totally happy to give you a few pointers to get you started. You really have to learn your own way to shoot, and my way may not work for you, and vise versa. The main thing is that you need to be completly consistant, have a firm rear wall. After that everything else is just trial and error. Don't fall for the newest high tech. bows that are pushing amazing FPS speeds. Those bows are VERY unforgiving, and will make learning for a new shooter a living hell.

Oh yeah.... stay away from Mathews. Wink

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	Don't fall for the newest high tech. bows that are pushing amazing FPS speeds. Those bows are VERY unforgiving, and will make learning for a new shooter a living hell.

what do you mean by this? What bows are you talking about? The compound bows?

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Yeah I'm talking about compounds, but there are some recurves out there that are doing some crazy things now. Mostly there are a few things to look at to see how forgiving a bow is. Meaning that if you torque the string a bit, or even your bow hand a little it's going to throw everything off so much. This can easily be over come with a perfect technique every time, but for a new shooter just getting a technique is a challenge (heck even after sitting out for a season throws me off for a month or so). The most important thing to remember is that you have to be 100% consistant with every shot in order to get an okay group. It's all the muscle memory of it, after you shoot thirty times the next set is going to be easier to shoot, and you are going to get use to where everything needs to be. I seriously sugguest skipping one of the larger shops (bass pro/cabelas) and going for a smaller archery shop for help. Ussually those people know a whole lot more, and are willing to help more. Atleast that has held true for about 90% of the small shops I've been to.

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Where the Eagles fly, and the Caribou lie is where I want to be, the Wolf waits there for me.....
-Les Stroud