Fun day at the Bow Shoot!

So my husband and brother talked me into going to the first bow shoot of the year for the archery club. I have never been to one before so I was a little nervous about what it was going to be like. It was at the local indoor rodeo arena and there were about 20 targets setup at different distances to shoot at.

We got our scorecards and got started with the first target which was about 35 yards out....of course I shoot right over the top of it and my arrows sails to the other end of the arena! That was great fun to have to run down there and get it. Then we moved along to the rest of the targets. Things were going pretty good and I was actually shooting pretty good for not having shot my bow for the last 4 months.

Then things went WAY south! All along I had been getting my arrow set in and waiting for my turn to shoot. BAD idea, don't ever do it! I was visiting with one of our friends and then turned to shoot. I pulled back and my friend said "Don't shoot, you don't have an arrow in!!" But it was too late, my brain had already sent the signal to my finger to pull the release. Dry firing your bow at your first bow shoot is definitely not the way to start off with a great impression with the guys in the archery club! They for sure won't forget me though!!

I was done with about 3 or 4 targets left to shoot because my peep went flying who knows where. Leave it to me to be the entertainment at the shoot. Hopefully I can improve my ratings at the next one!