If you shoot at a target with a wall behind it and no back netting - you will inevitably break an arrow or something worse.
So todays entry is not about a missing nuclear warhead, but just a multitude of ways to ruin your arrows, achieved recently by fellow novices and club members. My own effort was achieved in my garden on using my newly purchased small target. Did not want to pay high price for back netting and for safety purposes was shooting towards the house. Misjudged distance and arrow flicked off top of boss and into wall - ruined. Second shot miseed altogether and hit window. OOps - didnt go all the way through but made neat hole in outer layer of glazing. Gave up at that point. Still to try again!
No picture of that broken arrow I am afraid as it was binned but here are colleagues best efforts.
1. Against wall
2. Against bow riser - nasty!
3. Doing it properly the "Robin Hood"
way.Jargon
Robin Hood - arrow embedded cleanly in the shaft of another arrow.
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There's a happy ending to the story regarding the first picture of the arrow that had an argument with a wall. I (who am the proud owner of it) have recently been told that my arrows are too long and therefore need shortening. My poor smashed arrow now has a second life - I shortened all my arrows this morning and after I sawed the ends off, the one in the picture is now shooting every bit as well as the others.
My next task is to start using a clicker (one of the reasons for shortening all my arrows), and no doubt that will cause yet more problems!
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