How to Shoot a Longbow Tutorial:
I should have watched this video before I tried my skills at
archery…I may have actually been able to hit the target! This past summer I was
in Mexico and had the opportunity to try using a bow and arrow (something I've always have on my bucket list). The bow I was given by the hotel representative
was not a long bow and the arrows had hard plastic tips –so not to kill any
guests going on a romantic beach walk. Thanks to this video I have now realized
some of my mistakes. First of all, I was so focused on the arrow and keeping it
adjacent to the bow, a clear difficulty considering I hold the bow with my left
hand –not suggested by the manufacturing of this particular bow –that I avoided
looking at the target as the tutorial suggests. I didn't know where the arrow
was going (until it was floating in the waves of the ocean) and therefore my
shot was going not going anywhere near where I intended. My second difficulty (I
won’t call it a mistake) is that I hadn't had enough practice. Everyone on the
beach that came for the activity had to have a chance. I’m sure with this
tutorial and more practice I may actually be able to hit the target and not
just the frame around the target as I did by sheer dumb luck! Maybe with this
new information I should give it another shot, I certainly wouldn't say no to a
southern destination vacation right about now.
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